Sucralfate (Oral)

Brand Names : Carafate, Apo-sucralfate, Sulcrate, Sulcrate Suspension Plus

Additional Information

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, sucralfate is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Gastric ulcers
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (a condition in which stomach acid washes back into the esophagus)
• Stomach or intestinal ulcers resulting from stress or trauma damage or from damage caused by medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis

Other than the above information, there is no additional information relating to proper use, precautions, or side effects for these uses.