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Belching/Burping
Published in Charles Theisler, Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
OTC Products: A variety of over-the-counter products can be effective in relieving excess bloating depending on the cause, such as Lactaid or Dairy Ease to help digest lactose. Products containing simethicone (Gas-X, Mylanta Gas) can help reduce the feeling of bloating. Beano may decrease the amount of gas produced.
Nutritional and Dietary Supplementation during Pregnancy
Published in “Bert” Bertis Britt Little, Drugs and Pregnancy, 2022
This agent in combination with magnesium hydroxide (Mylanta) is utilized as both an antacid and an antiflatulent. This combination can be used safely in pregnancy, avoiding chronic high doses that pose a risk (hypercalcemia, etc.).
Demented and Contracted
Published in Michael Fine, James W. Peters, Robert S. Lawrence, The Nature of Health, 2018
Michael Fine, James W. Peters, Robert S. Lawrence
The treatment was straightforward – so automatic I can still write the orders for it today without thinking. Two large bore IVs, one in each arm. Six units of blood, typed and crossed and on the floor. NG tube for iced saline lavage to constant wall suction. IV cimetidine and Q2h Maalox alternating with Mylanta. GI consult for EGD.
A method for the tribological assessment of oral pharmaceutical liquids
Published in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2022
Hyun Joo Lee, R. Gary Hollenbeck, Jill A. Morgan, Amy Kruger Howard, Akhtar Siddiqui, Vilayat A. Sayeed, Arzu Selen, Stephen W. Hoag
A selection of oral liquid products with differing physical properties was obtained: sugarless syrup vehicle (Versa Free™, Humco, Texarkana, TX); sugarless suspension vehicle (Versa Plus™, Humco, Texarkana, TX); bismuth subsalicylate suspension 17.5 mg/mL (Pink Bismuth, Rite Aid Corporation, Camp Hill, PA); magnesium hydroxide suspension 400 mg/5 mL (Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia, Bayer Corporation, Leverkusen, Germany); calcium carbonate 80 mg/mL and magnesium hydroxide 27 mg/mL antacid suspension (Mylanta, Johnson & Johnson-Merck, New Brunswick, NJ); ibuprofen suspension 20 mg/mL (CareOne Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension, American Sales Co., Lancaster, NY); concentrated ibuprofen suspension 40 mg/mL (Infants Advil Drops, Whitehall-Robins Healthcare, Richmond, VA); acetaminophen suspension 32 mg/mL (Children’s Non-Aspirin Oral Suspension Liquid, Rite Aid Corporation, Camp Hill, PA); dextromethorphan polistirex extended-release suspension equivalent to 6 mg/mL dextromethorphan hydrobromide (Delsym, Reckitt Benckiser Inc., Rochester, NY). All products were used as received; Table 1 gives a description of these products’ characteristics and their abbreviations.