Alka Seltzer

My Bathroom Medicine Cabinet | 07/23/2022 | R2

[EQAndyBuzz]

Swear by them. The OTC med I miss the most is Contact. Best antihistamine ever. Nyquil in capsule form.

[Beowulf9]

I just wish it wasn’t so big. I resized the last one and maybe that is why it disappeared?

[oldvirginian]

Definitely a southern thing. During my travels I’ve not found them readily accessible in other parts of the country. As for what you get, I think it’s the knowledge that you’ve already taken what has worked for generations.
I think that a lot of pain relief is mental.

[yelostar]

They probably take a while to lose effectiveness or potency. I don’t have any that are expired, but if so I’d make sure they looked normal and fizzed normally in the glass. Then I’d take a sip. If all is well, then down the hatch!

[Lazamataz]

Goody Powders.

[Lazamataz]

I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.

[Tommy Revolts]

Always on hand at our house.

[Political Junkie Too]

The 1950 moviee All About Eve has a scene where a party guest asks Bette Davis if she has any "bicarbonate of soda" for an upset stomach.

I keep a small box of in my cabinet for times when I have a case of heartburn before bedtime from a spicy dinner earlier in the evening. Sodium bicarbonate is a pH base, and neutralizes stomach acids that may be running wild after a meal.

-PJ

[dfwgator]

“Try No-Burpoline, the only gasoline containing bicarbonate of soda.”

[Responsibility2nd]

I can’t believe you HIT the whole thing.

(Actually, I can.)