Antacids are medicines that counteract (neutralize) the acid in your stomach to relieve indigestion and heartburn. They come as a liquid or as chewable tablets.
These may help with immediate symptom relief but are not considered as a primary treatment.
Antacids are easily available medicines, some of which doesn’t need a prescription and can be bought from pharmacies and shops. So, people tend to consume it at the slightest uneasiness they get in case of indigestion.
Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach lining, which can either be acute or chronic. This is caused due to excess alcohol consumption and frequent use of pain-relief medicines.
Antacids aren’t typically used to heal gastritis. They can only soothe, not cure, some of the symptoms. If you have severe pain that doesn’t get better after using the recommended dosage of antacids, call your doctor.
It’s very much important to recognize some symptoms and how to respond to them. Sometimes, heart attack symptoms are confused with heartburn or digestive issues. You may be having a heart attack but instead confuse it with heartburn and take the wrong medicines, which will end up as a threat to your life.