Melatonin as a treatment

Sorry the link didn't post correctly but the study was a very impressive one. 100% of the 176 people that took the melatonin combo had complete symptom relief from GERD in 8 weeks. This may be worth a shot before doing any radical surgery.

Linda- Just Google: melatonin acid reflux

The first article should be the study. It has nothing to do with sleep though even though that's what it's primarily used for. Melatonin can help reflux as well. A woman in my GERD Facebook group is using it with great success for reflux. I tried it a few nights and I woke up very groggy from just 2mg. Most people are okay with it though so I think I'm just sensitive to it. I would try lower doses but not sure that would be enough to help GERD symptoms as the studies were done with higher doses. Happy sleeping.

Andy- Yes melatonin is a serious thing since it's basically a hormone but I've been selling it for 18 years and nobody has ever voiced that they had a problem with it (I own a vitamin store). It is meant more for short-term use but so are PPIs. The study done with melatonin plus cofactors demonstrated that the combo was actually more effective than Prilosec. The combo can be found in a product called GI Guard PM. I happen to have stomach polyps from long-term PPI use so I'm looking for an alternative and just maybe this is it since nothing else seems to do the job.

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=45&m=2164798

Here it is - there were concerns about auto immune disease.

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