Product description:
What Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension is and what it is used for:
This medication contains two different medicines:
- They are called aluminium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide.
- They belong to a group of medicines called antacids.
Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension is used for:
- Heartburn or when your stomach has too much acid (indigestion)
- Inflammation of the stomach (gastritis), and When prescribed by a doctor it may also be used for lowering the amount of acid in your stomach or gut (intestine) when you have an ulcer
- Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension works by lowering the amount of acid in your stomach.
What you need to know before you take Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension:
- Do not take Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension if You are allergic to aluminium hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide.
- or Signs of an allergic reaction include: a rash, swallowing or breathing problems, swelling
- of your lips, face, throat or tongue.
- You are feeling very weak and have no energy (debilitated).
- You have kidney problems. Long term exposure to high doses of Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium
- hydroxide suspension can lead to dementia.
- You have severe stomach pain.
- Your bowel is partially or fully blocked.
Warnings and precautions:
- Take special care with Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension.
- Check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine if You are on a low-phosphorous diet.
- Other medicines and Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension
Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension can affect the following medicines:
- Some medicines used to treat infections such as tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, rifampicin and
- ketoconazole
- Medicines for malaria such as chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine
- Chlorpromazine – used for mental illness (psychosis)
- Vitamins
- Polystyrene sulphonate – used to treat high levels of potassium in the blood
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine if:
- You are pregnant, might become pregnant, or think you may be pregnant. You should not take
- Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension during the first three months of
- You are breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed.
How to take Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension:
- Shake well before use to ensure the product is mixed properly
- Take this medicine by mouth
- If necessary, Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension may be taken with water or
- milk
- Adults, the elderly and children aged 14 years or older
- Take two to four 5ml teaspoonfuls
- Take 20 minutes to 1 hour after meals and at bedtime
- Children less than 14 years old
- Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension is not recommended for children less than
- 14 years of age
- If you take more Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension than you should
- The following effects may happen: diarrhoea, stomach pain or you may get a bloated feeling and
- cramping pain in the abdomen (stomach), be sick (vomit), have indigestion, heartburn, upset stomach,
- constipation, loss of appetite, dry mouth.
Possible side effects:
Stop taking Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension and see a doctor or go to ahospital straight away if:
- You have a red and lumpy skin rash, swollen eyelids, face, lips, mouth or tongue, itching and
- difficulty breathing or swallowing. This could be an allergic reaction.
Uncommon:
How to store Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension:
- Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
- Do not use Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide suspension after the expiry date which is
- stated on the carton and the bottle after EXP.
- Discard any medicine remaining 6 months after opening the bottle.
- Store below 25°C.
- Do not throw away medicines via wastewater or household waste
