Effects of Caffeine and Coffee on Heartburn, Acid Reflux, Ulcers and GERD Reviewed by Meri Rafetto, RD, Theresa Grumet, RD, and Gerri French, RD, MS, CDE;
More than 95 million Americans
It's pretty unusual for any drug to be hailed as 'the people's champion', but that's the claim being made for lansoprazole, an anti ulcer treatment marketed in the UK as Zoton and in the US as Prevacid.
Doctors who advise patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to undergo surgery may be misleading them to think that it may reduce subsequent drug use and cancer risk. ...
Reader's Corner
Best practice dictates that a patient aged over 50 with long-standing problems of gastric reflux should have an endoscopy - but a recent study has concluded that it’s yet another routine screening programme that has no benefit to the patient.
Frequent reflux, heartburn and indigestion could be signs of a more serious, underlying problem such as leaky gut, parasites or fermentation in the gut, perhaps due to an overgrowth of Candida albicans. An over-the-counter antacid will only suppress...
ASTHMA: The gut connection
Impaired digestive function is one of the most common problems of the first 3 to 6 months of life. Reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD) and colicky symptoms often plague infants and parents, disturbing the harmonious interactions of...
Do you think your problem is too much stomach acid? If you still think your problem is too much acid, keep this in mind. The older people get the more likely they are to use antacids. This is interesting as stomach acid production decreases...