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I feel like it’s nearly impossible to take carafate QID and avoid food and medications for 1-2 hours before and after. How do you counsel patients so that they get efficacy of the drug but can maintain regular diets?

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Radiation Oncology · Yale School of Medicine

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I have been prescribing carafate for many years now and to this day I don't know if it helps patients or if compliance is possible. I would be curious to know what the experts think.

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Radiation Oncology · Beaumont Health System

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I have actually been quite surprised with the effectiveness of carafate slurry 4 times a day. So many patients are anxious about narcotics these days, and getting folks through chemo + radiation to the chest is challenging. I find carafate is a good intermediate point between PPIs/antacids and narco...

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