TUMS - Is this pill really working

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Former Member — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:31:03 GMT

Cool, Thx all for your feedback. I will cross my fingers then and wait for Mr Breastroker to comment on this one then. BR Per

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Allen Stark — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:51:12 GMT

His name is Wayne McCauly. Wayne is a great guy who likes to have ideas at the cutting edge of our knowlege. Sometimes he is ahead of everyone sometimes I'm afraid he is over the edge. I think this is one of the "over the edge"ideas.Wayne also thinks you should swim the 50 Breaststroke without breathing,which I also don't agree with. I will say that when we disagree he has been proven right more often than not. He is a frequent poster and I'm sure will chime in soon.

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Frank Thompson — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:13:49 GMT

Just to clarify...it was not me suggesting this pill and in those quantities. The article comes from this webpage: www.breaststroke.info . Anyone know who this guy is in the US? He states that he is well known with some good results...especially in masters. Would be interesting to know if I should disregard all the other articles he has written as well. Thx! /Per Superfly: Most members here know of this guy as Breastroker because that is the name he goes by as a member of the USMS Discussion forum. I would send a Personal Message to him with your questions. Or better yet, you probably won't have to do anything because he is a very active member here and I am sure when he see this, he will respond to you with his explanations.

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aquageek — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:45:28 GMT

I've considered taking 40 Tums the morning after a few Holiday parties here lately.

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Former Member — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:14:16 GMT

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Former Member — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:55:18 GMT

40+ Tums is a crazy amount of antacid, and it's possible to OD on Tums although I don't know at how high a dose. Don't do it. Your blood is already a buffer anyway, using carbonic acid and hydrogen carbonate. You're not helping it by throwing more carbonate into the blood stream. I can't remember the details offhand but your body is going to respond by altering your heart rate and respiration, and I think by depressing them since you'll be scavenging carbonic acid from your blood. Not really what you want when you're in oxygen debt anyway.

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Former Member — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:12:50 GMT

I was with you until you threw out the dosage. Everything in moderation I say. That is not moderation. I was thinking you were going to say take two.

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Former Member — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:40:08 GMT

Don't OD. One of the symptoms is coma. www.nlm.nih.gov/.../002605.htm

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swimr4life — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:00:32 GMT

I can't imagine that taking that many Tums could be good for you!! Gull....wouldn't this be dangerous for causing heart arrhythmias? and all kinds of other problems in the body?