10 Side Effects of Antacids Everyone Should Know About

Side Effect No. 7: Muscle Loss or Weakness

An excessive dosage of antacids can also result in loss of muscle strength, even grave conditions like hypokalemia, muscular dystrophy, and inflammatory myopathy can also be triggered. Muscle weakness is a common side effect of aluminum-based antacids which also contain a considerable amount of phosphate in them.

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