Acidity which is a part of broad term dysphagia where heartburn, bloating, belching, pain upper abdomen and discomfort are usual symptoms which common people term as the gas formation and acidity. It is the commonest gastrointestinal or Abdominal pain disease and usually treated by Proton pump inhibitors or PPI as they supress acid formation better than antacid, H2 blocker, anticholinergics, bismuth or prosta glandins.
Since their inception, these are used as a food substance and is available as otc product, not for acidity but whenever any analgesic given or in heart attack, diabetes, burn, neurosurgery or during anaesthesia of any operation and after any operation Doctors use it with Prokinetics without any reason with common belief that it will protect stomach and will relief patient even patient takes it themselves for any upper abdominal discomfort or uneasiness. A cohort study of…
