Aluminium hydroxide AlH₃O₃
Also known as:
Aluminum hydroxide
Active ingredient description
Aluminium hydroxide is a slow-acting antacid. It is used to provide symptomatic relief in gastric hyperacidity. In addition, the antipeptic and demulcent activity of aluminium hydroxide helps to protect inflamed gastric mucosa against further irritation by gastric secretions.
Medicine classification
This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:
Product monographs
Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):
Structural formula
Chemical formula: AlH₃O₃
Molecular mass: 78.004 g/mol
External identifiers
Medicines
Aluminium hydroxide is an active ingredient of these brands:
Austria (AT)
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
Brazil (BR)
- MEDANTIACID
- PEPSAMAR as Sodium polyhydroxy aluminium monocarbonate hexitol complex
- (combination) DROXAINE
- (combination) ENGOV
- (combination) GASCOL PEP
- (combination) GASTROFTAL
- (combination) GASTROGEL
- (combination) GASTROL
- (combination) GASTROLIV
- (combination) GELMAX
- (combination) GELMAX DIM
- (combination) MAGNAZIA
- (combination) MYLANTA PLUS
- (combination) PEPSOGEL
- (combination) PRODIGEST
- (combination) SIMECO as co-dried Aluminium hydroxide and Magnesium carbonate
Canada (CA)
- (combination) DIOVOL PLUS as Dried aluminum hydroxide gel
Cyprus (CY)
- (combination) ALUTRIL FORTE
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
- (combination) MAALOX PLUS
Ecuador (EC)
- (combination) ALUKRON PLUS
- (combination) DITOPAX
- (combination) FLATICONA
- (combination) RESAQUIT
Estonia (EE)
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
France (FR)
- ROCGEL
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
- (combination) MARGA as ALGELDRATE
- (combination) POLYSILANE DELALANDE
- (combination) XOLAAM
Hong Kong (HK)
- ACTAL as Dried aluminium hydroxide
- ALU-TAB
- (combination) ACTAL PLUS as Sodium polyhydroxyaluminium monocarbonate hexitol complex
- (combination) ALLUMAG MPS
- (combination) ALMAGCON as Dried Aluminium hydroxide
- (combination) ALMECON as Dried aluminium hydroxide
- (combination) ALTARNA as Dried aluminium hydroxide
- (combination) ANMAX
- (combination) ANTACAINE
- (combination) ANTACIN-IMP
- (combination) ANTAD
- (combination) ANTASINE-D
- (combination) BARCALONA
- (combination) BEATACID
- (combination) BIO-GASTAL
- (combination) BOTHEME
- (combination) DIMEGEL
- (combination) DITACID
- (combination) DUOSED EXTRA STOMACH
- (combination) EVILINE
- (combination) FEDRA-GEL-S
- (combination) FLATUGEL
- (combination) GASEDIN-U
- (combination) GASTRIBIEN
- (combination) GASTROCAINE
- (combination) GASTROGEL
- (combination) GASTROGEL ANTACID
- (combination) GELUMAG
- (combination) GELUSIL
- (combination) GELUSIL PLUS
- (combination) HYDROSIL as Aluminium hydroxide (dried gel)
- (combination) LANTACID
- (combination) MAALOX PLUS
- (combination) MAGSIL
- (combination) MILZINE
- (combination) MILZINVICK
- (combination) MYTANCID
- (combination) NEUTROCAINE
- (combination) OXEMA
- (combination) OXEMA IMPROVED
- (combination) PANASID
- (combination) PROLIN
- (combination) SILOX
- (combination) SIMEGEL
- (combination) SINWELL
- (combination) SINWILCON
- (combination) STOMGEL
- (combination) STROCAIN
- (combination) SUNTACID
- (combination) SUPROGEL
- (combination) TRILOXANE-S
- (combination) TRILOZANE
- (combination) U-LANTA
- (combination) ULCOGEL EXTRA STOMACH
- (combination) UNI-DROSIL
- (combination) WELMAGEL
- (combination) ZANTARIS
- (combination) ZIGATAB
Ireland (IE)
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
- (combination) MAALOX PLUS
Japan (JP)
Lithuania (LT)
- (combination) ALMAGEL
- (combination) ALMAGEL A
- (combination) ALMAGEL NEO
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
Malta (MT)
- (combination) ALUTRIL FORTE
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
- (combination) MAALOX PLUS
Mexico (MX)
- (combination) ESTOMACUROL
- (combination) MELOX PLUS
- (combination) PRAMIGEL
Netherlands (NL)
- (combination) ANTAGEL as ALGELDRATE
- (combination) GASTILOX as ALGELDRATE
- (combination) GASTILOX PLUS DIMETICON as ALGELDRATE
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
New Zealand (NZ)
- (combination) MYLANTA
Nigeria (NG)
- (combination) ACIGUARD
- (combination) ACIPEP
- (combination) ANTABON
- (combination) AVROCID
- (combination) CENTACID
- (combination) DIGICID
- (combination) GAS-X
- (combination) GESTID
- (combination) JAWASIL
- (combination) MINTACID
- (combination) NEOGASTRO
- (combination) NEOGASTRO PLUS
- (combination) PIMAG
- (combination) POLYCIL
- (combination) POLYGEL
- (combination) RIWOD
- (combination) RULOX
- (combination) STOPACID
Poland (PL)
Romania (RO)
- (combination) DICARBOCALM N
- (combination) EPICOGEL
Singapore (SG)
- ACTAL as Dried aluminium hydroxide
- ALU-TAB
- ALUTACID
- (combination) ACTAL PLUS as Sodium polyhydroxyaluminium monocarbonate hexitol complex
- (combination) ALLUMAG M
- (combination) ALLUMAG MPS
- (combination) ALUMAG
- (combination) ALUMAG PLUS
- (combination) CENVITE
- (combination) GASTROGEL ANTACID
- (combination) GERSKIN as Aluminium hydroxide gel dried
- (combination) HYDROSIL as Aluminium hydroxide (dried gel)
- (combination) INON as Aluminium hydroxide (dried gel)
- (combination) MACGEL
- (combination) MYLANTA
- (combination) POLYSILIC
- (combination) SEMOR STOMACH as Dried aluminium hydroxide gel
- (combination) STROCAIN
- (combination) SUNTACID
- (combination) VYLING VYFUNSIL
- (combination) WELUSIL
South Africa (ZA)
- ACIBAN
- ACTAN as Alexitol sodium
- AMPHOJEL
- GELUSIL-S
- NEUTAB
- (combination) AFGEL as ALUMINUM OXIDE
- (combination) ALUMAG D as Aluminium hydroxide dried
- (combination) ALUMITE D as Aluminium hydroxide dried
- (combination) AMGEL as Aluminium hydroxide dried
- (combination) AMGEL as Aluminium hydroxide gel (compressed)
- (combination) CO-GEL
- (combination) DYNAGASTRIN
- (combination) DYNALEX
- (combination) GASTROCOTE
- (combination) GELUMEN
- (combination) GELUSIL
- (combination) GELUSIL M
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
- (combination) MAALOX PLUS
- (combination) MAGAGEL
- (combination) MEDDEV
- (combination) MERASYN
- (combination) MUCAINE
- (combination) NEUTRACID
- (combination) NEUTRAGEL D
- (combination) RUBRAGEL
- (combination) SPECTRAGEL
Turkey (TR)
United Kingdom (UK)
- (combination) ACTONORM
- (combination) KOLANTICON
- (combination) MAALOX as ALUMINUM OXIDE
- (combination) MAALOX PLUS
- (combination) MUCOGEL
- (combination) WIND RELIEF
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