I'm fairly sure sugared gum will work....
I recently read of a very interesting piece of research. It found that chewing gum (I believe sugarless) could ameliorate GERD symptoms--contrary to what had been believed! I've had occasional...
Not worst case, but it spontaneously vanished! I have a suspicion it might have been related to 2 courses of antibiotics that I had, for a suspected cold (which really was a missed DX of GERD...