مريض يأخذ سوكرالفات لقرحة المعدة. أي تعليم صحيح؟

A client takes sucralfate for a gastric ulcer. Which teaching is correct?

1. Take it with all other medicines in a single dose
2. Take it right after meals with milk
3. An hour before meals on an empty stomach, apart from other drugs
4. Together with an antacid at exactly the same time each dose

Answer: C) An hour before meals on an empty stomach, apart from other drugs. Sucralfate coats the ulcer and works in an acid environment; it reduces absorption of other drugs, so separate by two hours. Constipation is the commonest side effect.