Background: Aluminium-containing phosphate binders have long been used for treatment of hyperphosphatemia in dialysis patients. Their safety became controversial in the early 1980's after reports ...

Take with meals. Starting dose for adult patients not taking a phosphate binder: Serum phosphorus >5.5 and <7.5mg/dL: 800mg 3 times daily. Serum phosphorus ≥7.5mg/dL: 1.6g 3 times daily.