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Is it dangerous to take gaviscon regularly over a long time pierod if so what are the long term effects

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Not that I know of. But you must ask yourself why your getting the reflux

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I believe the main issue is that you are covering something up rather than dealing with it; so the gaviscon might well not cause problems but you could have undiagnosed issues.

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