Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2022 Publisher: Opella Healthcare UK Limited, trading as Sanofi, 410 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1PT, United Kingdom
Pharmacotherapeutic group: Drugs for acid related disorders; Antacids with antiflatulents
ATC Code: A02AF02
Dried aluminium hydroxide gel – antacid
Magnesium Hydroxide – antacid
Simeticone – antifoaming agent/antiflatulent
Maalox Plus is a balanced mixture of two antacids and an antiflatulent/antifoaming agent simeticone. The two antacids are magnesium hydroxide which is fast acting and aluminium hydroxide which is a slow acting antacid. The combination produces a fast onset of action and an increase in total buffering time. Aluminium hydroxide on its own is an astringent and may cause constipation. This effect is balanced by the effect of the magnesium hydroxide which is in common with other magnesium salts may cause diarrhoea.
None stated.
There are no pre-clinical data of relevance to the prescriber which are additional to that already included in other sections of the SmPC.
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