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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Abdominal Pain
Question: Burning stomach pain past few days. Tums or pepto not helping pain to go away.
Brief Answer:
try pepcid/zantac along with the tums
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Burning discomfort in the stomach is usually related to acid production.
You may want to consider using agents such as pepcid or zantac combined with another medication
Pepcid or zantac belong to the same family of medications, they act to reduce acid production in the stomach.
Tums would try to neutralize it.
You may want to consider a combination of the pepcid or zantac with the tums to see if this helps. Pepcid or zantac are over the counter.
If this does not work for you , you can try the other level of medication for acid in the stomach- nexium, prilosec, prevacid, protonix, aciphex
These also reduce acid production and they do it more effectively than the pepcid or zantac.
They sometimes take a few days for their full effect and may or may not be available over the counter at your local pharmacy
You would also need to look at any foods that may be worsening the symptoms eg spicy, citrus, fried, fatty foods.
Large food quantities can also cause a problem so small frequent meals are better.
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
try pepcid/zantac along with the tums
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Burning discomfort in the stomach is usually related to acid production.
You may want to consider using agents such as pepcid or zantac combined with another medication
Pepcid or zantac belong to the same family of medications, they act to reduce acid production in the stomach.
Tums would try to neutralize it.
You may want to consider a combination of the pepcid or zantac with the tums to see if this helps. Pepcid or zantac are over the counter.
If this does not work for you , you can try the other level of medication for acid in the stomach- nexium, prilosec, prevacid, protonix, aciphex
These also reduce acid production and they do it more effectively than the pepcid or zantac.
They sometimes take a few days for their full effect and may or may not be available over the counter at your local pharmacy
You would also need to look at any foods that may be worsening the symptoms eg spicy, citrus, fried, fatty foods.
Large food quantities can also cause a problem so small frequent meals are better.
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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