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emmaverybo

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6. Prilosec actually can heal lesions. It is true bicarbonate and cider can work and quickly. Just not

Sun Dec 29, 2019, 07:58 PM

Dec 2019

enough real medicine for those of us with serious GERD caused by hiatal hernias and at risk of Barrett’s esophagus (can be risk factor for cancer of esophagus) or who have been diagnosed with.

We have to be monitored by scoping and may have to take prescription Prilosec or other drugs the rest of our lives, despite side effects. Lifestyle changes can help and some are candidates for surgery.

I am happy though that Bragg’s or baking soda and some otc help in a pinch and for some are like a miracle for occasional bouts. I am very lucky that medicine discovered Prilosec.

Anyone having to live on tums, prescribe themselves prilo on a regular basis—if you have Med insurance, see a GE and get an endoscopy.

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Prilosec + baking soda in pill form costs $14,000 for 90 day supply. [View all] Cattledog Dec 2019 OP

Old home remedies that cost very little, like baking soda, work. Drug companies want to Doodley Dec 2019 #1

Baking soda is extremely high in sodium so be careful w/ that. n/t CousinIT Dec 2019 #13

I'd buy the generic Prilosec and bicarbonate. $25 a month, or so. Doubt they sell Hoyt Dec 2019 #2

price gouging KT2000 Dec 2019 #3

I never take those pills and drink apple cider when I get heartburn kimbutgar Dec 2019 #4

Wow mahina Dec 2019 #5

Prilosec actually can heal lesions. It is true bicarbonate and cider can work and quickly. Just not emmaverybo Dec 2019 #6

That's me. safeinOhio Dec 2019 #8

Well, gives me hope. My GE believed it can go into remission, and mine appeared to. Two scopes emmaverybo Dec 2019 #14

During that time I've had safeinOhio Dec 2019 #16

I am so sorry. My friend's death made me finally keep my first scope appointment, and now, like emmaverybo Jan 2020 #17

BEWARE: Prilosec (omeprazole) gave me terrible joint pain after a few years htuttle Dec 2019 #7

Prilosuck Blue Owl Dec 2019 #9

prilosec is bad for you anyway Grasswire2 Dec 2019 #10

No study has shown any link between EC and Prilosec use. Although proton pump inhibitor use is emmaverybo Jan 2020 #18

I buy from Canada crimycarny Dec 2019 #11

The OTC version is cheap. TwilightZone Dec 2019 #12

Avoid Foods With Carrageenan PADemD Dec 2019 #15

Wow. K&R. ck4829 Jan 2020 #19