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A member asked:

I ate a bunch of tums (calcium carbonate) thinking they were candy. will i get sick?

6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Probably not: Tums has calcium and bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate). The excess calcium might make you constipated. Your body can adjust its pH to compensate for the bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate).

Dr Ferdowsi and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/12/2015

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No: 'the amount of Tums (calcium carbonate) you would have to eat to event cause GI upset is staggering, let along causing any systemic illness. Dont worry about this ingestion you have made.

Dr Munshower and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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