Alternatives for treating acid reflux - St. Petersburg Times

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Alternatives for treating acid reflux - St. Petersburg Times

For stomach relief, Nexium is the most popularly prescribed medicine. Nexium does have alternatives that are cheaper. At $240 a month, Nexium is expensive and can be substituted with generic omeprazole at 10 percent of the cost or just $24 a month. For milder cases of acid, over-the-counter Mylanta, Maalox, Tums, Rolaids are just as effective. But Astrazenca, maker of Nexium, is doing well with its sells at $3.1 billion in the United State last year.

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