Gaviscon
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Topic: Gaviscon
Posted By: BaAsKa
Subject: Gaviscon
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 4:58pm
| will gaviscon still work if i swallow it whole instead of chewing it. It makes me gag when i chew it because i cant stand it! but my heartburn is driving me crazy!!!! |
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 5:00pm
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I would think it would be okay if you halved ("opened") it first... maybe give it a try? -------------  |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 5:20pm
| Why don't you just get the liquid? Its what I have |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 5:34pm
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i used mylanta for my heartburn - i think its in tabs and liquid - maybe try a diff brand or the liquid. i used to keep mine in the fridge. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 8:29am
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It should still work cos it will get broken down on the way down to your tummy and once it hits your tummy. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 10:28am
I would try the liquid only that makes me sick as well but im all good taking tablets (as long as i dont have to chew them!!!! ).
Iv heard that you can get aniseed flavoured liquid though which i havnt tried so i might try and hunt that out and hope that it tastes so good that i dont get sick! 
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Posted By: yalanna
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 6:05pm
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Baysmum, yes you can get aniseed liquid in a 500ml bottle. It doesnt come in the small bottles anymore. If you have a nice pharmacist (like me ha ha) they might bottle up a smaller amount so you can try it first. As for swallowing the tabs whole, I think you will find they will take far too long to take effect. And they are disgusting arent they!!!
Nothing else acts quite the same as gaviscon (its what they call an alginate), but mylanta and titralac are antacid alternatives if you find you cant stomach gaviscon. Titralac is good because it gives you extra calcium too. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 3:57pm
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Keep it in the fridge i found that the coolness of it hitting my heartburn helped sooo much!
Towards the end only ice cream worked! Well thats my theory anyway 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 9:30am
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Get Quickeze tabs - the mint flavoured ones. They were the only ones that did not make me gag while I was pregnant - really quite yummy. I hated Gaviscon - esp the aniseed flavoured one ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BabyOnBoard
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 4:31pm
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Gaviscon make me gag too, so I'm buying quik-eze in bulk. The reason you suck on the gaviscon is because it passes through your mouths membranes and straight into the blood stream where as if it is swallowed you have to wait for the whole digestion prosses.
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 4:47pm
hehe RE "nurse in training" thats good to have more knoledge on the curcuit (SP??) to answer all my weird questions!
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 2:09pm
| i had horrible heartburn when i was pregnant but gaviscon tasted yuck and mylanta tastes like chalk and they gave me about 5mins relief so i started getting tetralac, theyre just like smints and they work straight away and for hours |
Posted By: cat
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 3:09pm
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Try eating almonds - about 5 whole almonds are fantastic when you have heartburn (and they taste a million times better than anything you buy at the pharmacy). I have had heartburn pretty badly and swear by them. -------------  
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 3:23pm
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Ooo I've got shocking heartburn at the moment. DP bought me some ginger and lemon flavoured chewy quickeze and they are just like eating lollies.
They work pretty well too. |