In response, Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd has launched advanced anti-reflux antacid - sodium alginate + potassium bicarbonate chewable tablet, approved by the Drugs Controller General of ...

Learn more about the different types and brands of antacids. We also discuss their side effects, when to take them, and foods to avoid to limit acid reflux.

Heartburn remedies typically work to relieve symptoms by: Neutralising excess stomach acid - using antacids such as calcium carbonate, sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate; Forming a protective ...

Sodium alginate is one of the key ingredients in such formulations. The aim of this presentation is to highlight the effect of various formulation components on the raft properties. Additionally, a ...

Included patients were male or female, aged between 18 and 60 years, with 2 to 6 days of GERD episodes per week, with heartburn, with or without regurgitation, not taking alginate/antacid or PPI ...

Furthermore, the alginate–antacid raft seemed to displace the acid pocket below the diaphragm in 71% of reflux episodes, compared with in 21% of reflux episodes in patients who received antacid.

Other antacid medications such as Gaviscon use sodium alginate, sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate as their active ingredients, which are minerals, and are not involved in the investigation.

Gaviscon said “as a responsible company” it recognised its duty to produce unconstrained access to its product but, unfortunately, the shortage of medical grade sodium alginate was impacting this.