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A member asked:

Is it okay if i eat tums (calcium carbonate) for fun is that bad?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Please don't eat: medications for fun. There can be serious effects from Tums (calcium carbonate) (especially with chronic use or taking too much) such as rebound hyperacidity, constipation, gall stones, calcinosis, hypercalcemia, metabolic acidosis & renal injury)

Dr Cattano and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/3/2015

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I don't have an appetite. I hardly eat one meal for the day, what do I do . I had surgery on my asophagus 20 years ago and take a lot of Tums (calcium carbonate) now because of asid reflux . I just don't feel like eating what do I do.

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I'm on clindamycin 300 mg 3x daily and I woke up with bad heartburn. I've never had heartburn before. Can I take a couple Tums (calcium carbonate)?

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Is there any harm in taking Tums (calcium carbonate) that expired 4 years ago? I have really bad indigestion so i took 2. Didn't realize they expired in 2010

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I think its possible i might have food poisoning. But i don't think anything i ate can go bad. Would it be ok if i took pepto bismol or tums (calcium carbonate)?

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I ran out of my antacid ulcer medicine so I took some Tums (calcium carbonate) calcium/calcium supplement. Is that bad?

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