What Is Aluminum Hydroxide Gel?

Aluminum hydroxide gel is used to relieve gastric pain, heartburn (heartburn), and acid regurgitation caused by excessive gastric acid.

Drug Name: Aluminum hydroxide gel

Drug type: OTC Class A
Use classification: Antacid

Aluminum hydroxide gel composition

This product contains 40 mg of aluminum hydroxide (calculated as alumina) as the main component per milliliter.

Properties of aluminum hydroxide gel

This product is a white viscous suspension, the upper layer is translucent, and a small amount of water can be precipitated after standing.

Aluminum hydroxide gel effect category

This product is an antacid and gastric mucosa protection over-the-counter medicine.

Aluminum hydroxide gel indication

It is used to relieve stomach pain, heartburn (heartburn), and acid reflux caused by hyperacidity.

Aluminum hydroxide gel specifications

Aluminum hydroxide gel dosage

oral. Adults 5-8 ml once a day, 3 times a day. Take 1 hour before a meal.

Aluminum hydroxide gel adverse reactions

1. Long-term use by the elderly can cause osteoporosis.
2. Patients with renal insufficiency may suffer from aluminum accumulation poisoning and psychiatric symptoms.

Aluminum hydroxide gel contraindications

In the case of appendicitis or acute abdomen, taking this product can aggravate the condition and increase the risk of perforation of the appendix, which should be disabled.

Precautions for aluminum hydroxide gel

1. This product should not be used continuously for more than 7 days, and the symptoms have not resolved. Please consult a physician or pharmacist.
2. Consult a physician or pharmacist for the dosage of children.
3. Patients with fractures should not take it. This is due to the formation of insoluble aluminum phosphate complex, which results in a decrease in serum phosphate concentration and phosphorus removal from the bone.
4. This product can prevent the absorption of phosphorus. Long-term use can cause hypophosphatemia; patients with hypophosphatemia (such as malabsorption syndrome) should be used with caution.
5. This product has constipation, so those with long-term constipation should be used with caution.
6. If you take too much or have serious adverse reactions, you should seek medical treatment immediately.
7. For those who are allergic to this product, it is forbidden, and those with allergies should be used with caution.
8. It is forbidden to use this product when its properties are changed.
9. Keep this product out of the reach of children.
10. Children must use under adult supervision.
11. If you are using other medicines, please consult your physician or pharmacist before using this product.

Aluminum hydroxide gel drug interaction

1. Avoid taking other medicines within 1 hour after taking the medicine, because aluminum hydroxide can be combined with other medicines to reduce absorption and affect the efficacy.
2. This product is taken with enteric-coated tablets, which can accelerate the dissolution of enteric-coated tablets, and should not be used together.
3. Drug interaction may occur if used with other drugs at the same time, please consult your doctor or pharmacist for details.

Pharmacological effects of aluminum hydroxide gel

This product has the effects of anti-acid, protection of ulcer surface, local hemostasis, etc. The effect is slow and long-lasting, but its efficacy is weak. ^[1]