Has heartburn and indigestion turned your stomach, chest, and throat into a furnace of discomfort? Soothing relief is at hand.

Benefits:

• Acidex Advance Oral Suspension Aniseed Flavour 250ml, to soothe heartburn and indigestion
• Treats symptoms caused by reflux of acid, bile, and pepsin into the oesophagus
• Soothes acid regurgitation, heartburn, and indigestion
• Can be useful after gastric surgery, if you suffer from a hiatus hernia, or during pregnancy
• Relieves symptoms of laryngopharyngeal reflux such as hoarseness and other voice disorders, sore throats, and cough
• Can also be used to treat symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux
• Can be used while breastfeeding

• Over The Counter (OTC)

Active ingredients in 10ml: Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate 200 mg, Sodium Alginate 1000 mg.

Other ingredients: Calcium Carbonate, Carbomer, Sodium Hydroxide, Saccharin Sodium, Ethyl Parahydroxybenzoate (E214), Propyl Parahydroxybenzoate (E216), Butyl Parahydroxybenzoate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Star Anise Oil, Purified Water.

Adults aged 65+, Adults, and children 12 years and over should take 5 to 10ml after meals and at bedtime.

Children under 12 years should only take this suspension on medical advice.

If symptoms don't improve within 7 days, please contact your GP or one of our pharmacist to discuss your symptoms further.

This medicinal product is contraindicated in patients with known or suspected hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients.

Once opened, just keep it at room temperature (below 25 degrees Celsius), but do not put in the fridge and do not freeze. From the date of opening, use within 3 months.

A time-interval of 2 hours should be considered between Acidex Advance intake and the administration of other medicinal products, especially tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones, iron salts, thyroid hormones, chloroquine, bisphosphonates, and estramustine.

If symptoms do not improve after seven days, the clinical situation should be reviewed.

This medicinal product contains 106 mg (5.1mmol) sodium per 10 ml dose, equivalent to 5.3% of the WHO recommended maximum daily intake for sodium.

The maximum daily dose of this product is equivalent to 21% of the WHO recommended maximum daily intake for sodium.

This product is considered high in sodium. This should be particularly taken into account for those on a low salt diet (e.g in some cases of congestive cardiac failure and renal impairment).

Potassium: This medicine contains 78 mg (2.0 mmol) potassium per 10 ml dose. To be taken into consideration by patients with reduced kidney function or patients on a controlled potassium diet.

Each 10 ml contains 200 mg (2.0 mmol) of calcium carbonate. Care needs to be taken in treating patients with hypercalcaemia, nephrocalcinosis and recurrent calcium containing renal calculi.

Contains parahydroxybenzoates (E214, E216) may cause allergic reactions (possibly delayed)

Side effects from taking Acidex are not common, although if you experience anything unusual like an allergic reaction, vomit, stomach cramps, or diarrhea, please stop taking it and consult your GP.