Antacid Therapy

THE management of disease due to the action of acid and pepsin on the gut involves a variety of maneuvers, which are intended either to decrease hydrogen ion and peptic activity or to increase the ability of the gut to deal with and resist the effects of these agents. The choice and timing of these maneuvers is a complex art involving a variety of pharmacologic, surgical, dietary, psychologic and social manipulations. We wish to focus on the way in which one group of pharmacologic agents, the antacids, may be used to manage acid-peptic disease.There is agreement that eating or . . .