Help Help Regarding Magnesium Hydroxide for SN

[It'sNotLookingGood]

Several people on the board have said you should use an antacid with magnesium hydroxide, to neutralise the hydrochloric acid in your stomach 'on the spot'.

Additionally, I know I need an antacid that is a H2-receptor antagonist, like Tagamet (cimetidine) or Zantac (ranitidine), to condition the body to produce less acid.

I think it's for this reason that Tagamet/Zantac are most suggested as the antacid one should use when trying to ctb via SN. But when I check their ingredients, neither appear to contain the aforementioned magnesium hydroxide.





Am I being really stupid here and missing/misunderstanding something?

If not, surely taking milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) alongside the Tagamet/Zantac would be advisable?

Grateful for any responses thank you, any help would be appreciated:)

 

[Busdriver]

You can use an acid reducer in the SN regimen, but is not mandatory. Acid reducers can be an antacid (neutralizes acid already in stomach) or an H2 antagonist (lowers production of new acid).

It is advised to use either an antacid or an H2 antagonist. One of the 2, not both.

Stuff with Magnesium Hydroxide (Milk of Magnesia, Maalox, Mylanta) are considered a useful antacid, but tums can be used too.

The H2 antagonist to be used could be Cimetidine (Tagamet), Ranitidine (Zantac), or Famotidine (Pepcid).

If you decide to use Propranolol in the SN regimen, and decide to use antacid Maalox, you need more Propranolol as the Aluminium Hydroxide in Maalox attenuates the Propranolol.

Check this thread for a lot of information regarding meds to use in SN regimen.

 

[It'sNotLookingGood]

You can use an acid reducer in the SN regimen, but is not mandatory. Acid reducers can be an antacid (neutralizes acid already in stomach) or an H2 antagonist (lowers production of new acid).

It is advised to use either an antacid or an H2 antagonist. One of the 2, not both.

Stuff with Magnesium Hydroxide (Milk of Magnesia, Maalox, Mylanta) are considered a useful antacid, but tums can be used too.

The H2 antagonist to be used could be Cimetidine (Tagamet), Ranitidine (Zantac), or Famotidine (Pepcid).

If you decide to use Propranolol in the SN regimen, and decide to use antacid Maalox, you need more Propranolol as the Aluminium Hydroxide in Maalox attenuates the Propranolol.

Check this thread for a lot of information regarding meds to use in SN regimen.

Thank you for the information about Maalox-Propranolol interactions, I am planning to use propranolol and I wasn't aware of that.

Why is it advised to use either an antacid or an H2-antagonist, why not both?

 

[Busdriver]

The antacid neutralizes already present acid and the H2 antagonist inhibits production of acid. Not using both is something I remember of that thread I included of my previous message. It doesn't mention why it is a bad idea.

I think that using both is a bad idea, because then there would be no defense of stomach acid to incoming viruses and bacteria.