Gaviscon alternatives - shop own brands worth a try?

Hiya,

Just a quick question really, but has anyone tried shop's own-brand versions of Gaviscon?

I can't really afford to regularly buy big bottles of the real thing and the cheaper bottles would be a big saving... I just wondered if anyone has found it worth buying? And possibly, which is the best own-brand to try?

TIA :)

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  • If it's Gaviscon Original the active ingredients are:
    Sodium bicarbonate 133.5 mg, Calcium carbonate 80 mg, Sodium alginate 250 mg. (per 5 ml)
    and some aniseed flavouring.

    Exactly the same active ingredients in many other preparations including Boots Heartburn Relief - Aniseed Flavour- 150ml. However Boots is £2.69 but Gaviscon is £2.55 from ChemistDirect. So I suppose it depends how much you're paying for Gaviscon.
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    If you don't mind heartburn relief in tablet form i would recommend Settlers, you can pick them up cheap in Home Bargains if you have one and i think they work better than Gaviscon. For a good liquid substitute i can recommend Boots own brand, the big bottle is about a fiver
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