Simaldrate

Scheme

Prop.INN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0012408-47-8

Chemical Formula

Al2-Mg2-O11-Si3·(H2O)n

Therapeutic Category

Antacid

Chemical Names

Aluminate(4-), tris[metasilicato(2-)]dioxodi-, magnesium (1:2), hydrate

Aluminosilicic acid (H₄Al₂Si₃O₁₁), magnesium salt (1:2), hydrate

Magnesium Aluminosilicate hydrate (WHO)

Foreign Names

• Simaldratum (Latin)
• Simaldrat (German)
• Simaldrate (French)
• Simaldrato (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Magnesium Aluminometasilicate (OS: JAN)
• Silodrate (OS: USAN)
• Dimagnesiumaluminiumtrisilicat (IS)
• MP 1051 (IS: Mallinckrodt)
• Simaldolate (IS)
• Magnesium Aluminometasilicate (PH: NF 27)

Brand Names

• Cabagin U (Simaldrate and Methionine, L-)
  Kowa Souyaku, Japan



• Gelusil
  Hemofarm, Georgia; Hemofarm, Serbia; Hemofarm, Russian Federation; Pfizer, Egypt; Pfizer, Ghana; Pfizer, Kenya; Pfizer, Liberia; Pfizer, Malawi; Pfizer, Nigeria; Pfizer, Sudan; Pfizer, Sierra Leone



• Metastamin
  Maruishi, Japan



• Spiegel
  Fuso Pharmaceutical, Japan

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Prop.INN	Proposed International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
USAN	United States Adopted Name
WHO	World Health Organization

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