Gaviscon is the big well-known brand - and very expensive because people will pay more for a brand.
Peptac is almost identical, works just as well, treats exactly the same symptoms - but it's less than half the price because it's a generic equivalent.
Peppermint or aniseed flavoured - just like Gaviscon.
Save yourself some money. Buy it anywhere you like, though a lot of stores choose not to sell it because they make much more money on Gaviscon. Usually £3 or maybe a bit less from your local chemist
Boots sell exactly the same thing, made by the same manufacturer that makes Peptac, at higher prices under their own label. The Boots one is £6.29 - for exactly the same thing. More than twice the price. They have the barefaced cheek to avoid UK taxes and still rip off their customers with ridiculously high prices, even for a generic like this.
Online and in the north Weldricks Pharmacy has a good name - buy it with free delivery click and collect, or £3.19 to have it delivered (free delivery if you spend £35 or more).
Peptac liquid contains three active ingredients, sodium alginate, sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate. These three ingredients work together to relieve the symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux, such as heartburn. Gastro-oesophageal reflux is stomach acid flowing from the stomach back into the food pipe (oesophagus).
Various conditions can cause reflux as a result of the pressure they exert on the stomach, for example, pregnancy and hiatus hernia. It can also occur following meals. Reflux can cause symptoms such as indigestion, acid regurgitation, or the painful burning sensation of heartburn. Over long periods of time the acid can also damage and inflame the lining of the foodpipe. This condition is known as reflux oesophagitis.
The active ingredients of Peptac are not absorbed into the bloodstream. Instead they work by forming a "raft" that floats on the surface of the stomach contents, physically preventing the acid from flowing back into the foodpipe.
Sodium alginate is a naturally occuring substance that is found in a particular type of seaweed. In the presence of the calcium carbonate it reacts with the acid in the stomach to form a gel. Sodium bicarbonate also reacts with the acid in the stomach to form bubbles of carbon dioxide. These bubbles are trapped by the gel and they allow the gel to float like a raft on top of the stomach contents. The raft prevents acid in the stomach from flowing back into the food pipe. This relieves the symptoms of reflux such as heartburn. In the case of reflux oesophagitis it not only relieves the symptoms, but also protects the inflamed foodpipe from the acid and allows it to heal. The raft lasts for about three to four hours on top of the stomach contents and is then broken down in the digestive system and excreted in the faeces.
What is it used for? Relieving the symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux, such as heartburn, indigestion and acid regurgitation.
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drSue
17 Mar 166#11
Nothing works better than raw apple cider vinegar with mother for heartburn. Sounds like acid, and dont make sense, but it does miracles.
willysnapper
17 Mar 164#9
Genuine Gaviscon Advert:
Newbold
17 Mar 164#7
They do one for Boots - it's twice the price at £6.29!
Love Boots - they really have perfected the art of ripping people off to boost the dividends they pay to their shareholders. At least Amazon give customers low prices when they avoid UK taxes. Boots is an aggressive UK tax avoider - AND it rips off its customers with ridiculously high prices. :smile:
dpathic2001
17 Mar 163#36
My mate died the other day from heartburn, Gav is gone.
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Newbold
17 Mar 161#1
Just for clarification, Peptac Liquid will do exactly what Gaviscon Liquid will do for less than half the price. Almost identical ingredients and every bit as effective for that reason.
You can get it from Weldricks for £2.99 (free click and collect) or you can spend £35 (12 bottles of Peptac will do it) and get free delivery to your home.
You may even find it cheaper in your local pharmacy - though Boots and a lot of stores choose not to sell it simply because they make far more out of you by selling you the much more expensive Gaviscon. :wink:
backtothecaves to Newbold
17 Mar 16#32
It's not so much the profit as the guaranteed sale of branded goods. We are all suckers fir brands. Pretty sure everyone reading this is touching a brand they trust.
col11
17 Mar 161#2
they are lots of "own brand" indigestion liquids out there In the supermarkets/drug stores is this any better then most or just the same?
kopking23 to col11
17 Mar 16#3
Peptac supply all the big stores/pharmacies and its just relabeled with their name/brand. Please see below.
This is better that almost all other generics. And the reason why, is like Gaviscon Advance this is one of the few ones which has Sodium Alginate inside of it.
Sodium Alginate is what you need for LPR and Non Acid Reflux which is what I have and what many people may have alongside regular acid reflux
Find an antacid that has Sodium Alginate in it would be my strong advice. And Peptac and Gaviscon Advance has it.
copystuff
17 Mar 16#4
They dont work anyway i use proper tablets from the doctors gaviscon and others never worked for me
MR GUS to copystuff
17 Mar 16#24
NO, this just didn't work for you, completely different.
Newbold
17 Mar 161#5
Some don't, but this type (alginate) does.
Deaa
17 Mar 161#6
Trying to wean myself off Omeprazole at the minute so been going through this stuff at a bottle a week!
Both this and gaviscon work equally as little!
Danze1984 to Deaa
17 Mar 16#8
I'd like to come off Omeprazole, I find gaviscon does absolutely nothing for me though.
superskim to Deaa
17 Mar 16#54
im trying to get off omeprazole too. the side effects are terrible. Can't sleep sat up all night
foxykelli to Deaa
18 Mar 16#69
I feel your pain :smile:
Newbold
17 Mar 164#7
They do one for Boots - it's twice the price at £6.29!
Love Boots - they really have perfected the art of ripping people off to boost the dividends they pay to their shareholders. At least Amazon give customers low prices when they avoid UK taxes. Boots is an aggressive UK tax avoider - AND it rips off its customers with ridiculously high prices. :smile:
willysnapper
17 Mar 164#9
Genuine Gaviscon Advert:
yas212 to willysnapper
17 Mar 16#27
Maybe for him :stuck_out_tongue:
seany1977 to willysnapper
18 Mar 16#71
I'm in work crying with laughter :laughing:
Newbold
17 Mar 16#10
Horses for courses, I suppose. The Consultant's advice was to drop the Omeprazole and increase the dosage of Gaviscon/Peptac and it works for me. Gaviscon's prescribed by the NHS, and that wouldn't be happening if it weren't proven to be effective.
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Peptac is almost identical, works just as well, treats exactly the same symptoms - but it's less than half the price because it's a generic equivalent.
Peppermint or aniseed flavoured - just like Gaviscon.
Save yourself some money. Buy it anywhere you like, though a lot of stores choose not to sell it because they make much more money on Gaviscon. Usually £3 or maybe a bit less from your local chemist
Boots sell exactly the same thing, made by the same manufacturer that makes Peptac, at higher prices under their own label. The Boots one is £6.29 - for exactly the same thing. More than twice the price. They have the barefaced cheek to avoid UK taxes and still rip off their customers with ridiculously high prices, even for a generic like this.
Online and in the north Weldricks Pharmacy has a good name - buy it with free delivery click and collect, or £3.19 to have it delivered (free delivery if you spend £35 or more).
Peptac liquid contains three active ingredients, sodium alginate, sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate. These three ingredients work together to relieve the symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux, such as heartburn. Gastro-oesophageal reflux is stomach acid flowing from the stomach back into the food pipe (oesophagus).
Various conditions can cause reflux as a result of the pressure they exert on the stomach, for example, pregnancy and hiatus hernia. It can also occur following meals. Reflux can cause symptoms such as indigestion, acid regurgitation, or the painful burning sensation of heartburn. Over long periods of time the acid can also damage and inflame the lining of the foodpipe. This condition is known as reflux oesophagitis.
The active ingredients of Peptac are not absorbed into the bloodstream. Instead they work by forming a "raft" that floats on the surface of the stomach contents, physically preventing the acid from flowing back into the foodpipe.
Sodium alginate is a naturally occuring substance that is found in a particular type of seaweed. In the presence of the calcium carbonate it reacts with the acid in the stomach to form a gel. Sodium bicarbonate also reacts with the acid in the stomach to form bubbles of carbon dioxide. These bubbles are trapped by the gel and they allow the gel to float like a raft on top of the stomach contents. The raft prevents acid in the stomach from flowing back into the food pipe. This relieves the symptoms of reflux such as heartburn. In the case of reflux oesophagitis it not only relieves the symptoms, but also protects the inflamed foodpipe from the acid and allows it to heal. The raft lasts for about three to four hours on top of the stomach contents and is then broken down in the digestive system and excreted in the faeces.
What is it used for? Relieving the symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux, such as heartburn, indigestion and acid regurgitation.
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Love Boots - they really have perfected the art of ripping people off to boost the dividends they pay to their shareholders. At least Amazon give customers low prices when they avoid UK taxes. Boots is an aggressive UK tax avoider - AND it rips off its customers with ridiculously high prices. :smile:
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You can get it from Weldricks for £2.99 (free click and collect) or you can spend £35 (12 bottles of Peptac will do it) and get free delivery to your home.
You may even find it cheaper in your local pharmacy - though Boots and a lot of stores choose not to sell it simply because they make far more out of you by selling you the much more expensive Gaviscon. :wink:
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/spc-pil/?prodName=PEPTAC%20LIQUID&subsName=CALCIUM%20CARBONATE&pageID=SecondLevel
Sodium Alginate is what you need for LPR and Non Acid Reflux which is what I have and what many people may have alongside regular acid reflux
http://fauquierent.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/sodium-alginate-to-treat-non-acid-reflux.html
Find an antacid that has Sodium Alginate in it would be my strong advice. And Peptac and Gaviscon Advance has it.
Both this and gaviscon work equally as little!
Love Boots - they really have perfected the art of ripping people off to boost the dividends they pay to their shareholders. At least Amazon give customers low prices when they avoid UK taxes. Boots is an aggressive UK tax avoider - AND it rips off its customers with ridiculously high prices. :smile:
Maybe for him :stuck_out_tongue: