Sucralfate, an oral, nonabsorbable aluminum salt of sulfated sucrose, has long been used for the treatment of gastrointestinal ulcerations. Its mechanism of action is 2-fold. First, it forms a ...

Although the mechanism of sucralfate’s ability to accelerate healing of duodenal ulcers remains to be fully defined, it is known that it exerts its effect through a local, rather than systemic ...