I'm with you. I don't care what the side effects are. My heart burn is so painful that I can't do anything at all when it kicks in. Had it in some shape or form since I was 16. By the time I was 22 I was seeking medical help and I thanked God Almighty when proton pump inhibitors hit the market. It was like a miracle for me and I ain't givin' 'em up!
Same here, I don't what the side affects are. I will pay premium price as well.
The reason I ask is that I went through a long list of OTC and other medications for heartburn nothing would touch, and accidentally found something which provided relief within 24 hours. Not short term relief, but for a few weeks.
I smoked cigarettes up until a week ago, and would be in situations where a cigarette presented a serious safety hazard. So I took up smokeless tobacco, the kind that comes in little pouches. I was drinking coffee and had one of those in my mouth and washed the juice down with the coffee. Within 24 hours no heartburn. None.
YMMV, but this worked.
I'm not selling anything, just saying what worked for me. It is not too much to think the nicotine in tobacco juice might interfere with H. Pylori, and do so a lot cheaper than many commercially available meds out there.