Additional advice
Additional advice
Where appropriate, you could provide the following lifestyle advice:4
- Cut down on caffeinated drinks and rich, fatty or spicy foods
- Raise the head of the bed for sleeping
- Cut down or stop smoking
- Lose weight if necessary
- Wait 3 to 4 hours after eating before going to bed.
Red flags
Indigestion is common, but some symptoms may indicate a more serious condition. Refer customers with the following symptoms to the pharmacist:4
- Repeated indigestion
- Difficulty swallowing
- Severe pain
- Blood in the stools
- Unintended/unexplained weight loss
- Repeated vomiting
- Feeling of a lump in the stomach.
Essential information
Gaviscon Double Action Mint Oral Suspension (GSL):
https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/5609/smpc RRP (300ml): £8.99
Gaviscon Double Action Mixed Berries Flavour Oral Suspension (GSL):
https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/12764/smpc RRP (300ml): £8.99
Gaviscon Double Action Mint Flavour Chewable Tablets (GSL):
https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/5329/smpc RRP (24s): £5.49
1. Dettmar PW et al. A comparative study on the raft chemical properties of various alginate antacid raft-forming products. Drug dev ind pharmacy 2018
2. Gaviscon Double Action SmPC: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/5329/smpc
3. Reckitt. Gaviscon U&A 2019. UK quantitative survey in adults 18+ (n=2,481)
4. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/indigestion/
5. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/heartburn-and-acid-reflux/
6. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg184/ifp/chapter/Heartburn-and-reflux
7. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg184/chapter/1-Recommendations#thecommunity-pharmacist
Online references last accessed January 2023.
RKT-M-06579 Date of preparation: November 2022