Last update Feb. 12, 2025
Compatible
We do not have alternatives for Algeldrate since it is relatively safe.
Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.
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Aluminum hydroxide or algeldrate is an antacid used for the symptomatic relief of heartburn, acid indigestion, and upset stomach. Oral administration.
Aluminum from antacids is not concentrated in breast milk. (Mahadevan 2006, Richter 2005)
After intake of aluminum-containing antacids, plasma aluminum values rise from basal 7 μg/L to 55 μg/L within half an hour and then fall back to their previous value 3 hours later.
Although trace amounts of aluminum may be found in milk, it has no adverse effects on the infant. Breast milk contains an average of 49 μg/L aluminum, much lower than the 180-700 μg/L in artificial formulas. (Burrell 2010, Simmer 1990)
Its low oral bioavailability means that the passage to infant plasma from ingested breast milk is scarce, except in premature infants and immediate neonatal period, in which there may be greater intestinal absorption.
The manufacturer and expert authors consider its use compatible with breastfeeding. (Hale, AEMPS 2014, Mahadevan 2006, Richter 2005, Broussard 1998)
Avoid chronic or excessive use. List of essential medicines WHO 2002: Compatible with breastfeeding. (WHO 2002)