However...
As I'm running a small business here with a stressful schedule, I got a "workaholic special", called GERD (acid reflux) despite eating healthy and exercising. It's not the end of the world, nor is it forever, and it's already healing, but my God it's annoying. Drinking tea, coffee, or red wine may feel similar to drinking Molotov cocktail (when it's on fire).
There are different ways of handling this, all work differently for different people (for those interested, the medicinal solutions like PPIs are cr@p). One of the recommendations is to chew chewing gum after meals; I tried chewing some Orbit (when traveling overseas), and it worked like magic. The trouble is, of course, the infamous Singaporean ban. I know, the ban was eased in early 2000s, and then you can buy it in a pharmacy after some bureaucracy (and, I suppose, a word of honour that you won't stick it on the pavement).
Or so I thought; people in both Guardian and Watson told me that they no longer sell it. There might be some stocks left from May when the supply ended, but it's very unlikely.
Anyone knows whether the chewing gum still can be purchased in Singapore anywhere?
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