Send your child to college with painkillers, antacid, and some health care smarts.

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That probably explains why antacid sales surge by around 20% following the game.

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The saliva flow can lead to an antacid effect in the stomach.

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Taking other medications, such as antacid therapies for ulcer disease or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), may interfere with the absorption of these drugs.

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If you'd let me call my doctor he would have told you I had a hiatal hernia and I need an antacid or better yet, a Nexium.

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Since consumers typically must forfeit unused funds by year's end, they often ended up scrambling in December to drain their funds by loading up on aspirin, antacid and the like.

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Wrigley's new antacid gum, Surpass, launched in January, showed that gum coated with calcium carbonate relieves heartburn faster and for longer than tablets (helped by the alkalinity in saliva), but sales are poor.

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The Timesman's antacid helps counteract Mr Podhoretz's bile.

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