Talk:Gaviscon

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[edit] Dual action, advertisement?

FWIW, Gaviscon seems to be the only such dual-action antacid available in the U.S. I've had stomach problems for 20 years, had my first ulcer before we knew about H. pylori, and I'd never even heard of alginic acid until I read an article that linked to this one. I just ran out and bought some, in fact... ask me in 30 minutes if it worked. Tastes nasty, though. Worse-than-Pepto kind of nasty.

Anyway, the article seems pretty neutral now - I mean, we could add a "Controversies" section and talk about the Pro-Stomach-Acid March of 2006 (secretly sponsored by Big Hydrochlor), but other than that, it didn't feel like an advertisement... does it still merit the tag? --JayLevitt (talk) 20:26, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accuracy

I just went out to Walgreens here in Texas 10 minutes ago to get some of this Gaviscon and found that many of the preparations had ONLY calcium carbonate as the active ingredient (and sold for $10 per bottle!!) Some others had an aluminum hydroxide (sp?) ingredient. Nowhere did I see the alginate. Therefore I am raising the accuracy flag. -Rolypolyman (talk) 17:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

CORRECTION: Took a closer look and the ingredient is indeed in there, but hidden in the bottom and not on "active ingredients". I'm rescinding my accuracy flag.-Rolypolyman (talk) 00:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)