Sodium hydrogen carbonate or magnesium (or) aluminium hydroxide treatment as antacids control only symptoms and not the cause.In advances stages,ulcers become life threatening and only treatment is removal of affected part of stomach.
The frugs cinetidine,rantidine prevent the interaction of histamine with the receptors present in the stomach wall and result in realese of lesser amount of acid.So cinetindin,ranitidine are better antacids than `NaHCO_(3)(or) Mg(OH)_(2)` (or) `Al(OH)_(3)`
