I have eaten too much acidic food (why is fruit so tasty??) and now Gastrogel is my friend. The stress and extra coffee are also to blame.
I can't whinge about growing older being the cause - I had worse stomach inflammation when I was in my late teens. Now it only flairs up occasionally, and I am good at getting onto things to calm it down before it REALLY hurts.
You can now buy Ranitidine (Zantac) over the counter in Australia but I am hoping that it won't come to that.
Now excuse me, I need to do a shot of Gastrogel and drink something a little more stomach-friendly than black coffee.
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Remember that ranitidine's therapeutic dose is 300mg total daily dose (usualy 150mg bd), over the counter ranitidine is usually well shy of that.
Too, a gastroenterology Consultant told me he'd ban it. His view was that if it was bad enough to need maedication to address it you should use a PPI and not faff about with homeopathy and H2 malarky ;-)
Haha, that's funny! I can just imagine all of the naturopaths stocking up on ranitidine, alongside of the aromatherapy and massage oils!
Re the dose, the one I picked up is 150mg bd. And they sell a stronger one to take once daily!
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