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Show SMITH DRUG cc, ' - M fa I ! f H ! I ios.ii! ! , j. Pleasant : iaqU lm David Faux, Pharmacist Antacids may interact with other medicines More than a hall a ffi dollars is spent each year fa antacids in the United to alone. Although antacids in sometimes used as a source i calcium, the majority oliitt; use is for heartburn, Wigs: F - and stomach ulcers. I There are a number ; ' teractions that antacids k;; fk have with other mediciiij Because the antacids nj alkaline in nature, M2 fj lower the acidity of the stofc fa This reduction in acidity ok pe many drugs, such as is?- . penicillin, l m psuedoephedrine t abs sulfadiazine, to be abscra: faster than they would be ? ft dinarily. The more raphi t sorption cn lead to increased effects. The aluminum, map-and map-and calcium in many may also bind and, tt-inhibit tt-inhibit the absorption if drugs as tetraclycline, and phenytoin. This f inhibited absorption ; terferewith the these drugs. Antacids been found to alter the ; the urine, which li the excretion of cerM" such as quinidine. |