@pipp I'm on a taper right now and I found a few things helpful. One is good old Alka-Seltzer. It can be bought without aspirin in it, which I plan to get next time I buy it since aspirin is one of the reasons I got such horrendous reflex. I'm also having some luck with an algae based product by Life Extension called as Esophageal Guardian. I take it after the biggest meal of the day and it forms a barrier on the top of the stomach which keeps the acid from coming up. I take Ginger and slippery elm capsules throughout the day. I am managing okay with just these, but I'm still taking a fraction of my Protonix pill every morning. I know you're not supposed to cut them up but my doctor said to do so. And it is tolerable, not fun, but tolerable.