MUCAINE GEL MINT 200 ML

How MUCAINE GEL MINT 200 ML Works

• Aluminium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide react with hydrochloric acid in the stomach, reducing acidity. Magnesium hydroxide acts quickly, while aluminium hydroxide acts more slowly. Aluminium tends to cause constipation and magnesium tends to loosen stools, and combining the two balances these effects.
• Oxetacaine is unusual among local anaesthetics because it stays active in the acidity of the stomach. The antacid gel slows its absorption, so it stays in contact with the gullet and stomach lining for longer, numbing nerve endings and easing pain, bloating and fullness.

Constipation or diarrhoea can occur. Aluminium hydroxide tends to constipate, and large doses can block the bowel. Magnesium hydroxide can cause diarrhoea, which over a long period can upset the body's salt balance. If the gel is held in the mouth for a long time, oxetacaine can numb the tongue and dull taste. Inflammation of the tongue, dizziness, faintness and drowsiness have occasionally occurred, especially when more than the recommended amount is taken. These effects settle on stopping. In people with kidney failure, aluminium and magnesium can build up in the body. Aluminium build-up can cause bone disease, brain effects and anaemia, and magnesium build-up can cause weakness and slow reflexes.

• Constipation
• Diarrhoea
• Numb tongue or dulled taste
• Dizziness
• Drowsiness

• If you miss a dose of Mucaine Gel Mint, take it as soon as you remember. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to make up for the missed one.

• Store the bottle well closed below 30°C and do not freeze it, as stated in Pfizer's prescribing information. Keep it out of the reach of children, and do not use it after the expiry date.

• Shake the bottle well before each dose
• Take other medicines 1 to 2 hours apart from Mucaine
• Swallow the gel rather than holding it in the mouth
• Eat smaller meals and avoid lying down straight after eating
• Limit spicy and fatty food, alcohol, tea and coffee if they trigger symptoms
• See a doctor about black stools, vomiting blood or difficulty swallowing

• Mucaine is taken before meals. Large or late meals, spicy and fatty foods, alcohol, coffee and smoking can worsen acidity and reflux. Raising the head of the bed can help with night-time heartburn.