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posted 06/20/2009, comments (2)
High Medical Bills May be Dangerous for your Financial Health
High medical bills and job loss related to an illness are the cause of many foreclosures and bankruptcies in the United States. I don’t think the average person realizes that an illness can place a huge burden on your finances until you are faced with a sudden illness or a chronic illness such as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). Those... Read more
posted 06/18/2009, comments (26)
Reflux nonresponsive to Prevacid, Zantac and Prilosec
My son, 7, has been dealing with reflux for at least last six months. He was diagnosed with relux when he was two with a barium swallow. It either got better or went away completely with treatment on Zantac at that time. Now it's back and the meds. mentioned above have done nothing to help. Sometimes the relux is the... Read more
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posted 06/15/2009, comments (0)
The issue of acid breakthrough!
If you deal with acid reflux and are being treated with a PPI you may also be well aware of the problem of acid breakthrough. It is quite common and has been noted that as many as half of patients on a PPI therapy will have acid breakthrough at some point. Most find their breakthrough pain to be in the evening or at bedtime (1). Should... Read more
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posted 06/13/2009, comments (0)
Are PPI's Safe?
Recently, I have seen several TV news stories and newspaper articles about the safety of Proton Pump Inhibitors or PPI’s, a popular medication to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD. You may be more familiar with the brand names of PPI’s such as Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec or Protonix. New research was... Read more
