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MrsK
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TUMS
Ok...... This maybe a dumb question becouse I should no this by now but is it ok to take tums extra strength?? I'm dying over here with heartburn tonight!! 
Thanks ladies!!
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KateDevine
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Re: TUMS
I think any type of Tums are ok. I take way more than you are supposed to. I am pretty sure the only side effect can be calcium deposits on your kidneys, which I have been told are not painful.
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CunningOne
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Re: TUMS
Sure they are fine. Please drinks lots of water too though.
Posted by KateDevine
I am pretty sure the only side effect can be calcium deposits on your kidneys, which I have been told are not painful.
Well, unless they develop into a stone and lead to a kidney infection like I had after I gave birth to DD  I was hospitalized for a week when DD was 3 weeks old and it was not fun. Painful! Hence my recommendation to drink lots of water too!
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MST9106
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Re: TUMS
I take them pretty much every night bc of the heartburns...but I drink a lot of water afterwards.
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dooodles
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Re: TUMS
I have taken a few tums here and there
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waterspout4
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Re: TUMS
My doctor told me to take them as needed.
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| Posted 2/25/07 8:59 AM |
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I use them - live on them actually....
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| Posted 2/25/07 12:26 PM |
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Re: TUMS
Posted by chmlengr
Sure they are fine. Please drinks lots of water too though.
Posted by KateDevine
I am pretty sure the only side effect can be calcium deposits on your kidneys, which I have been told are not painful.
Well, unless they develop into a stone and lead to a kidney infection like I had after I gave birth to DD I was hospitalized for a week when DD was 3 weeks old and it was not fun. Painful! Hence my recommendation to drink lots of water too!
I've been taking Maalox chewables (same ingredients as Tums) but I've been cutting back- my poor brother (who is 32) has stones and he's been in SO much pain. My dad and grandma had them too- so I worry that there's a genetic component.
Ginger ale helps me too, luckliy.
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MrsK
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Re: TUMS
Thanks ladies!! I took the E S tums last night but it really didn't help....
I'll have try something else 
I just hate to take things while I'm pregnant
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