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Tums (stylized as TUMS) is an antacid made of sucrose (table sugar) and calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) manufactured by Haleon in St. Louis, Missouri, US. They are also available in a sugar-free version. It is an over-the-counter drug, available at many retail stores, including drug stores, grocery stores and mass merchandisers.
These tiny tablets have been providing relief to overfull tummies for nearly a century, earning them the top spot on Reader's Digest's Most Trusted Brands list. The post How Tums Antacid Became ...
Effervescent tablets are tablets which are designed to dissolve in water, and then release carbon dioxide. [21] [22] [23] Common ingredients include citric acid and sodium bicarbonate, which react when in contact with water to produce carbon dioxide. Effervescent antacids may also contain aspirin, [24] sodium carbonate, or tartaric acid. [25]
Nitrofurazone is indicated for topical use in dogs, cats, and horses, for the treatment or prophylactic treatment of superficial bacterial infections, burns, and cutaneous ulcers. [9] Preparations for treating infections, such as fin rot , in ornamental fish are also still commercially available.
The first recalls were announced by Menu Foods late on Friday, 16 March 2007, for cat and dog food products in the United States. In the ensuing months, many additional recalls were announced by Menu and other companies as the recall expanded throughout North America and to Europe and South Africa.
Salicylates are very toxic to cats, and thus bismuth subsalicylate should not be administered to cats. [15] The British National Formulary does not recommend bismuth-containing antacids (unless chelated), cautioning that absorbed bismuth can be neurotoxic, causing encephalopathy, and that such antacids tend to be constipating. [16]
It is used for operative and accident-related pain in small mammals such as dogs, cats, ferrets, coatis, raccoons, mongooses, various marsupials, some rodents and perhaps some larger birds. Although butorphanol is commonly used for pain relief in reptiles, no studies (as of 2014) have conclusively shown that it is an effective analgesic in ...
For example, only 255 mg of elemental calcium in typical 3 tablets of calcium lactate, meaning that to obtain 1000 mg of supplemental elemental calcium from this form, 12 tablets would need to be consumed. [26] Calcium gluconate is a form of calcium found in gluconic acid, a carboxylic acid found in plants and honey. It contains 9% elemental ...