Bismuth
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Due to the formulatable pH range of 6 to 10, bismuth salts should not be combined with acidic components.
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Bismuth compounds such as dibismuth tris(tetraoxodialuminate), bismuth oxide nitrate (bismuth subnitrate, basic bismuth nitrate) are used as part of a therapy against Helicobacter-duodeni (pylori) (eradication therapy).
Historically, bismuth was used as a component of wound powders (e.g. dermatol) at the end of the 19th century. Since the 1920s it has been used as a remedy for syphilis.
Bismuth gallate is mainly used in a formulation as a paste in combination with zinc oxide, for example Pasta exsiccans NRF 11.112. It is also listed under the same name by the SR.
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Rare are skin and mucous membrane changes: universal grey colouring of the skin, slate grey pigmentation of the oral mucosa. S.a.u. Stomatitis bismutica.