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PAD Profile : Sucralfate - Gastro protection
Keywords :
gastric ulcers, stomach ulceration, mucosal protection
Brand Names Include :
Antepsin, Carafate, Sulcrate
Traffic Light Status
Status 1 of 1.
Guidelines
No guidelines returned.
Other Drugs
- Co-magaldrox (Magnesium/aluminium hydroxide)
- Magnesium trisilicate
- Alginic acid compound preparations
- Alginic acid compound preparations
Other Indications
No indications returned.
Additional Documents
No additional documents returned.
Committee Recommendations
Date
Committee Name
Narrative
05 December 2018
Surrey & North West Sussex Area Prescribing Committee (formerly Prescribing Clinical Network)
The manufacture of sucralfate tablets and suspension have been discontinued in the UK.
The PCN and gastroenterology colleagues agree that the prescribing and supply of sucralfate should remain with the hospital / specilaist.
As such, sucralfate preparations are RED on the tarffic light system.
See policy statement below for details
Associated BNF Codes
01. Gastro-Intestinal System
01.03.03. Chelates and complexes