Hi Everyone, Just wanted to share with you how i've got rid of 90% of my Acid Reflux in the hope it helps someone else :-)
My condition started 2 years ago, got rushed into the emergency room bad chest pains, collapsed. Lived with very bad acid reflux for 18 months after that. In and out of hospital and the docs.
Had an endoscope was on omeprazole, then lansoprazole(prevacid), Nexium. Terrible side effects!
After 18 months i'd had enough and decided to go Private rather than on the national health service(UK)
Saw a brilliant doctor who wanted me to have another endoscope, he actually found something unlike the nhs who said it was normal. I had acid reflux and bile reflux. You get what you pay for!!!
He put me on medications but the side effects were to great. He then suggested a diet which was wheat free and dairy free. The diet takes about 6 months to kick in fully and in some people it can get rid of the reflux almost entirely. It works as wheat and dairy cause a lot of gas, so worse reflux!
I still take lansoprazole, but i've got it down to one 30MG tablet every 3 days!!!!!
This is amazing considering i use to be on 30MG lansoprazole a day, 6 Metoclopramide a day, Also one Rantadine i forget the dosage but it was very high!
Another thing i've discovered is if i take lansoprazole everyday i get acid reflux!!!! But if i take it as infrequently as possible i get less reflux. A doctor i spoke to once told me PPI's in some cases can actually cause gastritis so if possible try and miss it for just one day and see if you notice a difference.
Theres plenty of different wheat free and dairy free products at the store, they even have beer!!! I never thought i'd be able to drink beer again. It might be worth giving the diet a shot, but i'd check with your doc first.
I know this won't work for everyone, but it's transformed my life!
I still can't drink black coffee though, tried some this morning ouch!!! But i can now eat currys, chillie, Tomato based things!
I noticed some improvement after 1 month and now theres times where my wife has really bad heart burn and i don't, yet we ate the same thing!!!
Good Luck! And i'm sure someday you'll find a solution that works for you, just hang in there.