Antacid drugs may increase your risk of suffering a stroke, especially if you take a higher or prolonged dose. Antacid drugs are taken by millions of Americans to quell the unsettling chest discomfort ...

Antacid drugs like Tums, Pepcid and its generic version, famotidine, are facing shortages across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, The New York Times reported. Studies in the spring indicated ...

Chronic use of some drugs for heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) speeds up the aging of blood vessels, according to a published paper in Circulation Research (early online), an American ...

Amidst recent recalls over a suspected carcinogen used in the over-the-counter acid reflux medication Zantac, the Food and Drug Administration has released a list of safer antacid alternatives that ...

Sometimes, factors or conditions could prevent your doctor from prescribing Xofluza due to the risk of harm. These are known as contraindications. The contraindications of Xofluza include: Having had ...

(Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who take antacids may be more likely to have children who go on to develop asthma than their counterparts who don’t take these medications, a research review suggests ...

Magnesium carbonate is a "salt" form of magnesium available as a supplement and an ingredient in some antacids, such as magnesium carbonate/aluminum hydroxide. Since some studies have suggested a link ...

BENGALURU, Sept 27 (Reuters) - India's drug regulator has found more than 50 drugs, including some batches of widely used antacids and paracetamol, to be substandard or fake, according to government ...