Facts about antacids

Antacids is one of the common medications that are sold without a prescription, where these drugs are used to relieve heartburn.

And months of antacids used:

Calcium Carbonate:

And is one of the most common vehicles involved in the installation of antacids.

Calcium carbonate works by direct interaction with the stomach acid. Where each molecule of calcium carbonate reacts with two parts of hydrochloric acid (stomach acid), and results from an interaction of calcium and salt water molecules, and carbon dioxide. Antacids such as calcium carbonate relieve heartburn by stomach acids equation.

 Sodium Bicarbonate

And is in common use antacids as well (and is also used in the baking process), and work the same way in which it operates, calcium carbonate, but less used during the previous years after the appearance of serious side effects for him.

Aluminum hydroxide

And is another type of antacids, which often have a boat with another anti-acidity.

Side effects of antacids:

 We need to look at two things: The first thing is the side effects caused by stomach acid equation, and the second command determine the side effects of the same consumption of antacids such as calcium particles that produce excess calcium carbonate interaction with stomach acid.

First: to offset the side effects of stomach acid

It is known that the middle of acid the stomach necessary to digest nutrients, especially protein, stomach acid also works to activate pepsin, a digestive enzyme that begins break-proteins. Pepsin stops working when the lower the acidity of the stomach, and this happens temporarily when using antacid. For this reason, people who use antacids often suffer from constipation, indigestion, and digestive problems.

Second: the side effects of antacids:

- The use of calcium carbonate leads to two chronic health problems:

The first problem is to be kidney stones as the frequent use of calcium carbonate that can lead to kidney stones, especially if when a person who has a family history of kidney stones.

The second problem, and is a real danger behind the use of calcium carbonate overly It hypercalcemia (ie, the presence of high levels of calcium in the blood), which may lead to kidney damage and high baseline blood is higher than normal values, a life-threatening condition.

- Antacids containing aluminum can contribute to the lack of phosphates when used for long periods of time leads to weakness in the bones, because of overlapping with the absorption of aluminum phosphate. This is because the phosphate in the food reacts with the aluminum in the antacid and is a solid material that is simply reformatted in the stool, and in order to maintain enough phosphorus in the blood, the body phosphorus out of the bones. This is a particular problem for older people who tend to use these products on a regular basis.

 - Aluminum salts can aggravate health problems for patients, such as Alzheimer's disease, kidney disease, and those who suffer from certain disorders of the bone.

 - As for the sodium bicarbonate it may affect blood pressure and cause swelling of the feet and legs.

But in the end taking antacids between the period and the other to get rid of heartburn is a cause for concern, but if a person suffers constantly from heartburn and frequently the use of antacids excessively may expose a person to undesirable side effects which in this case must go doctor to a specialist to find out the reason behind the problem, especially that antacids do not address the problem, such as that be the reason behind the feeling of heartburn and presence of Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the stomach.