I don’t have to often but I use baking soda. Works immediately and better than the drugs.
glad I don’t live in Canada
I am going through this with my 95 year old Mother. It was caught early by her doctor, and her function is almost back to normal. Ibuprofen can do the same thing, too.
I’ve tried all those. None of them worked, so I just went to 40mg famotadine at bedtime. It’s cheap, safe, and it works. When proton pump inhibitors came out 25 or 30 years ago, they were prescribed with a “do not use longer than 6 weeks” warning. But most doctors ignored that, because they did work for a lot of people. I’m a nurse, and I always balk any time my doctor wants to prescribe a new medicine. Sometimes, I don’t have a lot of options, but I prefer to use older medications, because a lot of times, the incidence of adverse effects don’t show up in the research for several years, and by then, it’s too late for a lot of people.
Acetaminophen used to be a prescription, then went otc. It was considered safe. Rheumatologists were advising their patients to take huge amounts, because it didn’t cause stomach bleeding and ulcers like aspirin and other anti-inflammatory meds did. Then, their patients started developing liver failure, which is why now, you’re not supposed to take more than 3000 mg/day. It was 4,000, just a few years ago, but they had to decrease it again.
People with burning, and belching, and possible ulcer like symptoms should demand their doctor test them for H. Pylori (helicobacter pylori) bacteria, which causes many of these symptoms and 95% of ulcers. Too many neglect the tests and instead put their patient on a lifelong prescription of antacids. Antibiotics can cure, and a dietary supplement of mastic gum has been touted as successful in killing H.pylori.
The article here mentions antacids link to c-diff because lowering the acidicy of the stomach disallows the natural stomach acidicy to kill c-diff and enter the stomach and pass to the intestines. Then when the patient is also on antibiotics, the normal intestinal flora can be depreciated, thus allowing c-diff to flourish.
I know someone who used the mastic gum after being H. Pylori positive, and then no longer showed symptoms. Then had to wean self off antacids. That was 14 years ago and now can drink a vat of coffee, tomato sauce, OJ, wine, and beer. No more purple pills.
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Those drugs are destructive. For 100% relief, we use Caleb Trees anti-acid reflux (at link below) Its a godsend, mainly apple cider vinegar but also a few other natural ingredients.
http://www.iherb.com/pr/caleb-treeze-organic-farm-stops-acid-reflux-8-fl-oz-237-ml/38083
And if you have gout: black currant juice (black cherry juice) strait up. two cups a day for a week cures it. Or drink apple juice all the time.
Funny how when you stop eating products from Big Wheat, you instantly stop needing Big Pharma’s heartburn drugs :)
Stopped taking omeprisol(sp?) after being on Balance of Nature for about a month.
BigPharma doesn’t care, they make a lot of money on those things. Why doctors prescribe them is another story.
Whatever happened to taking Tums for heartburn? Cheap stuff and it works.
Thank you for posting this.
I used to have to take Ranitidine everyday. But then my ex left, and when I ran out, I found that I didn’t need it anymore.
I generally use Ranitidine when I have heartburn - cheap, works fast and not designed for long-term daily use.
I switched to a tablespoon of Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar in warm water at bedtime. No more Reflux. No more little purple pill. Doctor was thrilled. Says it restores the natural Ph level in the stomach so the acid pumps do not over-produce.
This is weird but I found drinking a glass of Metamucil knocks out heartburn.