SharonZ, I asked him about chest burning. He said the reflux itself can express itself in different ways and it should not necessarily cause burning only in the center. Its very difficult to make...
I have been taking PPI for almost 4 years now. I had endoscopy in 2013 and i had mild gastritis back then. I went to doctor today and he is going to try a different PPI. So i have two questions now :...
Hi, I am on lansoprazole 15 mg daily in the morning. I have never really experienced typical heart burning. Even thought I take the PPi i get the burning and burning is always on the sides of the...
I am not sure about that, I guess someone has to contact them to find out. But i think trials are cost-free....
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01940185 I came across this link and thought people might be interested. Thanks, Ravi...
http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/16/2/116.pdf It is a detailed article with clinical trials for some of the alternatives. I found accupuncture and melatonin trial particularly interesting....
Hi Maria, What your physician is saying makes sense. But there is lot that we don't know about this complex machinery. Happy New Year ans Hope we all do well in this new year!! ~Ravi...
Hello Gunner, No one mentioned bile reflux to me yet. Is is a good idea to talk about it with my GI?? Anyway my Ph test results are out, strangely enough , My 24 hr Ph monitoring test was done while...
Mcedge are you sure PPI does not stop the reflux?? I was going through a study.. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23560727 it says "Esomeprazole decreases significantly the number of reflux...
Hi, I was on dexilant once a day when i underwent ph Test. I had 34 reflux episodes, 0% acidic and 0.6% non acidic. But i distinctly remember i was suffering from chest pain and burning throughout...
Thanks Javery and Pop8371 for the reply. @Javery - I think i m not very sure about the low acid theory. Although i agree that finding the real cause of GERD would help tackling the problem better. I...
Hi Imtiyaz, Hope you are doing well. I am a 30 yr old suffering from reflux. So did you finally go with the Stretta procedure or did you try alternate medicine?? Hoping to hear from you....
Thanks Stephen for the reply. But if there is no acid, then what is causing the heartburn??...
Hi, My story is like this : I am 30 yr old, i used to be a smoker(half pack per day), weekend drinker, I used to eat normal food sandwiches without much fat and definitely not fried food. A cup of...