PLASMA ALUMINUM LEVELS OF PATIENTS ON LONG-TERM SUCRALFATE THERAPY

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • letter
    • Vol. 35  (3) , 515-518
Abstract
Plasma Al levels of 17 patients with gastric and/or duodenal ulcers who had received 4 g of sucralfate daily for 8-10 wk were compared with those of 6 control subjects. Al levels were determined by flameless atomic absorption spectrometry. Plasma of patients on long term sucralfate therapy contained 8.41 .+-. 6.00 (SD) .mu.g Al/l and was not significantly different from that of the control subjects which contained 6.50 .+-. 7.87 .mu.g/l. These values agreed well with normal values reported previously. Long term ingestion of sucralfate in therapeutic doses does not result in an increase in plasma Al concentration.

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