**Text Transcription for Educational Website:**---**Exercise: Understanding pH and Stomach Acid Relief***After reading the paragraph below, answer the questions that follow.*You've been experiencing acid indigestion lately, and you'd like a quick fix for the problem. You do a little research on the Internet and discover that your problem is caused by excess stomach acid. In the pharmacy aisles, however, you're having a little trouble deciding what to purchase to address the problem. At the pharmacy counter, the clerk recommends that you purchase PEPCID AC or Alka-Seltzer tablets.If you could check the pH of the recommended tablets, you would expect it to be:Select one:a. higher than 7. b. pH neutral. c. lower than 7. d. exactly 7.---*Instructions: Choose the option that correctly describes the expected pH of the tablets recommended by the pharmacy clerk for relieving acid indigestion.**Hint: Consider what it means for a substance to have a pH higher than, lower than, or equal to 7.*---This exercise aims to enhance your understanding of the relationship between pH levels and the effectiveness of common antacids in treating acid indigestion.

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Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

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**Exercise: Understanding pH and Stomach Acid Relief**

*After reading the paragraph below, answer the questions that follow.*

You've been experiencing acid indigestion lately, and you'd like a quick fix for the problem. You do a little research on the Internet and discover that your problem is caused by excess stomach acid. In the pharmacy aisles, however, you're having a little trouble deciding what to purchase to address the problem. At the pharmacy counter, the clerk recommends that you purchase PEPCID AC or Alka-Seltzer tablets.

If you could check the pH of the recommended tablets, you would expect it to be:

Select one:
a. higher than 7.
b. pH neutral.
c. lower than 7.
d. exactly 7.

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*Instructions: Choose the option that correctly describes the expected pH of the tablets recommended by the pharmacy clerk for relieving acid indigestion.*

*Hint: Consider what it means for a substance to have a pH higher than, lower than, or equal to 7.*

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This exercise aims to enhance your understanding of the relationship between pH levels and the effectiveness of common antacids in treating acid indigestion.

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PEPCID is a competitive inhibitor of histamine H2-receptors. The primary clinically important pharmacologic activity of PEPCID is the inhibition of gastric secretion. Both the acid concentration and volume of gastric secretion are suppressed by PEPCID