When I got pregnant I had to take a lot of chewable off brand Pepto tablets for heartburn, now it's like I am addicted to them. For ten months I have been eating them almost every single day between 6 to 13 a day. I love the chalky texture and the taste, other people get hooked on certain candy, mine is Pepto. I have tried looking online to see if it could be harmful but I don't really find anything bad. But here lately every time I eat I get awful gas and pain in my stomach so I have been trying to stop eating them. I'm trying to stick to maybe three a day then just one and then none. Yes I am tapering from damn Pepto. Could this cause actual harm and could I have permanently hurt my stomach or will it get better?