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Gaviscon a mother's life saver

Advantages: Helps dramatically reduce vomiting in babys suffering from reflx
Disadvantages: Time consuming seperating sachets

Gaviscon Infant Gaviscon Infant is a pharmacy only product and you can therefore only get this product with a doctor’s prescription, however I have seen it for sale on Amazon UK. I first noticed a problem with my little boy when he was around 3 and a ...

h_perry 25.02.2013 · Read full review
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Not quite instant but still good

Advantages: Easy to use, worked to a certain extent
Disadvantages: Wasn't good enough on it's own

...daughter struggled keeping her feeds down so at 5 weeks she was started on Gaviscon infant by our doctor to see if it could improve the situation. The Gaviscon comes in little sachets and are packaged in a box of 30, it is very easy to see t ...

emmad5689 24.02.2013 · Read full review
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The price of this medication was enough to make my heart burn!

Advantages: Tiny tablets, which are easy to swallow
Disadvantages: Does not offer instant relief as takes 24 hours to reduce symptoms and highly priced

Reasons for purchase I frequently suffer with heartburn after eating certain food as well as the uncomfortable symptoms flaring up when I'm feeling rather stressed. I've been using a Tesco own brand remedy for several years, as in my experience, i ...

Alyson29 25.01.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Pantoloc Control

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Calfig for sonstipation

Advantages: works well and is natural
Disadvantages: Nothing

I often become constipated and have found that my digestive system is not working as well as it used to do when I was younger. For this reason I occasionally have to take something tomake me more regular and I like to take Seven Seas Calfig Syrup of Figs ...

randy_edith 28.03.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Califig California Syrup of Figs - Fruit Laxative

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Lovely for acid and heartburn problems

Advantages: They are very effective
Disadvantages: None

I like to take Sainsbury’s Spearmint flavoured antacid tablets. These cost me £2.20 and they come in a cardboard box of 48 tablets which are in a little foil pack. There are instructions inside the box which you must read carefully before taking in case ...

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