Phosphate binder (iron-based)
- ↓ dietary phosphate absorption from the gut
- Minimal systemic iron uptake — phosphate control without an iron load
- Black stools
- Iron-based binder traps dietary phosphate in the gut → ↓ phosphate absorption
- Minimal systemic iron uptake — phosphate control without an iron load
Drugs with this mechanism (1)
- Sucroferric oxyhydroxide — Chewable iron-based phosphate binder; low pill burden.
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