Pepcid (famotidine) can help silent reflux, but only in specific ways. It’s most useful as a bedtime dose to cut night-time acid, as an on-demand dose before a meal you know will cause trouble, or as a step-down when coming off a PPI. It works within an hour and …
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Gaviscon Advance and Gaviscon Extra Strength work in different ways. Gaviscon Advance (the UK formula) is an alginate: 1,000 mg of sodium alginate per 10 ml forms a thick raft that floats on your stomach contents and physically blocks reflux. Gaviscon Extra Strength (the US formula) is an antacid: …
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Gaviscon Advance isn’t sold in the US because its active ingredient, sodium alginate, isn’t on the FDA’s approved list of over-the-counter antacid ingredients. US antacids are sold under an FDA rulebook called a monograph, and alginate isn’t in it. So the Gaviscon you’ll find on American shelves is a …
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The H. pylori breath test (urea breath test, or UBT) checks for an active Helicobacter pylori infection in your stomach. You breathe into a bag, drink a solution containing a specially labeled form of urea, wait about 15 minutes, then breathe into a second bag. If H. pylori is …
An itchy throat and itchy ears together are most often caused by allergies, especially hay fever. They happen together because the back of your throat and parts of your ear share the same nerves, so irritation in one is often felt in the other. Allergic itching usually comes with …
A burning sensation in your nose is usually caused by irritation of the nasal lining. The most common triggers are dry or cold air, allergies, a cold or sinus infection, overuse of nasal sprays, and chemical irritants like smoke, cleaning products or strong perfume. Most of the time it …
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