Sucralfate
Posted By: ML on 2007-05-16
In Reply to: sucralfate? nm - wanderer
Subject: Sucralfate
 That is it.
Thanks Wanderer!!!
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Sucralfate (Carafate): Some physicians use rinses made from sucralfate, a barrier antacid, when need
Subject: Sucralfate (Carafate): Some physicians use rinses made from sucralfate, a barrier antacid, when needed. Other health care practitioners simply use the sucralfate pill dissolved in two or three teaspoons of water as a rinse
sucralfate? nm
Subject: sucralfate? nm
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There is something called sucralfate (sm)
Subject: There is something called sucralfate (sm)
Copied from my Quick Look drug reference:
Synonyms
- aluminum sucrose sulfate, basic
U.S./Canadian Brand Names
- ApoŽ-Sucralfate (Can)
- CarafateŽ
- Novo-Sucralate (Can)
- Nu-Sucralfate (Can)
- PMS-Sucralfate (Can)
- SulcrateŽ (Can)
Therapeutic Category
- Gastrointestinal Agent, Gastric or Duodenal Ulcer Treatment
UseShort-term management of duodenal ulcers; gastric ulcers; suspension may be used topically for treatment of stomatitis due to cancer chemotherapy or other causes of esophageal and gastric erosions
Usual Dosage
Children: Dose not established, doses of 40-80 mg/kg/day divided every 6 hours have been used
Stomatitis: Oral: 2.5-5 mL (1 g/10 mL suspension), swish and spit or swish and swallow 4 times/day
Adults:
Duodenal ulcer treatment: Oral: 1 g 4 times/day, 1 hour before meals or food and at bedtime for 4-8 weeks, or alternatively 2 g twice daily
Duodenal ulcer maintenance therapy: Oral: 1 g twice daily
Stomatitis: Oral: 1 g/10 mL suspension, swish and spit or swish and swallow 4 times/day
Dosage Forms
Suspension, oral: 1 g/10 mL (10 mL, 414 mL, 420 mL)
Tablet: 1 g
maybe sucralfate (for ulcers)
Subject: maybe sucralfate (for ulcers)
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