INTERNAL CONTAMINATION MEASUREMENTS AND TREATMENTS Contamination of the digestive tract: non-specific treatments 40SHEET Below are listed the principle non-specific medicines that can be used for cases of internal contamination by ingestion. Laxatives Macrogol 4000 PRESENTATION FORLAX® 10 g, powder for oral solution in single-dose sachet. DOSAGE • Adults – Children > 8 years: the usual recommended dose is from 1 to 2 sachets per day, preferably in the morning in a single administration. The daily dose can be adapted according to the results and can vary from 1 sachet every 2 days (for children in particular) to 2 sachets per day at the most. Lactulose PRESENTATION DUPHALAC® 10 g/15 ml, oral solution in sachet. DOSAGE • Adults – Adolescents: 1 to 3 sachet(s) per day. • Children of 7 to 14 years: 1 sachet per day. Gastric buffers Sodium alginate PRESENTATION GAVISCON®, oral suspension in 500 mg sachet of sodium alginate. DOSAGE • Adults : 10 g/d. Colloidal aluminium phosphate PRESENTATION PHOSPHALUGEL®, oral suspension in single-dose sachet. DOSAGE • Adults : 1 to 2 sachet(s) per intake, 2 to 3 times/d. 114 MEDICAL RESPONSE IN NUCLEAR OR RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY
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