Re: Antacid Adventure

[Tracy Jue <juet@ucs.orst.edu>]

Dear Radsafe,
A common brand of antacid is ampho-jel. This contains aluminum hydroxide.

Tracy

On Thu, 18 Jul 1996 StevenFrey@aol.com wrote:

> Dear Radsafers -
> 
> Can anyone help identify any popular brands of antacids which contain
> aluminum hydroxide? The May 1996 issue of the Health Physics Journal features
> an interesting article by Brian Rees titled "P-32 And Beta Emitting
> Radionuclides In Microbiology And Cell Biology" which states among other
> things that antacids containing aluminum hydroxide can be administered to
> reduce intestinal uptake of P-32.
> 
> My search of local drug stores found plenty of brands which contain magnesium
> hydroxide, but none with aluminum hydroxide. Can the magnesium hydroxide
> versions serve as effective substitutes?
> 
> Hoping this post causes no 'heartburn". Any input will be welcome. Thanks in
> advance.
> 
> Steve Frey, CHP
> Stevenfrey@aol.com
> Phone: (800) 888-7008 (office)
>             (714) 646-4631 (home)
> 
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