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Medication

Sucralfate

Mucosal protectant

Brand names: Carafate

Oral health effects

  • Drug binding; used for mucosal ulcer coating

    Can bind and reduce absorption of co-administered drugs (e.g., some antibiotics); occasionally used as a coating agent for oral ulceration.

    Clinical management: Separate dosing from interacting medications.

Sources

  1. A review and guide to drug-associated oral adverse effects-Oral mucosal and lichenoid reactions. Part 2. Teoh L, Moses G, McCullough MJ. Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology, 2019.