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Taking Your Acid Reflux Medicine
Taking your acid reflux heartburn medicine on a regular basis in accordance with the prescription is important. Recently I had lunch with my church pastor and he was suffering from relatively severe heartburn symptoms. He also indicated that he was no longer taking his prescribed acid reflux heartburn medicine. When I asked him why he said that he was taking the medicine but he started to feel better so he quit taking it. He is very typical of many acid reflux suffers who frequently stop taking them medicine or only take it when the heartburn symptoms appear. This on again and off again method of treating your acid reflux disease can lead to a more serious condition.
Untreated or incorrectly treated acid reflux heartburn can lead to a more serious condition such as gastoesophageal reflux disease or GERD. In fact my pastor was already starting to have some of the symptoms GERD as a result of not correctly taking his medications. He also related that another pastor of a nearby church was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus and his prognosis was very guarded. Apparently he was also not taking his medications according his doctors orders over the past several years. Many people just do not like to take any kind of medication and as soon as the symptoms of their medical condition improve they quit taking their medicine. In addition they never bother to inform their physician of their decision until the condition become so serious that they need more intensive treatment options.
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Coffee and Acid Reflux – Can You Drink Coffee and Still Avoid Heartburn
I love coffee, and I drink it everyday. In the past, I suffered from acid reflux, and I’d have a flare-up if I even thought about about drinking coffee. It became so bad that my throat would burn most of the day, and I had to sleep with my head elevated.
In retrospect, I realized I was consuming too many trigger foods, the worst of which was coffee. I’d drink coffee daily, and every time I’d get heartburn. It didn’t take a doctor to determine that there was a link.
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