Irritated esophagus

Drink lots of water.
I can't lay down after I swallow any pills/capsules. I need an hour.

Are you not taking the abx with your dinner? or just a few bites of food.

I have to have more than a few bites...especially when I was taking minocycline. It felt like it was crawling back up my throat.

I don't know what you can use to relieve it. Hopefully someone has an idea.

I have literally bruised my esophogus by swalling too many pills at once or the pill or capsule went down the wrong way. Nothing helps this heal - kind of just have to wait it out, avoid eating a lot of solid food for the next couple of days.

And anyone taking abx has a risk of disrupting not only gut microbiome, but the biome in your mouth and throat. So this has also caused me "rawness" because yeast/fungus can grow more easily and rapidly if the abx is killing off the good bacteria that keep the y/f in check.

If you think this might be a problem, try gargling with apple cider vinegar or drink some warm tea with a tablespoon or so of coconut oil melted into it.

-p