Gaviscon 200 ml Suspension

Gaviscon 200 ml Suspension

Antacid

The drug reacts with gastric acid to rapidly form a raft of alginic acid gel having a near-neutral pH which floats on the stomach contents effectively impeding gastro-oesophageal reflux for up to 4 hours and protecting the esophagus from acid, pepsin, and bile.

Indications:
• Mild symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Points of Interest:
• If symptoms do not improve after seven days, the clinical situation should be reviewed.
• Antacids will decrease the absorption of many medicines. The administration of antacids should be separated by 2 hours from other orally administered medicines, whenever possible.

How to use:
10 ml after meals and at bedtime.

Active Ingredients:
Antacid

Side effects:
• Generally well tolerated.

Cautions:
• Each 10 ml dose has 106 mg sodium content and 78 mg potassium. This should be taken into account when a highly restricted salt diet is recommended.
• Each 10 ml contains 200 mg of calcium carbonate. Care needs to be taken in treating patients with
hypercalcemia, nephrocalcinosis, and recurrent calcium-containing renal calculi.

Interactions:
• Erlotinib: antacids possibly reduce the plasma concentration of erlotinib.
• Ciprofloxacin: antacids reduce absorption of ciprofloxacin.

Quantity:
200 ml

How To Store:
room temperature