HOW DRUGS DELUDE DYSPEPTICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, 27 November 1916, Page 3

HOW DRUGS DELUDE DYSPEPTICS.

A MENACE TO HEALTH. Dyspeptics who take drugs commit a crime against their health, for drugs do not cure dyspepsia, neither do they possess their power to neutralise acid in the stomach, which is Ilia underlying cause of most forms of digestive and stomach trouble. Drugs may appear to give relief in some cases of indigestion and dyspepsia, but that is because they numb- the nerves of the stomach and render them insensible- to pain. Herein lies the chief danger; the symptoms of the trouble are covered np and hidden, while the-cause of the trouble, that is, tlie acid in the stomach—remains as active and ms dangerous as ever, and may in course of time cause gastric ulcers to form. Physicians' have demonstrated over and over again that the stomach cannot regain strength or the digestive organs recover their powbr to function normally unless kept free from irritant acid, and this can be achieved with safety and certainty by taking half a teaspoonful of bisurated magnesia in a little water immediately after every meal. It can be relied upon to neutralise acid and prevent fermentation of the food. ' This method is now being employed by hospitals throughout the country with marked success, and we are sure the - recipe will prove valuable to many of ' our readers. No difficulty should be experienced in obtaining the bisurated magnesia, for it is stocked by high-class chemists everywhere, but make .sure that ydu get the bisurated form of magnesia, for the oxides, sulphates, ...And ■‘Citrates are quite unsuitable. . i j, ' i