Can Heartburn, G.E.R.D., Acid Reflux,
and Acid Indigestion Really be Cured?

The simple answer is YES! In most cases, these conditions can be corrected without drugs, exercise or some crazy diet for the rest of your life.

I was fortunate to review William Lagadyns new publication “Cure Your Heartburn” . He was a former sufferer of G.E.R.D. and acid reflux.

In Williams own words,
“Once I discovered exactly what was happening to my body I was able to clear up my problems once and for all No more heartburn!! Haven’t had it for 5 years, and I can eat or drink anything that I want…Feels Great!

I am not a doctor, but I have been told many times, that my knowledge of heartburn and acid reflux is more than their doctors tell them.

I know, you will say “that’s hard to believe”, because we have been conditioned to take drugs to help our Heartburn, Acid Indigestion, GERD, Reflux, Acid Reflux or whatever else they are calling it now-a-days. Basically all these conditions have just about the same symptoms, just different names. It all boils down to having chest discomfort or burning symptoms due to the acidic fumes from your stomach coming in contact with your digestive organs

In all fairness to the medical community, they try and help us the best they possibly can. They don’t have the time to do research on much of anything so they have to rely on medical journals, and try to keep up with all the new procedures in medicine.

I reside in Canada, and my full time job is helping people all over the world, cure their heartburn and acid reflux.”

The book is well written and contains a wealth of information for sufferers of Acid Reflux Syndrome.
Check out the book here

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Todays natural acid reflux solution comes in the form of licorice

Instructions: I simply take two tablets DGL tablets (licorice) 20 minutes before meals.
In three days, my symptoms were gone. Please note, acid reflux for me has included the standard symptoms, plus significant pain in the shoulders, flu-like symptoms and general lack of energy.
I have seen four MDs over the last 18 months, and been tested from one end to the other for you name it, to no avail.
I was taking Protonix–and it didn’t help. I changed my diet–no more lactose, no more caffeine, no more red meat, no more alcohol, no white flour products. None of it made any difference.
But the DGL tablets did.
Thank God for licorice!……Hope it works for you.

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I have been asked to report on natural remedies for acid reflux/heartburn and have noted these from the International Home Remedies Site

These remedies were written by ESL students and are not sanctioned by the medical establishment. All of them use herbs and other natural ingredients.

I will update and add to these regularly.

Ingredients: Baking Soda/Ice Breakers Hot Cinnamon

Instructions: I have just been awakened from a great sleep to find that I am in the midst of an acid reflux burning event. After grabbing some baking soda, which helped a bit, I instinctively thought to get a piece of Ice Breaker’s gum and now I am just fine. I was completely shocked to find this same gum listed by another respondent. It works!!!

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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is a term used to describe the variety of symptoms and forms of tissue damage resulting from chronic reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus.
Over 15 million Americans suffer from daily heartburn, the most common symptom of GERD. In addition to heartburn, other symptoms associated with GERD include regurgitation, chest pain, hoarseness, wheezing, and chronic cough. GERD is a major healthcare problem with many sufferers reporting worse emotional well-being than patients with diabetes or high blood pressure.
Normally, a muscular valve at the end of the esophagus called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) keeps stomach contents from refluxing into the esophagus. However, in GERD, the LES is weak or relaxes too frequently, allowing stomach contents to flow freely into the esophagus. Left untreated, GERD can lead to a variety of esophageal complications including inflammation, ulceration, bleeding, and strictures.
In addition, GERD patients are at risk to develop a pre-cancerous condition known as Barrett’s esophagus.

The Full-Thickness Plicator Procedure is a non-surgical, endoscopic GERD treatment based on the proven principles of anti-reflux surgery.

The procedure allows the physician to create a full-thickness plication at the gastroesophageal junction under direct endoscopic visualization; enhancing the competency of the gastric cardia and restoring the normal anti-reflux barrier. Patients are treated on an outpatient basis and usually are able to return to normal activities the following day.

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Research being conducted at Rhode Island Hospital is attempting to locate the enzyme that makes some people with acid reflux disease develop cancer of the esophagus, to enable early treatment.

The posibility of a a single gene being deactivated to stop the development of stomach ulcers and, stomach cancer is also being investigated.

Deputy director Nancy L. Thompson. reported
“It’s using basic research knowledge that has been about 20 years in the making to target specific enzymes involved in cancer.”

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Adults plagued by heartburn may want to steer clear of carbonated soft drinks in the hours before bedtime, with a new study linking soda consumption to troublesome acid reflux at night.
“That’s no small matter, because acid reflux during the night tends to be more harmful for patients — it’s associated more with complications, such as narrowing of the esophagus, alterations of the esophagus and, most importantly, cancerous changes of the esophagus and esophageal cancer. That’s a big price to pay for a can of Coke,” said lead researcher Dr. Ronnie Fass, a professor of medicine at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

His team’s study, published in the May issue of Chest, also found strong associations between troubling nighttime heartburn and the use of benzodiazepine sleeping aids such as Ativan, Valium or Xanax.

According to experts, approximately 44 percent of adult Americans complain of heartburn at least once a month, while 14 percent — nearly one out of six — experience weekly bouts of heartburn. Fass described heartburn as “a burning sensation people usually feel after meals, behind the chest bone and rising up to their throat, caused by acid reflux.”

In the study, Fass’ team examined data from the large, ongoing Sleep Heart Health Study, aimed at investigating connections between disturbed sleep and cardiovascular health.

Of the more than 15,000 adults surveyed in that study, more than 3,800 (24.9 percent) complained of heartburn during nighttime slumber.

The researchers pored over the collected data to determine dietary and lifestyle factors associated with nighttime reflux.

“For the first time, we found a close relationship between soft drink consumption and this type of severe heartburn,” said Fass. Individuals who drank one or more servings of carbonated soft drinks per day were at 31 percent higher risk of developing heartburn at night compared to individuals who stayed away from these types of beverages.

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Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNTS), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on therapies for gastrointestinal diseases and disorders, today announced the publication of clinical trial results in the June 15, 2005 issue of Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed gastroenterology journal. The trial results showed that immediate-release ZEGERID(R) (omeprazole) Powder for Oral Suspension 40 mg significantly reduced gastric acidity throughout the night compared to Protonix(R) (pantoprazole) Delayed-Release Tablets 40 mg when dosed once a day in the evening. Both drugs are proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) used to reduce gastric acid and treat symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

“ZEGERID’s effectiveness in controlling nocturnal gastric acidity when dosed at bedtime is intriguing and worthy of further study,” said Donald Castell, MD, lead author on the article. “The goal of PPI use in the evening is to reduce nocturnal gastric acidity, which reduces the possibility of acid reflux in patients with GERD,” Dr. Castell added. Dr. Castell is professor of medicine and director, Esophageal Disorders Program at the Medical University of South Carolina, and is past president of the American Gastroenterological Association.

In this study, 36 patients with nighttime symptoms of GERD participated in an open-label, randomized crossover trial. The patients received repeated evening doses of either ZEGERID or Protonix for one week, followed by twice-daily dosing for one day. After a washout period, patients were treated with the alternative drug, following the same schedule.

During once-daily dosing, ZEGERID was administered at bedtime; however, reflecting current practice for evening dosing of delayed-release PPIs, Protonix was administered before dinner. During twice-daily dosing, both drugs were administered before breakfast and at bedtime. The protocol allowed 18 patients to return for additional once-daily dosing of ZEGERID 40 mg on six consecutive days, with 24-hour pH monitoring beginning at the last dose. Gastric acidity was calculated separately over an 8-hour nighttime interval and over 24 hours.

Measurements included median gastric pH, percentage of time gastric pH was greater than 4 and percentage of patients with nocturnal acid breakthrough (NAB), defined as the occurrence of continuous gastric pH of less than 4 for more than one hour during the night while receiving PPI therapy. The amount of time that pH is greater than 4 is a parameter frequently used to evaluate the clinical effects of treatment with PPIs in patients with acid-related diseases.

Data from 32 patients were available for analysis. After repeated once-daily dosing, ZEGERID 40 mg produced significantly better nocturnal gastric acid control than Protonix 40 mg: median gastric pH was 4.7 vs. 2.0; the time with gastric pH greater than 4 was 55 percent vs. 27 percent; and patients with NAB totaled 53 percent vs. 78 percent (P less than or equal to 0.005 for all comparisons). After twice-daily dosing of ZEGERID 40 mg and Protonix 40 mg, respectively: median gastric pH was 6.5 vs. 1.5; the time with gastric pH greater than 4 was 92 percent vs. 37 percent; and patients with NAB totaled 12 percent vs. 71 percent (P less than or equal to 0.002 for all comparisons).

Once-daily bedtime dosing of ZEGERID 40 mg also achieved better nocturnal gastric acid control than twice-daily dosing of Protonix 40 mg: median gastric pH was 4.7 vs. 1.7 (P less than 0.001); the time with gastric pH greater than 4 was 55 percent vs. 34 percent (P less than 0.001); and patients with NAB totaled 53 percent vs. 75 percent (P = 0.035). In addition, ZEGERID 40 mg dosed once-daily achieved similar 24-hour pH control as Protonix 40 mg dosed twice-daily.

Important Safety Information

ZEGERID Powder for Oral Suspension 40 mg is indicated for reduction of risk of upper GI bleeding in critically ill patients and short-term treatment (four to eight weeks) of active benign gastric ulcers. ZEGERID Powder for Oral Suspension 20 mg is indicated for short-term treatment of active duodenal ulcers, for heartburn and other symptoms associated with GERD, for short-term treatment (four to eight weeks) of erosive esophagitis diagnosed by endoscopy, and for maintenance of healing of erosive esophagitis (controlled studies do not extend beyond 12 months). ZEGERID is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to any components of the formulation.

The most frequently reported adverse events with ZEGERID are headache, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Symptomatic response to therapy does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy. Atrophic gastritis has been noted occasionally in gastric corpus biopsies from patients treated long term with omeprazole. In critically ill patients treated with ZEGERID, adverse events generally reflected the serious, underlying medical condition of the patients, and were similar for patients treated with ZEGERID and with the comparator (acid-controlling) drug.

ZEGERID contains 460 mg sodium per dose in the form of sodium bicarbonate (1680 mg/20 mEq), which should be considered for patients on a sodium-restricted diet. Sodium bicarbonate is contraindicated in patients with metabolic alkalosis and hypocalcemia.
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Many patients suffering from heartburn cringe at the thought of taking medications such as Prilosec and Nexium, called proton-pump inhibitors, for the rest of their lives.

That’s why a new trend in “treating” chronic heartburn–or gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD)–has made its way to the forefront: Endoscopic reflux treatments. What makes these types of treatments different from medications is that they are directed at strengthening the connection between the esophagus and the stomach, rather than trying to reduce the volume of what’s coming up from the stomach into the esophagus.

Endoscopic treatments are administered via the mouth and involve the insertion of a thin flexible tube with a tiny video camera to view the digestive tract.

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Drinking carbonated soft drinks and being overweight may be the two most prevalent causes of nighttime heartburn, according to a new study.

Heartburn at night, or nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux, is quite common. An estimated 44 percent of Americans suffer from it at least once a month. In the new study, researchers at the University of Arizona, Boston University, Johns Hopkins and the University of Minnesota surveyed more than 15,000 patients to try to determine the reasons for the pain. Their results were published in the May issue of the journal Chest.

Nighttime heartburn can be more serious than the daytime type. It tends to be longer lasting, causes more damage to the esophagus and has a greater risk of leading to esophageal cancer. “At night it can be happening without your realizing it,” said Dr. Stuart F. Quan, a co-author of the paper and professor of medicine at the University of Arizona. “The acid reflux doesn’t necessarily wake you up. So there is that much more exposure time.”

In addition to high body mass index, a common indicator of obesity, and consumption of one or more carbonated drinks a day, the study found other good predictors of nighttime heartburn: snoring, hypertension, asthma and the use of some sleeping pills.
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