Indications
Sodium Alginate + Magnesium Alginate is used for gastric reflux and for heartburn. It also helps with flatulence that comes with gastric reflux, and with heartburn during pregnancy. Doctors use it in all cases of epigastric and retrosternal distress where the underlying cause is gastric reflux.
⚠️ Always consult a registered physician before taking any medicine.
Pharmacology
When swallowed, Sodium Alginate + Magnesium Alginate reacts quickly with the acid in the stomach and forms a raft of alginic acid gel. The gel has a near neutral pH and floats on top of the stomach contents. It quickly and effectively impedes gastrooesophageal reflux, and this effect can last for up to 4 hours. In severe cases the raft itself may be refluxed into the esophagus instead of the stomach contents, and there it has a demulcent effect.
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
Algicid has been looked at in clinical studies of more than 281 pregnant women, and a large amount of data from post marketing experience points the same way. These show no malformative or feto/neonatal toxicity from the active substances. So Algicid can be used during pregnancy if it is clinically needed.
For breastfeeding, no effects of the active substances have been shown in breastfed newborns or infants of treated mothers. Algicid can be used during breast-feeding.
⚠️ Talk to your doctor before taking any medicine during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
Side Effects & Interactions
Side Effects
No side-effect data recorded yet.