GERD: What helps long term?

Posted by littleonefmohio @littleonefmohio, Apr 19, 2018

Does anyone know what I can take for GERD long term? I never had it until they removed my gallbladder. Since then I have been living in hell. I cannot take pain medication, antidepressants, of course certain foods. I have tried prilosec, nexium, and now take tums and zantac. I have severe GERD where I feel i am having a heart attack. I think it was in October of last year I was taken to the hospital with it because it seem much worse than before. At that time they ran every test for heart problems and thank God I do not have heart disease. I Cannot bend over to work in my yard like I love too mostly because of that. Also wanted to ask if anyone heard that Tums would give you Alzheimers? I will have to take 3 or more sometimes to get the pain to stop. That is the only thing I found that works with the Zantac but I am worried about the Alzheimers since my grandfather had it. I also need to get my teeth pulled but am scared to death of the pain since I cannot take pain killers.

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rashida | @rashida | Jan 5 5:10am

In reply to @saucy "My doctor ordered it but I would check online see if you can order it, it's..." + (show)

@kbro2010 and @saucy it is available on Amazon.

baguette | @baguette | Jan 5 9:55am

In reply to @lyn33 "Check the ph level of the water you drink. I find that drinking water that has..." + (show)

FYI on water. I tested my filtered water and it had a pH of 3, very acidic. Tap water was neutral. Apparently you can buy minerals to put in your filtered water to make it more alkaline, but that seems to re-introduce contaminants like lead that you were trying to filter out. Would anyone know if those re-introduced contaminants are low enough to not be of concern? I have returned to drinking tap water for now. Warm tap water (microwave for 30 seconds) is very soothing.

billgil | @billgil | Jan 6 7:50am

You can purchase PH Booster drops by Alkalife, online or from health food stores.
It contains Hydrogen hydroxide and potasium hydroxide [no lead] which are the same ingredients used to increase the PH of the Alkaline water you see sold in stores. [PH 9.5 or higher]. I use these in a glass of water or coffee, a couple of drops increases PH to over 7.5 or 8.

baguette | @baguette | Jan 6 10:33am

In reply to @billgil "You can purchase PH Booster drops by Alkalife, online or from health food stores. It contains..." + (show)

I searched online for the product. Here is a disclaimer from the Wal Mart site:
Ingredients

Distilled water, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide.
Warnings
Warning Text
proposition 65 reasons:titanium dioxide, other chemicals

I may buy it anyway. It seems though that all these products add chemicals back into the water one filters to get it as clean as possible.

baguette | @baguette | Jan 6 10:42am

In reply to @baguette "I searched online for the product. Here is a disclaimer from the Wal Mart site: Ingredients..." + (show)

You motivated me to do more searching. Here is a product from Swanson's without a California warning:
about 75 servings per container

Serving size

6-8 Drops

Amount per serving

Calories

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Protein 0g
Not a significant source of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, total sugars, added sugars, vitamin D, calcium, iron and potassium.

Ingredients: Water, caw micelle (sodium meta silicate, sulfated castor oil, calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate), fossilized organics from refined lignite.

The lignite seemed weird to me until I remembered you can buy charcoal capsules for digestive health.

rashida | @rashida | Jan 7 12:03am

https://www.everydayhealth.com/gerd/symptoms/connection-between-anxiety-acid-reflux/?slot=3&eh_uid=87093806&xid=nl_EHNLdigestive_2024-01-06_33914037&utm_source=Newsletters&nl_key=nl_digestive_health&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2024-01-06&utm_campaign=Digestive_Health&zdee=gAAAAABikO0G3QU9qUJPKiAIKmY0nzHEcjaHR6SXCbZriGBMJ_3PtsdujoJvSORaA4PeUEcjd7c7iBgpltMxj6vVwk5GUfhyF4F81e8eH1IIzFPw1QdfMjU%3D

jacobpapa2004@gmail.com | @tonymemaw12 | Jan 7 4:27pm

Call your doctor mine give me a pill that dissolve in water it coats your esophagus and liquids go down easier and food it's called sucralfate works great take it before meals no more gerd or heartburn.

jacobpapa2004@gmail.com | @tonymemaw12 | Jan 7 4:29pm

I'm looking for recipes to eat bariatric foods

tray | @tray | Jan 8 5:20pm

I would think all the medications you are taking is playing havoc on your gut. I would focus on better food choices, Lay off spicy foods, coffee, foods high in acid, also food high in Lectins ( Tomato's, Eggplant...)
You might try for a while and see if it helps. I corrected my acid reflux from cutting out or cutting down on certain foods.

lizziel1 | @lizziel1 | Jan 9 11:00am

I didn’t read all the comments, but maybe you have a hiatal hernia? The timing of your gallbladder removal and reflux getting worse could be coincidental.
No amount of medication is going to help if your stomach is popping through your diaphragm.