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Aquilifer -> RE: getting rid of sour stomach faster? when meds not working? (5/11/2008 2:42:21 AM)
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I will add my $0.02, since I have been there.
You should have this checked out by your doctor.
With me, it was no-fooling acid reflux. It was, possibly, also connected with gall bladder disease. Mine had to come out about three years ago.
When I got this, antacids did NOT help. They just seemed to make things worse. MUCH worse. The only things that helped were H2 receptor antagonists like ranitidine. I did not try proton pump inhibitors prior to the gall baldder sugery, so I cannot comment on them firsthand.
Prior to the surgery, extended bouts of acid reflux were often capped by vomiting, but only after extended suffering. We're talking about several hours of incapcaitation.
Since then, it has returned, but in a much milder form. These days, I can always trace it to a root cause in my recent eating. Too much oil is a major risk factor. I am very careful with things like pizza, and I stay away from things like ribs. This helps. A double dose of OTC ranitidine always controls it.
But, I repeat, this is something that you should see your phyician about. Better a "false alarm" office visit than gall bladder surgery. Yeah, it was a "minimally invasive" operation, but recovery still impaired me for more than a month, and the first two post-surgical weeks were massively ugly.
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