A high proportion of customers who seek advice on self-medication from their pharmacy do so for minor stomach complaints, such as heartburn or acid-indigestion. General discomfort in the upper gastrointestinal tract, accompanied by stomach pain, flatulence, bloating or heartburn, is very common. In fact, almost everyone is subject at some time or another to the after-effects of over-indulgence, but many people suffer repeated or troublesome symptoms even after the blandest of foods |