Neutralizing Stomach Acid

Panacetin is an analgesic (pain reducing) and antipyretic (fever reducing) drug that is sold in drug stores. However, there is a suspicion that this bottle may be counterfeit, not containing the chemicals that it should. Panacetin should be made up of about 50 percent of the unknown component that we previously separated out of Panacetin for testing. We suspect that this unknown compound is either acetanilide or phenacetin, both of which can be toxic to humans. It is very important that this component is

The purpose of this lab is to investigate the composition of a compound suspected to be Panacetin, a type of pain-killer. Panacetin is typically made up of sucrose, aspirin, and acetaminophen, but the third component in this experiment is unknown. The unknown component is suspected to be a chemical relative of acetaminophen, either acetanilide or phenacetin. Using techniques such as extraction, evaporation, and filtration, the three components will be isolated based on their solubilities and acid-base properties. Then, the percent composition of Panacetin can be deduced based on the masses of the three dried components. The

Anne Worrall-Davies* Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School Of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK David Cottrell School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

The material for this research was gotten from various journals such as US National library of medicine as well as other databases such as Medical research journal. The information from these journals is credible as the journals are peer reviewed and scholarly.

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When an acid and a base combine, the base neutralises the acid in the chemical reaction.This is how antacids work as well. This project will test which antacids are most

In case an acid neutralizer isn't working, it might be an ideal approach to consider stronger medicines. Your first alternative will probably be an H2 blocker like Zantac or Tagamet. These medications will stifle the creation of stomach acid in your body.

Daum, Robert S. M.D., C.M.; Miller, Loren G. M.D., M.P.H.; Immergluck, Lilly M.D. etc. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2017;376:2545–2555

The balanced equation for this particular acid-base reaction is: . Knowing this equation will enable us to use molar ratios between the moles of NaOH and the HCl to find how much the antacid neutralized the HCl. Out of the four different brands of antacid used, Alcalak, Medi-First, Gelucil, and Alka-Seltzer, the most effective antacid would be the one that neutralizes the largest amount of HCl with the smallest antacid dose. Testing the effectiveness of the antacid is relevant in medicine today because it lets us know which antacid is better at neutralizing stomach acid, reducing heartburn, and/or other acid reflux symptoms.

Correspondence to: Vivek Kumar, Department of Medicine, 4802 10th Avenue, Floor 3, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219 U.S.A.

For this review, 4 databases were used; Medline, PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar. Nlm.nih.gov (2015) defines Medline as “the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains more than 22 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine.” Nlm.nih.gov (2015) describes PubMed as “service of NLM that Provides free access to Medline… and Includes additional selected life sciences journals not in Medline.’’ Library.ethz.ch (2015) describes Web of science ‘’a comprehensive interdisciplinary, bibliographic database with article references from journals, books, proceedings out of: Sciences and Technology, Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences.’’ Google Scholar is a free search engine that provides scholarly literature like articles and journals.

Our topic is what antacids out of milk of magnesium, gaviscon, tums and tagamet neutralize acid the best. The independent variable is the brand of antacid and the dependent variable is the amount of antacid needed to neutralize the acid. Antacids are a type of drug that helps neutralize indigestion. Indigestion occurs when you experience a burning sensation at the bottom of your throat or abdominal pain. Indigestion is common but the symptoms vary in severity and frequency depending on who you are. Symptoms include being full during a meal even though you’ve barely consumed any of it, discomfort, bloating or burning in the upper abdomen and nausea. Some of the less frequent symptoms include belching or vomiting. Indigestion is caused by an

Tums required approximately 10 drops of hydrochloric acid to turn neutral (yellow colour) while baking soda required approximately 127 drops to become neutral. See Table 2: The Quantitative Observation. Thus, baking soda contains more acidity than Tums and in result, Tums are more of a preferable option in reducing acidity level in stomach during heartburn and other acid indigestion. Tums are more efficient as it took a shorter amount of time to become neutral compared to baking

Methods: A retrospective literature research was conducted using several scholarly databases to collect and review information relevant to the hypothesis. The search engines included but were not limited to Google Scholar, PubMed, MedlinePlus, and ClinicalTrials.gov. The research was not limited by country of origin but was restricted to publications in English. Articles that did not meet the inclusion criteria were rejected and studies that met the exclusion criteria were eliminated from the data pool.

The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades. Hydrochloric acid is the type of acid found in your stomach. Because of this you get a new stomach lining, every three to four days. The mucus like cells lining the walls of the stomach would soon dissolve because of the strong acid in your