What’s wrong with frequent farting after taking magnesium aluminum carbonate chewable tablets?

Generally frequent farting after taking magnesium aluminum carbonate chewable tablets may be caused by adverse drug reactions, or improper medication or diet. 1. Adverse reactions: magnesium aluminum carbonate chewable tablets belong to a kind of antacid, which can effectively relieve stomach discomfort related to excessive stomach acid. Due to some patients will appear after using the drug, such as dry mouth, constipation and other adverse reactions, and constipation is easy to be accompanied by farting symptoms, which can be manifested as frequent farting after eating magnesium aluminum carbonate chewable tablets. 2. Improper use of medication: This product is mainly used in the treatment of acute and chronic gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcer and reflux esophagitis and other diseases. Some of the patients with indications already have symptoms of dyspepsia, and if they do not strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to use the drug, the therapeutic effect can not be achieved, and will continue to appear bloating, farting and other dyspepsia manifestations. 3. Improper diet: if patients eat too much onion, soy products and other easy to produce gas food during the medication, or there is overeating and other habits, it is easy to cause farts, and then be mistaken for the drug, but is a normal physiological phenomenon. To sum up, after eating magnesium aluminum carbonate chewable tablets frequent farting if excluded from the physiological phenomenon, need to go to the hospital in time to consult the doctor, to clarify the specific causes.