ANTACIDS AND ALLIED DRUGS

Chemotherapy in Acute Surgical Infections with Prontosil and Allied Drugs

Addiction to morphia and allied drugs; some recent developments.

although addiction to opiates is not such a serious problem in Great Britain as in some other countries, it remains a constant potential danger to the community which only the vigilance of the police and careful prophylactic measures on the part of the medical profession prevent from becoming a reali*. The problem has recently become acute in New York, where traffickers are said to be largely r...

Antipeptic activity of antacids.

An in vitro experiment based on the digestion of haemoglobin with pepsin was carried out to test the claim made by some manufacturers that the antacids used in their proprietary preparations had an intrinsic antipeptic activity independent of the change brought about by alteration of pH. In no case could these claims be substantiated.

Antacids and peptic ulcer--a reappraisal.

Antacids can reduce gastroduodenal acidity for long periods if taken in substantial quantities after food. Their healing effect on gastric ulcer is minimal, if present at all, and easily overwhelmed by the benefit obtained from admission to hospital. Intensive antacid therapy appears effective in healing duodenal ulcer and preventing haemorrhage from stress ulcer, and is comparable in these res...

Comparative study of commercial antacids