Dealing with Chronic Reflux: My Struggle and Solutions

My acid reflux has gone on for 10 years. I started Pantaprazole 40 mg (Protonix) in 2018. Only used as needed until I started have swallowing issues. I was eating a hamburger and a swallow went very slow and painful. I also began having to clear my throat a lot. I have a book that cleared everything up for me. I finally stopped drinking Diet Coke, citrus, spicy & fried foods but kept taking my PPI (Protonix) daily so that my throat finally heals. I’m on week 4 out of 6 weeks. Then try staying off Protonix —use as needed. As I no longer have “heartburn”— it’s progressed to “throatburn” so this is what you have to do. Allow your PPI to work by NOT eating/drinking acid products.

So sorry your dealing with this. I had been throwing up everyday do to this acid reflux and having sjogrens has made it worse because I choke. So I recently went off alot of meds. What I do now is make a hot tea with 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1tsp lemon juice and a tsp honey .I do it 3x a day and got rid of this problem. Also lost 50lbs. God thing for me. It's miserable. Ate something wrong last nite and was sick it reminded me of what I don't miss anymore. You get use to the taste.

Im sorry suffer not supper

I know what you mean I supper it makes me miserable and I’ve tried so much stuff right now I take meds for acid reflux on top of drinking gaviscon regularly to stop the acid reflux at a minimum