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Drug Details

MAALOX plus tablets

• Drug Class Description
  Antacids.
• Generic Name
  Aluminium hydroxide dried gel, magnesium hydroxide [co-magaldrox]
• Presentation
  Tablet
• Description
  Aluminium hydroxide gel (dried) BP 200mg Magnesium hydroxide BP 200mg Simeticone 25mg
• Indications
  The symptomatic relief of: a. Dyspepsia b. Heartburn c. Flatulence
• Adult Dosage
  

  Route of administration: Oral

  Adults (including elderly persons): 1-2 tablets well chewed, four times a day, taken twenty minutes to one hour after meals and at bedtime, or as required

• Child Dosage
  

  Not recommended

• Contra Indications
  

  Should not be used in patients who are severely debilitated or suffering from kidney failure.

• Special Precautions
  

  In patients with renal impairment, plasma levels of both aluminium and magnesium increase. In these patients, a long-term exposure to high doses of aluminium and magnesium salts may lead to dementia, microcytic anemia.

  Aluminum hydroxide may be unsafe in patients with porphyria undergoing hemodialysis.

• Interactions
  

  Maalox Plus should not be taken simultaneously with other medicines as they may interfere with their absorption if taken within 1 hour.

  Aluminum hydroxide and citrates may result in increased aluminum levels, especially in patients with renal impairment.

• Adverse Drug Reactions
  

  Gastrointestinal side effects are uncommon.