2006-07-08 09:16:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
simple answer is yes it does...it may take longer but it will still work believe me i've tried it
2006-07-20 09:51:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 15:25:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
O.K. now look at it logically. Let's say you're an antacid tablet. If somebody swallows you, then at least you have a chance to survive. You might even make it out of the other end! If they chew you, then "ouch, I'm being chewed, I'm history". So, if I was an antacid tablet, I would rather you just left me alone, in the bathroom cabinet, inside a safe cozy bottle and didn't take me at all. Just stay away from all those wild and crazy drugs. They won't help you anyway. Drink some milk for crying out load.
2006-07-16 17:05:56 · answer #3 · answered by 5375 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋
For an anti acid to work effectively it needs to be broken down to smaller particles so that to increase the surface areas of these particles to releases their chemical effect that neutralizes the acid produced by the stomach. If swallowed without being chewed first the surface area exposed to the acid in the stomach is much smaller compaired to chewed particles surface area when combined all together. So its efficiency will be too small and with slow peaking up to counteracts the effect of acid.
2006-07-08 09:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by mytanzania 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are supposed to chew chewable antacids. Part of the reason is to dissolve the tab in your mouth, so the medication can start coating you GI system. You are missing part of the benefits of the medcation if you swallow it whole and let it sit on your stomach.
2006-07-19 16:05:07 · answer #5 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um, yes, but it takes longer because your stomach has to do all the work your mouth should have. Part of the reason they make them chewable like that is so that you crush it up and the medicine is more quickly available where it needs to be in order to stop the heart burn.
2006-07-08 09:20:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the tablet is broken up from the acids in your stomach. I would not recomend it b/c TUMS are big and meant to be chewed,
2006-07-08 09:21:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-24 21:33:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tums can give you acid reflux. Try gingera instead. It's all natural
2006-07-10 06:22:54 · answer #9 · answered by NancyO 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be fine - most generic brands will say in fine print, "Compare to (popular brand)." Since Tums is safe to take in pregnancy, if the Equate brand says somewhere on the box, "Compare to Tums," then you should be good to go!
2016-03-15 21:36:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it will take a little longer for the medicine to start working.
2006-07-08 09:19:05 · answer #11 · answered by HwyManSc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋