Magnesium Hydroxide

In the US, Magnesium Hydroxide (magnesium hydroxide systemic) is a member of the following drug classes: antacids, laxatives and is used to treat Acne, Constipation and Indigestion.

US matches:

• Magnesium Hydroxide


• Magnesium Hydroxide Chewable Tablets


• Magnesium Hydroxide Suspension


• Magnesium Hydroxide/Mineral Oil Suspension

Scheme

Ph. Eur.

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

A02AA04,G04BX01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0001309-42-8

Chemical Formula

Mg-(OH)2

Molecular Weight

58

Therapeutic Categories

Antacid

Laxative

Urological

Chemical Name

Magnesium hydroxide (USAN)

Foreign Names

• Magnesii hydroxidum (Latin)
• Magnesiumhydroxid (German)
• Hydroxide de magnésium (French)
• Magnesio, hidroxido de (Spanish)

Generic Names

• E528 (IS)
• Magnesium Hydrate (IS)
• UNII-NBZ3QY004S (IS)
• Magnesii hydroxidum (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Magnesium Hydroxide (PH: BP 2010)
• Magnesium hydroxide (PH: Ph. Eur. 6, USP 32)
• Magnesiumhydroxid (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Milk of Magnesia (PH: USP 32)

Brand Names

• Acidless (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Nakakita Yakuhin, Japan



• Aflomag (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Aflofarm, Poland



• Aisflat (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Choseido Pharmaceutical, Japan



• Almagel (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Balkanpharma, Russian Federation



• Alucol (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Melisana, Switzerland; Sanova, Austria



• Alum Milk (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium)
  Sanofi-Aventis, Thailand



• Alumag (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Polfa Grodzisk, Poland



• Alutop (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium)
  General Drugs House, Thailand



• Anacid (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Ivax, Slovakia



• Antagel Katwijk (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Apotex Europe, Netherlands



• Antagel Kring (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Kring, Netherlands



• Antagel PCH (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Pharmachemie, Netherlands



• Antagel Ratiopharm (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  ratiopharm, Netherlands



• Antagel Sandoz (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Sandoz, Netherlands



• Aquastin (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Fuji Capseru, Japan



• Asialum (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium)
  Asian Pharmaceutical, Thailand



• Balancid Novum (Magnesium Hydroxide and Calcium Carbonate)
  BioPhausia ABSE, Denmark; BMM, Finland



• Carbonex
  Legras, France



• Carelox (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminum Hydroxide)
  Pharmacara, Oman



• Chlorumagène
  SERP, Monaco



• Citrato Espresso S.Pellegrino
  Sanofi-Aventis, Italy



• Crimeran (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Takata Seiyaku, Japan



• Daewoong Newlanta A (Magnesium Hydroxide and Calcium Carbonate)
  Daewoong, Vietnam



• Daewoong Newlanta (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Daewoong, Vietnam



• Dicanon S (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Nisshin Seiyaku - Yamagata, Japan



• Dicanon (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Nisshin Seiyaku - Yamagata, Japan



• Digel (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Aristopharma, Vietnam



• Diovol (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Church & Dwight, Canada



• Emgesan
  Meda, Finland



• Gastal (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide + Magnesium Carbonate)
  Pliva, Croatia (Hrvatska)



• Hairiesu (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Isei, Japan



• Hydroxydes Aluminium/Magnésium Sandoz Conseil (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Sandoz, France



• Kaomuth (Magnesium Hydroxide and Kaolin)
  Bailly, France



• Laxasium
  Fahrenheit, Indonesia



• Laxomag
  Eipico, Bahrain; Eipico Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries CO, Ethiopia



• Leche de Magnesia Douglas
  Medifarma, Peru



• Leche de Magnesia Phillips
  Farpasa, Peru



• Maalox Plus (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminum Hydroxide)
  Novum, Netherlands; Sanofi-Aventis, Slovakia



• Maalox (Magnesium Hydroxide and Algeldrate)
  Aventis Pharma, Oman; Novum, Netherlands; Sanofi-Aventis, Belgium; Sanofi-Aventis, Peru; Sanofi-Aventis, Slovakia; Winthrop, Germany; Winthrop, South Africa



• Maalox (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Sanofi Aventis, Japan; Sanofi-aventis, Greece; Sanofi-aventis, Italy; Sanofi-aventis, Vietnam



• Maalox maux d'estomac (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Sanofi-Aventis, France



• Maaloxan (Magnesium Hydroxide and Algeldrate)
  Winthrop, Germany



• Maaredge (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Towa Yakuhin, Japan



• Macmet (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Sawai Seiyaku, Japan



• Magal II (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Hersil, Peru



• Maglid (Magnesium Hydroxide and Algeldrate)
  Melisana, Belgium; Melisana, Luxembourg



• Magnesia Cinfa
  Cinfa, Spain



• Magnesia S. Pellegrino
  Actipharm, Switzerland; Aldox, Malta; Sanofi-Aventis, Italy; Seid, Spain



• Magnesia
  Sella, Italy



• Magnesie Calcinee
  Carlo Erba, Turkey



• Magnésie San Pellegrino Anisée
  Zambon, France



• Magnésie San Pellegrino Sans Anis
  Zambon, France



• Magnesium Hydroxide
  PSM, New Zealand



• Magnokal
  Saba, Turkey



• Magtect (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Teikoku Medix, Japan



• Magtect U (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Teikoku Medix, Japan



• Malfa (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Toyo Seiyaku KaseiOriental, Japan



• Marperis (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Sandoz, Japan



• Medacid (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium hydroxide)
  Medpharma, Oman



• Milk of Magnesia
  GlaxoSmithKline, Greece; Rougier, Canada; Roxane, United States; Rugby, United States; Sandoz, United States; UDL, United States; United Research, United States; Winthrop, Ethiopia



• Milmag
  MG Pharma, Japan



• Mom
  Masa Lab, Myanmar



• Moxal (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminum Hydroxide)
  Julphar, Oman



• Mucogel (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminum Hydroxide)
  Chemidex, United Kingdom; Pharmax, Oman



• Mupax (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Arrow, France



• Novagel (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide, Magnesium Carbonate)
  Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Co. LTD. - APM, Oman



• Novalucol (Magnesium Hydroxide and Calcium Carbonate)
  BioPhausia, Sweden



• Omacid (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium hydroxide)
  National Pharmaceutical Industries Co. - NPI, Oman



• Pepcidduo (Magnesium Hydroxide and Famotidine)
  McNeil, Norway



• Phillips' Milk of Magnesia
  Bayer, United States; GlaxoSmithKline, Malta; Sterling, Ethiopia



• Phillips
  Bayer, Canada



• Polmantis (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Biogened, Poland



• Progastrit (Magnesium Hydroxide and Algeldrate)
  Hexal, Germany



• Regla-PH (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium hydroxid)
  UCB, Netherlands



• Rialox (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Riyad Pharma, Oman



• Ritaroks (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Tsuruhara Seiyaku, Japan



• Sakloft (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Taisho Yakuhin, Japan



• Stomafar (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Pharmedic, Vietnam



• Taimec (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Taiyo Pharmaceutical, Japan



• Witcop (Magnesium Hydroxide and Aluminium Hydroxide)
  Yoshindo, Japan

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Ph. Eur.	European Pharmacopoeia
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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