Question

An adult male (age 38) is suffering from continued acidity for the past 1 week. He is contemplating taking antacid tablets, and has found on Google that two different medicine brands that are popular: Gelusil Tablets and Digene Tablets. (Follow the links to know more about the medicines.)

Part 1:
What would you suggest him to consider before deciding to start popping any of these pills?

Part 2:
The patient is interested in finding the one pill that will take least amount of time and minimum number of pills to immediately relieve him of his acidity. What test can you design and conduct at home to give some indication of the effectiveness of these pills?

Answer 1

1)first he should take digene which is much more effective.and is adviced by the doctors. 2) for him it is advise to take hci test I.e. test of hydrocloric axis. by mixing baking soda with cold water.The patient should drink 8 parts of this mixture.