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I wouldn't have a clue if Disprin is the same as Asprin, but in the past a mixture of disolved disprins & sorbelene cream mixed together to a thick paste and applied to when my feet when they were burning did definatly help the burning, it doesn't take it away all together, but i found it helped me.

AlkaSeltzer & urine ph

Hello all,
I replaced my morning coffee with the original AlkaSeltzer 8 days ago and it has raised my am urine ph from 5-5.5 to 6-6.5 and afternoon and bedtime readings to 6.5-7.0. It also reduced the burning in my feet and bladder. The feet still have the feeling of tightness, but over all I am feeling better especially in the afternoon and evenings. I use the Bayer test strips which test for glucose, billirubin, ketone, sg, blood, ph, protein, urobillnogen, nitrite and leukocytes. Thanks to mrsD for mentioning AlkaSelter in another post about acidity and burning pain. I still have a good deal of reading concerning body ph. One thing learned thus far we are what we eat and drink

Is Alka Selzer only aspirin, or are their any other magic ingredients in it. I went to the chemist today and found effervescent aspirin tablets,but they didn't seem to contain much else.

Thank you-

Thank you both for your replies. I just keep researching.;)

Dont worry Deb, you arent the only one who gets lost in space. in fact if you find your way out transmit the coordinates to me. Stay warm. Im going to get some alka seltzer and try it next time i have extra pain.

Original formula AlkaSeltzer contains:

Active Ingredients: per tablet: Aspirin (325 mg), Sodium Bicarbonate (1916 mg), Citric Acid (1000 mg)

AlkaSeltzer Gold (without aspirin) contains:

Active Ingredients: Each tablet contains:: Sodium Bicarbonate (958 mg (Heat Treated)), Citric Acid (832mg), Potassium Bicarbonate (312 mg)

There are many many other formulas:
Including this new Morning Relief:

Active Ingredients: Aspirin (500mg) (Analgesic), Caffeine (65mg) (Alertness Aid/ Pain Reliever Aid)
Inactive Ingredients: Acesulfame Postassium, Aspartame, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Dimethylpolysiloxane Powder, Docusate Sodium, Flavor, Mannitol, Povidone, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Bicarbonate

Maximum strength formula:
Active Ingredients: (in each tablet): Aspirin 500 mg (Analgesic), Citric Acid 1000 mg (Antactid), Sodium Bicarbonate (heat-treated) 1985mg (Antacid)

Two of the max strength= 1000mg of aspirin

The quantities of the buffers are not given for every product. Morning Relief is similar to
The original Anacin (the one with aspirin) and contains caffeine. This product is higher in aspirin also.

There are cold formulas, and heartburn ones:
http://www.drugstore.com/search/sear...o.x=12&Go.y=16

There are new ones even that have the "name" AlkaSeltzer but are NOT
effervescent (they are syrups).

I think the citrate and bicarb are as important or more so than the aspirin,
for relieving BURNING pain. The delivery system of effervescence is also
important. Taking soda mint TABLETS, will not give the same response.
I believe that the SPEED of absorption, floods the body temporarily and
gets to the tissues to buffer the acid at the nerve endings. Taking tablets,
slows absorption, and when the buffers do get absorbed they are less in
concentration and diluted out quickly by the body's own buffer systems.
Hence it is the FIZZ that counts.

Also remember some drugs can cause acidosis:
metformin (Glucophage, Fortamet)
Topamax
untreated or poorly controlled diabetes
poisons, like antifreeze, methanol
And excessive aspirin consumption as in high dose 24/7
very high dose Vit C intake
lung disorders like COPD
acetazolamide (diuretic for CNS edema or altitude sickness)

People with undiagnosed mitochondrial disorders (not common)
make more lactic acid during the energy phases in the mitochondria.
This lactic acid causes muscle pain/burning. If you suspect this, have poor
exercise tolerance etc, using l-carnitine can help. This boosts the
metabolism of fatty acids for energy instead of glucose, so lactic acid is less.

Another aspirin/Alka Seltzer side effect

Tinnitus. After three days of daily Alka Seltzer, I remember why I stopped taking daily Alka Seltzer. One way I react to daily use of NSAIDs (Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs) such as aspirin, ibuprophen, or naproxen sodium is irritating, maddening tinnitus. Hopefully, it will stop in a few days.

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Huh? What did you say?

So Joe, twns do think alike huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wink:

The links I gave early on in this thread are no longer active.

And I was searching for the link to pain and acid connections, anyway, and found it:

http://www.painonline.org/acid.htm

Quote:

The discovery that nerve acidosis was fundamental to pain is a recent happening[1]. These acids at the nerve endings beneath the skin were first found to be major players in pain. Next was the astounding discovery that many of these same chemicals are present in the nerve ganglia at the cord entry area, or even in the cord itself, where the first synapse occurs. Acid was present at step one and at step two. Then, very recently the discovery was made that at the second synapse, in the thalamus itself, right in the brain, this same group of chemicals forms acid to perpetuate the pain signal. Why was this surprising to scientists? It was unexpected, because the chemistry of the brain is generally different from that found in nerves elsewhere in the body.

Try DGL licorice from the vitamin shoppe or online. Here is a link explaining:
http://acid-reflux-diet-help.blogspo...ux-relief.html

Also drink Aloe Vera juice. Can get at vitamin shoppe or online.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2119540_use-...reat-acid.html

And Slippery Elm will coat the stomach and esophagus and allow releif. Can also get at vitamin shoppe or online.
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/s...elm-000274.htm