Manacid

by Stanley

Active ingredients: Aluminium Hydroxide, Aluminium Hydroxide and Magnesium Hydroxide, Aluminium Hydroxide, Magnesium Hydroxide and Simethicone, Antacid, Magnesium Hydroxide

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About Aluminium Hydroxide and Magnesium Hydroxide

Antacid, Antiflatulent

Uses

Peptic ulcer, hiatus hernia, acute and chronic recurrent gastritis, dyspepsia, all other forms of gastric hyperacidity and flatulence.

How to take it

Susp: Adults: 1 or 2 tsp. Children: Above 6 yr, 1 tsp; Under 6 yr, not recommended. All preferably one and three hr after meals and at bedtime. Tab: Adults: 1-2 tab chewed or sucked after meals or when required. Children: Over 6 yr, half adult dose; under 6 yr, not recommended. Powd: Adults: 1 or 2 sachet. Children: Above 6 yr, 1 sachet; Under 6 yr, not recommended. All preferably one and three hr after meals and at bedtime.

Side effects

Constipation, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, intestinal obstruction (large dose).

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pregnancy: Risk cannot be ruled out. Lactation: Caution advised or effect undetermined. Precautions: Renal dysfunction, low phosphate diet, prolonged use.

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Interactions with Aluminium Hydroxide and Magnesium Hydroxide

Alters absorption of tetracyclines, INH, Fe salts, warfarin, digoxin, H2 receptor antagonists, chlorpromazine, alkalinization of urine may increase plasma quinidine.

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