COMPOUND MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE is a brand name for Magnesium Trisilicate. The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
Used for: For the symptomatic relief of dyspepsia.
Verbatim from this product's MHRA label. Tap a section to expand.
Route of administration:
Oral ADULTS, ELDERLY AND CHILDREN OVER 14 YEARS: One to two tablets three times daily, one hour after meals and at bedtime or as required.
CHILDREN 10 TO 14 YEARS:
One tablet three times daily.
CHILDREN UNDER 10 YEARS:
Not recommended. If symptoms persist for longer than 7 days, consult your doctor.
May cause nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhoea. If renal function is impaired, hypermagnesaemia may occur. Large doses or even normal doses in patients with low phosphate diets may lead to phosphate depletion accompanied by increased resorption and urinary excretion of calcium with the risk of osteomalacia.
Nephrolithiasis may also follow chronic use in patients with impaired renal function.
Reporting of suspected adverse reactions:
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. uk/yellowcard.
If renal function is impaired, hypermagnesaemia may result. Symptoms of hypermagnesaemia may include flushing of the skin, thirst, hypotension due to peripheral vasodilatation, drowsiness, confusion, loss of tendon reflexes due to neuromuscular blockade, muscle weakness, respiratory depression, cardiac arrhythmias, coma and cardiac arrest.
If symptoms persist for longer than 7 days, consult your doctor. Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose or galactose intolerance, the LAPP lactase deficiency, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrase- isomaltase insufficiency should not take this medicine.
1. Renal failure 2. Hypophosphataemia
Not medical advice. Always read the patient information leaflet and follow your prescriber or pharmacist.
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