sucralfaten.
/ˈs(j)uːkrəlfeɪt/ Pharmacology.
A complex of aluminium hydroxide and sulphated sucrose, C12H54Al16O75S8, administered orally in tablet form in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers.
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1969 WHO Chron. 23 441 Sucralfate.
1978 Brit. Jrnl. Clin. Pract. 32 291/2 Sucralfate (half-gram tablets) were taken in a dose of 1½ grams three times each day, one hour before meals.
1987 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Sept. 578/1 Sucralfate is an aluminium substituted disaccharide, which at low pH binds to sites of ulceration in the gastrointestinal tract.
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