Until the 1950s, Americans could even buy an antacid made from papaya enzymes: Johnson & Johnsons Papoids, which, along with Tums, was one of the first to come in easy-to-pop tablet form.

And does it matter whether you chew a Tums or pop a Prilosec for heartburn? If you don't already ... out after trying to figure out which drug to buy. To take the guesswork out of shopping for ...

Antacids, H2 blockers, and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) change the pH (acidity) of your GI tract and may decrease the amount of your antibiotic that gets into your bloodstream. Some vitamins may ...