What did she do about her stomach?
I think she switched to rolaids or Tums. I’ve found pepcid to be the only thing that helps my GERD. I take two 20 mg tablets at bedtime, which is a prescription dose (40mg). If you’ve tried it at a lower dose, it probably did little. If you want to try it, check with your doctor, first, as it is not recommended at that high a dose if you have certain lab values.
As a sidenote, when pepcid first came out, it was considered a miracle drug. Before that, hospital patients with bleeding ulcers would receive ice water gastric lavage (a nasogastric tube into the stomach, running ice water in and out of the stomach continuously), to staunch the bleeding, then, many times, surgical removal of the affected part of the stomach.
IV pepcid 20 mg IV, every 12 hours, reduced the stomach acid enough to let the ulcers heal.