sucralfate 1 g/10mL Suspension, 420 mL
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This medicine belongs to the Aluminum Complex class.
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🩺 Clinical
Sucralfate is used to treat and prevent the return of duodenal ulcers (ulcers located in first part of the small intestine). Treatment with other medications, such as antibiotics, may also be necessary to treat and prevent the return of ulcers caused by a certain type of bacteria (H. pylori) Sucralfate is in a class of medications called protectants. It sticks to damaged ulcer tissue and protects against acid and enzymes so healing can occur.
Read the full MedlinePlus article ↗- Sucralfate helps heal a duodenal ulcer — that's an ulcer in the first part of your small intestine. It works by coating the ulcer like a protective bandage, shielding it from stoma...
- What exactly is sucralfate supposed to do for me?
- Yes, timing really does matter. You should take sucralfate on an empty stomach so it can stick directly to the ulcer lining. Taking it with food can get in the way of that. If you...
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| Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly | Not in the retail survey — common for institutional, discontinued, or low-volume packs. | |
| Medicaid paysCMS SDUD · 12 mo | No recent Medicaid claims on file for this NDC — rare and low-volume NDCs are suppressed in the public data. | |
| Medicare drug plans payPart D · Q2 2026 | $0.2427 | $101.93 / 420 ml |
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🔁 Therapeutic equivalents
| Product | Labeler | Pack | NADAC/unit | TE | Status | Price vs. this |
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| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 66689-0305-16 | VistaPharm, | 1 bottle | $0.113 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 50742-0386-42 | Ingenus | 420 ml | $0.115 | AB | Discontinued | — |
| sucralfate 1 g/10mL 00378-9205-35 | Mylan | 420 ml | $0.121 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 00713-0791-75 | Cosette | 420 ml | $0.121 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 13668-0754-42 | Torrent | 420 ml | $0.121 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| sucralfate 1 g/10mL 64380-0149-01 | Strides | 420 ml | $0.121 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 65162-0062-05 | Amneal | 420 ml | $0.121 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 82182-0106-14 | Pacific | 420 ml | $0.121 | — | Availability likely | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 52817-0840-16 | TruPharma, | 473 ml | $0.145 | AB | Availability likely | — |
| Carafate 1 g/10mL 58914-0170-14 | Allergan, | 414 ml | $0.609 | — | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 00121-0974-00 | PAI | 10 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 00904-7470-01 | Major | 30 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 17856-0306-01 | ATLANTIC | 72 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 42291-0781-42 | AvKARE | 420 ml | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 50268-0745-14 | AvPAK | 40 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 54738-0005-42 | Richmond | 420 ml | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 55154-4348-05 | Cardinal | 5 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 55154-5790-05 | Cardinal | 5 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 60687-0738-08 | American | 10 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 68094-0041-61 | Precision | 10 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate oral suspension 1 g/10mL 68462-0827-61 | Glenmark | 420 ml | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| sucralfate 1 g/10mLthis 72162-2479-02 | Bryant | 420 ml | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 81033-0149-44 | Kesin | 40 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 48433-0226-40 | Safecor | 40 cups | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
| Sucralfate 1 g/10mL 62135-0106-44 | Chartwell | 420 ml | — | AB | FDA listed | — |
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This product is an FDA-approved generic. Other versions of the same drug are listed under Therapeutic equivalents, least expensive first.
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| Package NDC | Description | Marketing start | Status |
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| 72162-2479-02 You're viewing this | 420 mL in 1 BOTTLE (72162-2479-2) | 2025-05-01 | Active |
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| NADAC pharmacy acquisition price (CMS) | — Not published for this NDC CMS publishes NADAC only for NDCs reported in its retail-pharmacy survey. |
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📄 Full prescribing information FDA SPL
🎯 Indications and Usage ▾
INDICATIONS AND USAGE Sucralfate Oral Suspension is indicated in the short-term (up to 8 weeks) treatment of active duodenal ulcer.
⏱️ Dosage and Administration ▾
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Active Duodenal Ulcer: The recommended adult oral dosage for duodenal ulcer is 1 gram (10 mL) four times per day. Sucralfate Oral Suspension should be administered on an empty stomach. Antacids may be prescribed as needed for relief of pain but should not be taken within one-half hour before or after Sucralfate Oral Suspension.
While healing with sucralfate may occur during the first week or two, treatment should be continued for 4 to 8 weeks unless healing has been demonstrated by x-ray or endoscopic examination. Elderly: In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy (See PRECAUTIONS , Geriatric Use ). Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
You may report side effects to Allergan USA, Inc. at 1-800-678-1605 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
⛔ Contraindications ▾
CONTRAINDICATIONS Sucralfate Oral Suspension is contraindicated for patients with known hypersensitivity reactions to the active substance or to any of the excipients.
⚠️ Warnings ▾
WARNINGS Fatal complications, including pulmonary and cerebral emboli have occurred with inappropriate intravenous administration of Sucralfate Oral Suspension. Administer Sucralfate Oral Suspension only by the oral route. Do not administer intravenously.
🤒 Adverse Reactions ▾
ADVERSE REACTIONS Adverse reactions to sucralfate tablets in clinical trials were minor and only rarely led to discontinuation of the drug. In studies involving over 2,700 patients treated with sucralfate, adverse effects were reported in 129 (4.7%). Constipation was the most frequent complaint (2%).
Other adverse effects reported in less than 0.5% of the patients are listed below by body system: Gastrointestinal: diarrhea, dry mouth, flatulence, gastric discomfort, indigestion, nausea, vomiting Dermatological: pruritus, rash Nervous System: dizziness, insomnia, sleepiness, vertigo Other: back pain, headache Post-marketing cases of hypersensitivity have been reported with the use of sucralfate oral suspension, including anaphylactic reactions, dyspnea, lip swelling, edema of the mouth, pharyngeal edema, pruritus, rash, swelling of the face and urticaria.
Cases of bronchospasm, laryngeal edema and respiratory tract edema have been reported with an unknown oral formulation of sucralfate. Cases of hyperglycemia have been reported with sucralfate. Bezoars have been reported in patients treated with sucralfate.
The majority of patients had underlying medical conditions that may predispose to bezoar formation (such as delayed gastric emptying) or were receiving concomitant enteral tube feedings.
🔄 Drug Interactions ▾
Drug Interactions Some studies have shown that simultaneous sucralfate administration in healthy volunteers reduced the extent of absorption (bioavailability) of single doses of the following: cimetidine, digoxin, fluoroquinolone antibiotics, ketoconazole, l-thyroxine, phenytoin, quinidine, ranitidine, tetracycline, and theophylline. Subtherapeutic prothrombin times with concomitant warfarin and sucralfate therapy have been reported in spontaneous and published case reports. However, two clinical studies have demonstrated no change in either serum warfarin concentration or prothrombin time with the addition of sucralfate to chronic warfarin therapy.
The mechanism of these interactions appears to be nonsystemic in nature, presumably resulting from sucralfate binding to the concomitant agent in the gastrointestinal tract. In all cases studied to date (cimetidine, ciprofloxacin, digoxin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, and ranitidine), dosing the concomitant medication 2 hours before sucralfate eliminated the interaction. Due to Sucralfate Oral Suspension's potential to alter the absorption of some drugs, Sucralfate Oral Suspension should be administered separately from other drugs when alterations in bioavailability are felt to be critical.
In these cases, patients should be monitored appropriately.
🤰 Pregnancy ▾
Pregnancy Teratogenic effects Teratogenicity studies have been performed in mice, rats, and rabbits at doses up to 50 times the human dose and have revealed no evidence of harm to the fetus due to sucralfate. There are, however, no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Because animal reproduction studies are not always predictive of human response, this drug should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed.
🧒 Pediatric Use ▾
Pediatric Use Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.
🧓 Geriatric Use ▾
Geriatric Use Clinical studies of Sucralfate Oral Suspension did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects. Other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients. In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy (See DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION ).
This drug is known to be substantially excreted by the kidney, and the risk of toxic reactions to this drug may be greater in patients with impaired renal function (See PRECAUTIONS, Special Populations: Chronic Renal Failure and Dialysis Patients ). Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor renal function.
🆘 Overdosage ▾
OVERDOSAGE Due to limited experience in humans with overdosage of sucralfate, no specific treatment recommendations can be given. Acute oral studies in animals, however, using doses up to 12 g/kg body weight, could not find a lethal dose. Sucralfate is only minimally absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.
Risks associated with acute overdosage should, therefore, be minimal. In rare reports describing sucralfate overdose, most patients remained asymptomatic. Those few reports where adverse events were described included symptoms of dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
🧬 Clinical Pharmacology ▾
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Sucralfate is only minimally absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. The small amounts of the sulfated disaccharide that are absorbed are excreted primarily in the urine. Although the mechanism of sucralfate's ability to accelerate healing of duodenal ulcers remains to be fully defined, it is known that it exerts its effect through a local, rather than systemic, action.
The following observations also appear pertinent: 1. Studies in human subjects and with animal models of ulcer disease have shown that sucralfate forms an ulcer-adherent complex with proteinaceous exudate at the ulcer site. 2.
In vitro , a sucralfate-albumin film provides a barrier to diffusion of hydrogen ions. 3. In human subjects, sucralfate given in doses recommended for ulcer therapy inhibits pepsin activity in gastric juice by 32%.
In vitro , sucralfate adsorbs bile salts. These observations suggest that sucralfate's antiulcer activity is the result of formation of an ulcer-adherent complex that covers the ulcer site and protects it against further attack by acid, pepsin, and bile salts. There are approximately 14 to 16 mEq of acid-neutralizing capacity per 1 g dose of sucralfate.
📦 How Supplied / Storage and Handling ▾
HOW SUPPLIED Sucralfate Oral Suspension 1 g/10 mL is a light pink to pink suspension supplied in the following: NDC 72162-2479-2: 420 mL in a BOTTLE SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING AVOID FREEZING. Store at controlled room temperature 20-25°C (68-77°F) [see USP]. Rx Only Repackaged/Relabeled by: Bryant Ranch Prepack, Inc. Burbank, CA 91504
📋 Description ▾
DESCRIPTION Sucralfate Oral Suspension contains sucralfate and sucralfate is an α-D-glucopyranoside, β-D- fructofuranosyl-, octakis-(hydrogen sulfate), aluminum complex. Sucralfate Oral Suspension for oral administration contains 1 g of sucralfate per 10 mL. Sucralfate Oral Suspension also contains: colloidal silicon dioxide, cherry flavor (containing artificial flavors, benzyl alcohol, lactic acid and maltodextrin), FD&C Red #40, glycerin, methylcellulose, methylparaben, microcrystalline cellulose, purified water, simethicone emulsion and sorbitol solution.
Therapeutic category: antiulcer. Image