@riflemanz64

Yes, they will. You have to be able to swallow it which I cannot always do. I can chew valium and if able to swallow water after it.. it will help. Sometimes the spasms will not let food nor water go down.. just as the stricture I had the endoscopy for would not. Sometimes hard to tell what is going on. .. spasms or stricture.

I was prescribed valium for a back problem. My team at Mayo said to take as little as possible. (I rarely take it now) It can actually leave the sphincter above the stomach open long enough for lots of acid to come up. There are better muscle anti-spastic drugs for the esophagus than valium.

Most of the time the spasms do not last long .. but as time goes on they can become more frequent and more painful.

ZeeGee