Or.....maybe the problem is some docs tend to over-prescribe things like Pepcid AC, Zantac and other "antacids". We've got a whole generation of people who have been sold on remedies to mask symptoms.... instead of being encouraged to find underlying causes.
The really strange thing is that all the things Pepcid AC and Zantac are sold to fix were previously considered to by pre-ulcer symptoms. Now that we know that stomach ulcers are caused by h.pylori infection, the drug companies are trying to separate the early symptoms of ulcers from ulcers themselves.
I am amazed that they doctors don't just prescribe a course of the same drugs they use for ulcers when a patient has these pre-ulcer conditions. However, nobody is likely to ever test that this will work, as it would cost the drug companies a huge amount.