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Details About Generic Salt :: Aluminum hydroxide
Main Medicine Class:: #N/A Sub Medicine Class :: #N/A
| 7A. GERD, ULCER/ANTACIDS in 7. GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM |
| ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE |
| ANTACID |
| PK: A: Poor E: Urine |
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Indications & Dose: HYPERACIDITY PO Adult 0.6-1.2g between meals and at bedtime | HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA PO Adult 300-600mg TID Child 50-150mg/kg/day in divided doses q4-6h |
| Contra: Porphyria
Precautions: CRF, osteomalacia/adynamic bone disease, encephalopathy, dementia, microcytic hypochromic anemia ADR: Serious: hypophosphatemia, osteomalacia, granuloma formation, Others: constipation, intestinal obstruction DDI: Serious Cefpodoxime/Carbenoxolone/Rosuvastatin bioavailability is reduced, Polystyrene sulfonate causes intestinal obstruction, Levothyroxine level is reduced, Chlorpromazine/Azithromycin/Phenytoin/Quinolones/Tetracyclines levels are reduced, Ethambutol/Dasatinib/Ferrous Fumarate/Ferrous Sulphate/Gabapentin/Gemfibrozil/Isoniazid/Mycophenolate/Penicillamine/Prednisolone/Prednisone reduces drug absorption Diet: With food |
