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When your stomach produces alot of bile juice medically/scientifically known as black bile it makes it difficult for your food to digest in your small intestines which means with every grind, your intestines feel pain due to the rough and dry movement of food in them. So when you take antacid tablets or solution, it helps to alkalize the acidity in your stomach making it digestion easy, smooth and painless.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 16y agoThey are partially made out of baking soda (sodium hydroxide) and it neutralizes acid. Over production is usually what causes an upset stomach or heart burn.
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∙ 11y agoWell its basically the acid that's in the tablets that build up in your stomach causing a reaction to the stomach. This will end in indigestion dissolving into the body
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∙ 11y agoAntacid contains a chemical to reduce stomach acid, which is the cause of indigestion.
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∙ 14y agoThey reduces the stomach acid levels
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∙ 11y agoBy burping
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What affect does acid on your stomach?
It can create discomfort that can be solved by a calcium antacid or, if eaten in huge quantities for a long period of time can eventually cause ulcers.
Why do people take tums or another antacid when they have heartburn?
Because the calcium carbonate in the antacids help neutralise the excess acid in the stomach which is causing the discomfort.
How does an antacid relieve the pain of indigestion?
Well when you take an antacid, it fought against the acid in your stomach which is bothering you because antacids are bases. After fighting they will both turn neutral which makes the stomach feel better.
Is there a simple diagram of antacid tablets in the stomach?
How do antacid tablets work?
What is an antiacid?
A base or a basic salt that neutralises the stomach acidity is called an antacid.
What is the pH of stomach acid after taking an antacid tablet?
Usually about 7, because antacid tablets neutralize your stomach and the pH of 7 is neutral. Hope this helps:)
What is a weak base that neutralizes stomach acid?
antacid
What is the pH of stomach acid after taking antacid?
2
What happens when antacid is dissolved in water which change is that?
The antacid is neutralized, but not as neutralized as it would be if it was in one's stomach. The stomach acid neutralizes the antacid more than the water, because the stomach acid has a lower pH and therefore causes a more vigorous acid-base reaction. It is a chemical change.
Which describes the pH of an antacid that is used to neutralize stomach acid?
Antacid medication is alkaline, which is also called base. It makes the stomach acid slightly less acidic so that the stomach acid has a pH between 3 and 4.
A drug that reduces acidity of the stomach cavity is called?
Antacid.
Is the purpose of an antacid to buffer or neutralize stomach acid?
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