Gaviscon

[Bazile]

Just got the Gaviscon out of the fridge to take a second dose and noticed that it states on the bottle - 'Do not refrigerate or freeze '

So what will have happened to it now , given that it has been in the fridge - is it still ok to use and will it still do it's job ?

[ummmm]

I'd still use it.

[douglas9401]

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091016075019AAbpIlS

[Jackdaw33]

Should be fine when it reaches room temperature.

[Bazile]

Thanks

I note the link provided by Douglas refers to tablets
My medication is in liquid form
Don't make any difference I assume ?

[anneasquith]

Oops, been keeping mine in fridge for years !!!!!

[rockyracoon]

Can I ask? What prompted you to put it in the fridge in the first place?

[ducksie]

I used to store my Gaviscon Advance in the fridge until, like you I read the label after a few years of guzzling down bottles of it, always worked, the reason I kept mine in fridge was because usually most bottles of medicine read, "keep refrigerated once opened".

[gingejbee]

^^^obviously because the label says "do not refrigerate". It also says "do not store above 25C".....so keep it in the airing-cupboard.

[woofgang]

Is it in a glass bottle? It may be something to do with the possibility of the glass shattering with the cold more than any effect on the medicine

[ducksie]

Yes woofgang, it's a brown glass bottle, that seems a good enough reason not to keep in fridge

[bhg481]

I suspect what it really means is that there's no need to keep it in the fridge, ordinary cupboard storage will do.

[OldBather]

I have been taking Gaviscon for years.While I don't keep it in the fridge(it's not necessary)my bedroom is unheated and is often (in the Winter)colder than the fridge,and nothing bad has happened to the Gaviscon.It's made(principally) from seaweed,so can't see what fridge temperatures would do to spoil it?

[gingejbee]

Gaviscon(and similar medicines) contain large amounts of sodium alginate, which make it viscous. I'd guess that the lower the temperature, the thicker it gets...so you can't mix it properly by shaking....and it may get so thick, it becomes difficult to get it out of the bottle.
That's my theory, anyway!

[OldBather]

gingejbee,
I think that yours is a very sound theory.