Antacids may be used: 1  To reduce the symptoms of acid reflux which may cause heartburn or inflammation of the gullet (oesophagitis) . 2  To relieve some of the symptoms caused by ulcers in the stomach and part of the gut called the duodenum. 3  In other conditions where it is helpful to neutralise stomach acid.
It is also sometimes called the elastic clause.. It grants Congress the powers that are implied in the Constitution, but that are not explicitly stated. That is why the powers derived from the Necessary and Proper Clause are referred to as implied powers. The correct way to interpret the Necessary and Proper Clause was the subject of a debate between Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.
The elastic clause was a way to make sure that Congress had the means to do what it had been charged to do through the Constitution. The clause was at the center of the debate between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton about whether or not a national bank should be established when the United States was first formed.