[Long-term effect of calcium carbonate containing antacids on basally and peptone-stimulated hydrochloric acid...

Basal and meal-stimulated gastric acid secretion was measured before and after a 3-week-period of regular consumption of a calcium carbonate-containing antacid with 6 therapeutic doses per day in normal healthy volunteers. Furthermore the effect of a single large dose of 2000 mg calcium ions was studied on meal-stimulated gastric acid secretion before and after this period. The results suggest that (1) even a large single dose of calcium ions seems to have no major effect on meal-stimulated gastric acid secretion and (2) chronic consumption of calcium carbonate containing antacids over a 3-week-period does not change basal- and meal-stimulated gastric acid secretion in healthy volunteers nor does it increase the response to 2 g calcium ions.