Phosphate binder (iron-based)
- ↓ dietary phosphate absorption from the gut
- Iron-based binder traps dietary phosphate in the gut
- Minimal systemic iron uptake — phosphate control without an iron load
- Black stools
Drugs with this mechanism (1)
- Sucroferric oxyhydroxide — Chewable iron-based phosphate binder; low pill burden.
Self-check
- How much systemic iron uptake occurs with this phosphate binder?
Minimal. - What stool-color change can occur?
Black stools.
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