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About Tums, Zantac or any form of these acids, some will roll their eyes but thatās ok....them tablets are a multi billion dollar market. These products will NEVER cure the issue. Itās temporary but guarantee the problem comes back. Government, Doctors, Vets will never take it off the market just like aspartame as wayyyy too much of a money maker n yet deadly. To avoid any stomach or digestive issues is simply stop eating bad carbs, grains, processed food, lunch meat, out of a box or can food...etc etc... use fresh food n good fats only. Example, people will say I canāt eat hot peppers, Mexicans have the lowest stomach n intestine issues on the planet n they sure eat hot. When you eat fresh n homemade, you wonāt get stomach or heartburns. Do some research, why is it these issues are mostly on our Western side and barely in Europe? (Aside from UK). Itās what you eat just like what you feed your dog. Many manyyyyy years ago I use to pop Tums like candies till this old doctor from the old school said, STOP taking that as itās addictive n youāll be taking them everyday. The guy was right...took about 3 days to get over them, changed my diet and the heartburn went away on its own. I use to have tums in my car, my purse, house...crap they were everywhere loll.. Why as you probably all noticed I push for essential oils, eat homemade, fresh veggies etc...cause as a teen I learned the heard way..Mediterranean Dietis the way to go... Ok thatās my 2 cents worth on Tums or any other tablets like so.
Here's a few examples of where these tablets can be important:
1) Patients with perforated ulcers who are on nexium, prilosec or similar tablets twice daily for the rest of their lives.
2) Other patients with a large hiatus hernia taking nexium to prevent acid from splashing up and causing esophageal cancer who don't want to get the surgery.
3)Patients on dialysis or chronic kidney failure taking calcium tablets like Tums to bind up phosphorus from their diet.
4) Patients with their colon removed and have high output ileostomies taking sodium bicarbonate tablets to prevent kidney stones.
I don't think switching diet will help those people.
If Joey has gastroesophageal reflux then the famotidine will help reduce acid from splashing up, so may help in the short term along with changing to the bland diet. It wouldn't hurt to take Joey to vet if it persists to rule out hiatus hernia, gall bladder, pancreatitis etc.