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Hi Everyone

My gas is at times terrible although I have to say it tends to amuse me when I'm at home as I get to do smellier ones than my husband! However, about 2 years ago I got quite ill with something unrelated to this. My gas got sooooo bad - it was just a nightmare. I tried taking HCL (hydrochloric acid) capsules with my meals. You can buy them at health food stores. You need to find how many you need... take a few before your meal until you start feeling a warm sensation in your tummy, then you know you've taken enough. I found I needed about 3-4 with a main meal. SHouldn't take more than 6 though! I found that my gas decreased a lot and I continued to take the tablets for about 2 months. It really did make things better! Of course I still had wind but at least holding it in didn't cause terrible stomach pain as there wasn't so much of it!
Hope that helps some of you

I've also tried various other things like charcoal, peppermint etc and none of them did me much good!

Best Wishes

Sarah

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