Sucralfate gel in the dry state in porous granular form having a
particle-size distribution of between 100 and 1000 .mu.m, an apparent
density of the powder bed of between 0.7 and 0.9 g/ml, a settling index of
between 5 and 15%, and a residual humidity of between 5 and 15%, and the
corresponding process of preparation, which comprises a treatment with
microwaves of a diluted solution of powdered sucralfate gel, with a
sucralfate titre of between 20 and 70 wt. %. This solid product may be
advantageously used in the preparation of solid pharmaceutical
compositions that contain it as single active principle, or else as
coating of solid compositions that contain, as active principle, a
substance that may cause lesions to the gastric mucosa.
