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2. Sucralfate - Wikipedia

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   Sucralfate, sold under various brand names, is a medication used to treat stomach ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), radiation proctitis, and stomach inflammation and to prevent stress ulcers.

3. Enteric coating - Wikipedia

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   An enteric coating is a polymer barrier applied to oral medication that prevents its dissolution or disintegration in the gastric environment. [1] This helps by either protecting drugs from the acidity of the stomach, the stomach from the detrimental effects of the drug, or to release the drug after the stomach (usually in the upper tract of the intestine). [2]

4. Orally disintegrating tablet - Wikipedia

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   An orally disintegrating tablet or orally dissolving tablet (ODT) is a drug dosage form available for a limited range of over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medications. ODTs differ from traditional tablets in that they are designed to be dissolved on the tongue rather than swallowed whole.

5. 4 Tips for Knowing When to Take Metformin - AOL

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   Unless instructed by a healthcare professional, don’t chew or crush your tablets. This can release all the medicine at once, increasing your risk of experiencing gastrointestinal side effects ...

6. Pill splitting - Wikipedia

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   "Dosage unit" is a technical term which covers oral medications (tablets, pills, capsules), as well as non-oral delivery methods. [ 5 ] A 2002 study of pill-splitting as conducted in four American long-term care facilities determined that 15 of the 22 dispensed prescriptions evaluated (68%) had fragment weight variance in excess of USP standards.

7. Famotidine - Wikipedia

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   Famotidine, sold under the brand name Pepcid among others, is a histamine H 2 receptor antagonist medication that decreases stomach acid production. [4] It is used to treat peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. [4]

8. Modified-release dosage - Wikipedia

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   For example, the ISMP "do not crush" list [27] can be entered into the system so that warning stickers can be printed at the point of dispensing, to be stuck on the pill bottle. Pharmaceutical companies that do not supply a range of half-dose and quarter-dose versions of time-release tablets can make it difficult for patients to be slowly ...

9. List of SJS-inducing substances - Wikipedia

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