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What is the active ingredient in antacids?
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Antacids: There are many antacids on the market. Most of them use some combination of the following ingredients: calcium carbonate, Aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide. There are others too. Hope this helps.
Answered 5/22/2017
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