ACTAPULGITE

ACTAPULGITE
Updated: Thursday, July 22nd, 2010.
Treatment of the digestive disorders
Presentations of drug ACTAPULGITE
ACTAPULGITE: powders for drinkable suspension; box of 30 sachets
Not refunded
Composition of drug ACTAPULGITE
p sachet
Attapulgite of Mormoiron activated (clay) 3 G
Glucose 2 G

Attapulgite of Mormoiron activated
In which case drug ACTAPULGITE is it prescribes?
This drug is a digestive bandage with clay. It protects the digestive tract and fights the production of gas.

It is used in the symptomatic treatment of the disorders of the intestinal transit time, in particular in the event of diarrhea and of distensions.

Counter-indications of drug ACTAPULGITE
This drug should not be used in the event of disease involving a risk of obstruction of the digestive tract.

Caution
Do not use this drug in a way prolonged without the opinion of your doctor: examinations can be necessary if the symptoms persist.

Precautions are necessary in the event of mégacôlon.

This drug contains sugar (glucose) in notable quantity.

Interactions of drug ACTAPULGITE with other substances
This drug can decrease the absorption of many drugs. A time of at least 2 hours (even 4 hours with antibiotics of the family of the quinolones) must be respected between the catch of this drug and that of the other treatments. Ask council your doctor or your pharmacist.

Pregnancy and breast feeding
The substances contained in this drug are absorbed little. Nevertheless, do not use it in a way prolonged during the pregnancy or breast feeding without the opinion of your doctor or your pharmacist.

Directions for use and posology of drug ACTAPULGITE
This drug is taken preferably before the meals.

Usual posology:
Adult: 2 to 3 sachets per day.

Child of more than 10 kg: 2 sachets per day.

The Councils
To obtain a homogeneous and pleasant mixture with the taste: mix the powder with sugar before adding water, or mix it with a yoghourt.

A food rich in fibers, if it facilitates the transit, can also increase intestinal fermentations and support the distensions. Ask council your doctor to balance your food.

Measurements making it possible to limit the stress generally have a favorable effect on the disorders related to a disordered state of the intestine.

A diarrhea can cause a dehydration, in particular in the child or the elderly. This water loss by the organization must be compensated by abundant drinks (salted bubble, sweetened drinks) because it can be at the origin of a tiredness, faintness or confusion of the ideas.

Possible undesirable effects of drug ACTAPULGITE
Constipation, in the event of prolonged treatment or with strong amounts.

Laboratory Ipsen Pharma
LEXICON
antibiotic
Substance able to block the multiplication of certain bacteria or to kill them. The spectrum of an antibiotic is the whole of the bacteria on which this product is usually active. Contrary to the bacteria, the viruses are not sensitive to antibiotics. The first antibiotics were extracted from mushroom cultures: Penicillium (penicillin), streptomyces (streptomycine). They are currently manufactured by chemical synthesis. The antibiotics are divided into families: penicillins, cephalosporines, macrolides, tétracyclines (cyclines), sulphamides, aminosides, lincosanides, phénicolés, polymyxines, quinolones, imidazols, etc

An inappropriate use of antibiotics can support the appearance of resistances: use an antibiotic only on medical regulation, respect its posology and its duration, do not give and do not advise with another person an antibiotic that one prescribed you.

mégacôlon
Dilation of part of the large intestine where gases and feces accumulate. It is frequently accompanied by constipation.

digestive bandage
Drug which protects the digestive tract by papering the mucous membrane from a protective film and by decreasing the acidity of the stomach. This type of drug can obstruct the absorption of other drugs.

sweeten
General term indicating various substances of which most widespread is the saccharose. Other sugars can be contained in the drugs: glucose, fructose, lactose, etc glucose is the sugar used by the organization; it is the only one to circulate in notable quantity in blood.

The sweetening substances (false sugar) are authorized at the diabetics or the people according to a mode, and are far from heating.

symptom
Disorder felt by a person reached of a disease. The same symptom can translate different diseases and the same disease inevitably does not give the same symptoms among all patients.

symptomatic treatment
Treatment which removes or attenuates the symptoms of a disease without attacking its cause.

intestinal transit time
Course of food since the stomach until their elimination in the form of saddles.