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calcium aluminosilicate anti-diarrheal A clay compound consisting of aluminosilicate and calcium ions with potential antidiarrheal activity. Calcium aluminosilicate anti-diarrheal consists of microscopically large flat plates of aluminosilicate separated by calcium ions that may sorb toxic chemotherapeutic drugs and their metabolites and inflammatory proteins such as TNF-alpha, which may help minimize chemotherapy-mediated or radiation therapy-mediated damage to the intestinal epithelium and so therapy-related diarrhea. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Abbreviation: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509204635im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | CASAD | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509204635im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) |
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