antacid
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At 29, abdominal pain was met with an antacid.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
The acid-reducing drugs includeproton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole and esomeprazole, histamine H2-receptor antagonists, or H2 blockers, such as cimetidine and famotidine, and antacid supplements.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
Send the man a case of antacid, he’s going to need it.
From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023
“This is the antacid for the ocean,” Adkins says.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 8, 2021
Now she was chewing on the antacid tablets.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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