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Why are Ranitidine and Cemitidine antacids better than sodium bicarbonate?

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Sodium bicarbonate makes the stomach alkaline and thus more HCl is released which causes ulcer. Whereas Ranitidine prevent the interaction of histamine in the stomach wall and thus reduces the amount of HCl release.
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