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Tascha is on medication that increases the pH of the stomach and makes it alkaline. What is

the effect of this medication?

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This medication inhibits both bile production and mechanical digestion, leading to an inability to break down proteins by pepsin and fats by lipase. As a result, the stomach cells produce more mucus to compensate.

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