John Ziegler
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Something to keep in mind. The primary purpose of proton pump inhibitors (omeprazole and nexium) is to decrease the acidity of the stomach not to prevent reflux per se. Please keep this in mind. This is very important though, because it mitigates the damaging effects of that acidic reflux. Untreated, that acid can lead to a number of problems, like Barretts esophagus which is a precancerous condition. So whichever way you wish to interpret the data in the article in the OP, the risks of not taking a proton pump inhibitors far outway the risks of taking one. So feel free to interpret how you will. I would post a bunch of literature but I am off to anesthetize yet another patient for an EGD for reflux.
What a nightmare the whole heartburn situation is
Damn if you do in the long run damn if you don't in the short
is there anything someone with heartburn can do to solve the issue besides
heartburn medications or somethings that people who don't have heartburn
can do to steer clear of it ?