Same here. I’ve been on pantoprazole for 12 years for GERD and a small hiatal hernia. My brother died of esophageal cancer so always a worry there may be something genetic and I have other cancers. The meds healed my initially red esophagus to pink again. I asked my new GI if I should stop based on long term side effects I keep reading about. He told me there have been many additional clinical studies in the past decade that have debunked all the previous negative info. He said it’s perfectly safe for me. Stay the course. He also said because of the Internet and how nothing there ever goes away, the old now debunked info will constantly resurface.