Current Events > Where can I buy sucralfate? It's an ulcer medicine

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The lady at Walgreens didn't know what it was. The doctor thinks my issue is esophageal/stomach inflammation, but it may be an ulcer in my intestines since i'm feeling gas activity in there. Anyone familiar with this stuff?

It's prescription only.

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LanHikari10 posted...

It's prescription only.

Oh man really

I must have misunderstood her then. I can buy it from Petco, will that be the same stuff?

I have no idea what type of medication the pet store would be selling you, so I cannot say nor would I recommend taking it.

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https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/sucralfate-1-gm-tablets

So I shouldn't buy and use this? Never mind that's prescription too. Damn

No, you need to be seeing a doctor and they should be prescribing it for you.

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I went to the walk-in yesterday and she wrote down a few meds for me to buy since I told her I don't have prescription insurance. I don't have a PCP

And she didn't give you a script or a prescription? Did she send it electronically? I'd call back and ask.

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I'll check on my break. She also recommended I see a gastro doctor but I'm not jp morgan so i'm gonna have to blow that off. already had to drop $150 on a simple visit then another 50 bucks on otc medicine

thanks for the quick responses

Sorry to hear that. That's the unfortunate thing with our system right now. And I'm not really sure how pet medications work, I'd have no idea if they can guarantee the potency of the pet version of medications versus human medications.

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Lysandear posted...

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/sucralfate-1-gm-tablets

So I shouldn't buy and use this? Never mind that's prescription too. Damn

Wouldn't really work. This stuff coats your GI tract to prevent further acid damage. It is supplied in a suspension which is far more effective.

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C7D posted...

Wouldn't really work. This stuff coats your GI tract to prevent further acid damage. It is supplied in a suspension which is far more effective.

Is there data stating the suspension is more effective than the tablet? The tablets dissolve almost instantly in water anyway.

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LanHikari10 posted...

Is there data stating the suspension is more effective than the tablet? The tablets dissolve almost instantly in water anyway.

There is a reason it is supplied in a suspension of colloidal silica and glycerine. It's because of high MW and the tendency of the molecule to coalesce.

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C7D posted...

There is a reason it is supplied in a suspension of colloidal silica and glycerine. It's because of high MW and the tendency of the molecule to coalesce.

But is there data proving it is more effective than the tablet? Last I saw in the literature, they're equally effective.

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LanHikari10 posted...

But is there data proving it is more effective than the tablet? Last I saw in the literature, they're equally effective.

Interesting. I have only seen the study in dogs wherein the suspension had a greater bioavailability. My day job tends to have me interacting with solutions containing aluminum and silica much like this one. There is a solubility window that I suspect the tablet misses.

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As far as animals go, I can't say I know much of anything about how medications interact with them compared to us. I will say that bioavailability doesn't matter much for sucralfate though, as it's effects are expressed in the GI tract. It doesn't need to be absorbed in the body for it to work.

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