Aluminum
Hydroxide (Alu-Cap, Amphojel)
Category:
Description:
Indications:
Contraindications:
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GI
bleeding, constipation, fecal impaction, GI obstruction
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Hypophosphatemia,
renal disease
Precautions:
Adverse
Reactions (Side Effects):
-
CNS:
dementia, malaise, encephalopathy
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GI:
bowel obstruction, constipation, hemorrhoids
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METAB:
hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia
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GU:
nephrolithiasis
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MISC:
weakness, osteomalacia, osteoporosis
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Dosage:
Administered
orally
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Hyperacidity (as an antacid) associated with
gastritis, peptic ulcer disease including duodenal ulcer and possibly
gastric ulcer, reflux esophagitis, and hiatal hernia:
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Adult: PO 40-60ml every 3-6 hours, or 1 and 3 hours after meals
and at bedtime as tablet, capsule, or suspension. For the acute management of reflux esophagitis, doses may
be administered every hour if necessary. The OTC recommended dose for oral suspension is 10ml taken
5-6 times daily, between meals and at bedtime. The recommended OTC dose for Amphojel tablets is 600mg PO
5-6 times per day, between meals and at bedtime.
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Child: PO 5-15ml oral suspension given every 3-6 hours, or 1 and 3
hours after meals and at bedtime
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Infant: PO 1-2 ml/kg oral suspension given every 4 hours as needed
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Stress gastritis prophylaxis:
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Adult: PO 40-60ml every 3-6 hours, or 1 and 3 hours after meals
and at bedtime. Dosage
should be titrated according to intragastric pH
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Child: PO 5-15ml suspension given every 1-2 hours; titrate to
gastric pH > 3.5
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Infant: PO 2-5ml suspension given every 1-2 hours; titrate to
gastric pH > 3.5
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Neonate:
PO 1 ml/kg suspension given every 4 hours as needed
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Management of hyperphosphatemia secondary to
renal osteodystrophy in patients with end stage renal disease:
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Adult: PO 30-40ml suspension administered with each meal or snack.
NOTE: Some clinicians prefer to avoid aluminum salts for this
indication. Although
calcium salts are preferred, aluminum salts may be desirable when
serum calcium is also high. When
the serum phosphate has been lowered sufficiently, aluminum salts
can be replaced by calcium salts.
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Child: PO 50-150 mg/kg/day divided in 4-6 daily doses
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Source: Operational Medicine 2001, Health Care in Military Settings, NAVMED P-5139, May 1, 2001, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy, 2300 E Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20372-5300.
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Department of the Navy
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Operational Medicine
Health Care in Military Settings
CAPT Michael John Hughey, MC, USNR
NAVMED P-5139
January 1, 2001 |
United States Special Operations
Command
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