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If sucralfate taken at wrong timing reduces the absorption of antibiotic(ofloxacin). will it make antibiotic therapy totally fail and ineffective?

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Dr. Donald Colantino answered

It may: Agents like sucralfate, while in the stomach, may bind medications and render them much less effective in reaching therapeutic blood levels.

Answered 9/19/2018

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A member asked:

If sucralfate taken at wrong timing reduces the absorption of antibiotic(ofloxacin). will it make antibiotic therapy totally fail and ineffective?

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Dr. Donald Colantino answered

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