A nurse is talking with a client who has peptic ulcer disease and is starting therapy with sucralfate (Carafate). The nurse should instruct the client to take the medication
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A Take it with an antacid.
B Take before meals
C Take it whenever indigestion occurs
D Take it immediately after meals
Peptic ulcer is a sore developed on the lining of esophagus, especially stomach or small intestine.
Sucralfate is one of the drug of choice in treating peptic ulcer.
The medicine should be administered orally before an hour of the meal.So that it could bind with the proteinaceous material, neutralizing acidity without changing the gastric PH and protects the region.
So taking this medicine with an antacid after meals or whenever indigestion occurs will not be beneficial
Hence this medicine should be taken before meals.
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