Expiration date: 04/2026
Structure and Composition:
Oral gel (16 g sachets) 1 pack.
10.4 g of aluminum phosphate
Sorbitol 70% 4.48 g
agar 0.0448 g
0.0872 g of pectin
calcium sulfate 0.0117 g
potassium sorbate 0.0402 g
orange flavor 0.08 g
purified water to 16 g
in box 16 or 20 sachets.
Description pharmaceutical form:
White or almost white, homogenous gel, sweet taste, with a flavor and smell of orange.
Description of the pharmacological actions:
It has acid-neutralizing, enveloping, absorbent effect. It reduces the proteolytic activity of pepsin. Alkalization causes gastric juice, the acidity of gastric contents keeping at a physiological level. It does not lead to secondary hypersecretion of hydrochloric acid.
It forms a protective layer on the gastrointestinal mucosa.
Helps remove toxins, gases and microorganisms throughout the digestive tract, normalizes the content of the passage through the intestines.
Testimony:
For adults:
- gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer
- gastritis with normal or elevated secretion
- diaphragmatic hernia
- reflux esophagitis
- non-ulcer dyspepsia syndrome
- functional diarrhea
- stomach and intestinal disorders caused by intoxication, medication, irritants (acids, alkalis), alcohol.
For children:
- esophagitis
- gastroesophageal reflux disease
- gastritis
- gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer.
Contraindications:
- Hypersensitivity to the drug
- pronounced renal dysfunction.
- Application of pregnancy and breastfeeding:
- Can be used during pregnancy and lactation on the testimony, at therapeutic doses.
Side effect:
Constipation (rarely, mostly elderly people and bedridden patients).
Drug Interactions:
Tetracyclines, iron drugs, cardiac glycosides should be taken no earlier than 2 hours after taking Fosfalyugel.
Dosage and administration:
Inside, it is possible in a pure form or be diluted before taking in half a glass of water. Adults and children over 6 years - 1-2 Pak. 2-3 times a day with gastroesophageal reflux, diaphragmatic hernia - immediately after a meal and a night in gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer - in 1-2 hours after a meal and immediately in the event of pain in gastritis and dyspepsia - before meals with functional diseases of the colon ulcer - in the morning on an empty stomach and at night. The drug is repeated if pain occurs in the intervals between doses.
Children up to 6 months - 4 g (1.4 or 1 teaspoon pack.), After each feeding of 6 months after 6 - 8 g (1/2 pack or 2 tsp.) After each of the 4 feedings.
Overdose:
Symptoms: inhibition of gastrointestinal motility (because of the large amounts of aluminum ions).
Treatment: the appointment of laxatives.
Precautionary measures:
It should not be long to take the drug without a doctor's prescription. To use caution if you have kidney disease, liver cirrhosis, severe heart failure. In elderly patients and patients with impaired renal function when used in recommended doses Fosfalyugel may increase the aluminum concentration in the serum.
Tetracyclines, iron drugs, cardiac glycosides should be taken no earlier than 2 hours after taking Fosfalyugel.
Possible to use the drug in therapeutic doses during pregnancy and lactation indicated.
Special instructions:
For constipation, sometimes arise in a reception Fosfalyugel, it is recommended to increase the amount of water consumed daily.
The drug can be used by patients suffering from diabetes prophylactically to reduce the absorption of radioactive elements.
Application Fosfalyugel not reflected in the results of X-ray examination.
When using Fosfalyugel simultaneously with other medications should consult a doctor because Fosfalyugel reduces the effectiveness of some medications.