2006-09-21 02:30:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Try taking a digestive enzyme supplement each time you eat. They worked great for me.
I was not digesting properly, and these enzyme supplements helped my body completely break down the food I was eating and was causing my heartburn - I hardly ever get it anymore, even when I don't take my enzymes.
Go to www.wellzymes.com and check out the product called Digestive Health and follow the directions on the bottle. You may also want to try Wellzymes Gastric Ease - I used it before as well. It has digestive enzymes with herbal extracts that help soothe the gastrointestinal lining - you can take those with your food or if you feel the burn coming on.
Your doctor probably doesn't even know anything about enzyme supplements, and won't think they will work. Mine could have cared less when I told him how much they helped. They worked great for me, hope they do for you too.
Good luck!
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2006-09-22 09:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-19 06:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by Kristin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man, I know how you feel. I had it so bad that I thought I was having a heart attack. Zantac and TUMS weren't helping at all. It was the worst at night. The Dr put me on Prilosec OTC and my husband raised the head of our bed 4 inches onto blocks of wood. I hardly ever had any trouble at all after that. If I did I took a swig of Maalox advanced before bed. Medicines like tums and zantac only treat the symptoms of acid reflux where medicines like Prevecid and Prilosec stop your body from producing the acid in the first place. So you don't even have the heartburn. Talk to your Dr about Prilosec. It worked wonders for me.
2016-03-17 23:34:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For occasional heartburn, take an antacid like Tums. If it is chronic (happening all the time) it should be checked by a doctor and treated with a stronger drug.
2006-09-21 02:38:43 · answer #4 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heartburn can lead to erosion of the esophagus and damage other areas of the body as well. If you see a doctor now instead of putting it off with over the counter meds, you will have much fewer health problems to deal with later and the prescription meds for this condition work amazingly well. God bless and hope you feel better. :)
2006-09-21 02:37:58 · answer #5 · answered by mimi22 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prilosec
2006-09-21 02:32:21 · answer #6 · answered by ...mr2fister... 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See your doctor, sometimes it can be a precursor for something much worse.
2006-09-21 02:40:06 · answer #7 · answered by pa69oldfart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try zantac, and talk to your doctor...i take protonix, but i took zantac for a while, and now you can get that w/o prescription
2006-09-21 03:02:15 · answer #8 · answered by shenae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋