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UL antacids?


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    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    One of the heaviest items in my FAK is 2 large packs of rolaids.  For whatever reason I sometimes get heartburn on the trail.

    Is there a lighter alternative?  Id prefer to keep a reactive antacid treatment vs a regular pill like Pepcid or whatever.

    #3414573
    Bri W
    BPL Member

    @bwrightback

    What about pepto bismol repackaged?

    Sorry to be a paranoid cardiac nurse here, but I hope you really are experiencing indigestion on the trail and not angina. Cardiac pain very often mimics indigestion and/or abdominal pain.

    #3414576
    Diane Pinkers
    BPL Member

    @dipink

    Locale: Western Washington

    There are travel sized packs of Tums available.  Pills are small, rolls are about 5 cm x 1cm. Easy to carry. Or, flick out how ever many you want, and carry them in a small pill pockets Ziploc, available in pharmacies. Might wrap in foil first.

    #3414577
    Jim C
    BPL Member

    @jimothy

    Locale: Georgia, USA

    Baking soda? I don’t typically get heart burn, but I see 1/2 teaspoon is the recommended does, so it seems that could go a long way. And you can use it as toothpaste or to relieve bug bites, too, so it’s a multiuse item

     

    #3414578
    Kevin Burton
    BPL Member

    @burtonator

    Locale: norcal

    Try to bring this up with your doctor and track down WHY this is happening vs trying to find a drug to mitigate it…

    I had pretty sever indigestion and reflux issues and spent a month paying attention to what I ate and it just went away.

    Basically I was drinking too much soda water and it was weakening my esophagus…

    This can be a sign of something serious so just keep up with it… way easier to cure something when you catch it early.

    #3414590
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    Yeah, baking soda would be more compact than the Tums / Rolaids.
    You could multipurpose baking-soda toothpaste by swallowing it after brushing your teeth!  Better yet, brush with baking soda and swallow that.

    Or learn some geology, and find stream-rounded limestone or marble pebbles.  Swallow those.  No added pack weight!  There’s a decent vein of limestone in most of the Sierra around 2,000-2,500 feet of elevation (corresponding to gold-rush-era towns).  And spotter occurrences around 9,000 feet in a few places.

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    Hanz B
    BPL Member

    @tundra-thrasher-ouch-man-2

    Best to be answered by your PCP.

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