Once in a while I get acid reflux, from sleeping in the wrong position and eating certain foods...
It NEVER caused a sore throat, felt more like molten lava coming up my throat...
Try waking up in post op following a hysterectomy, with a estrogen patch slapped on your arm you did NOT agree to, and PUKING acid. Your throat will be raw, like you swallowed razor blades.
Untreated or under treated GERD can cause Barrett’s Esophagus. Many drugs cause Drug Induced GERD. OA, HRT, and a host of other drugs.
On the other hand long term use of PPI’S is now being linked in 2 small studies to a slow motility digestive disease. Gastroparesis.
Long term use of PPI also is linked to Bone Density issues.
Maybe Granny’s baking soda is a wiser choice after all.
No one mentions he went and had this done because his golf date got RAINED OUT!