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Over the last month I have developed acid reflux and it is getting so bad now that I can't even sleep lieing down! I burp acid all the time and have the foulest breath that my 7yr old told me to brush my teeth!!! Oh and I don't know if it is connected but a crownfell out yesterday?
If I do Lie down I wake with Acid coming out my mouth and nose and it is the vilest taste so have now taken to sleeping sitting up in bed. But that is so uncomfortable that I now have a dodgy back lol
The arm chair is now my prefered mode of sleep :(
I have taken antacid tablets and gavisdon liquid but they don't seem to do a great deal.
Anyway after all this waffle... Any ideas on what to try next?
Thank you
If I do Lie down I wake with Acid coming out my mouth and nose and it is the vilest taste so have now taken to sleeping sitting up in bed. But that is so uncomfortable that I now have a dodgy back lol
The arm chair is now my prefered mode of sleep :(
I have taken antacid tablets and gavisdon liquid but they don't seem to do a great deal.
Anyway after all this waffle... Any ideas on what to try next?
Thank you
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can i ask how long some take the Lanzoprazole for, as i have had this problems for years, and every day cough, have blocked nose, and congested. Tried before to sleep with more than one pillow, but find it awkward and hurts my neck. Maybe will give it another go. Seeing gastro consultant in october, for another check. Do you just take the drug for ever? i have been given all sorts of stuff and nothing works. Gaviscon is vile, and makes me feel worse, so threw it out. One thing on the page about GERD is that avoid peppermint, which seems odd, considering that is whats in gaviscon.
thank you all, i will look into that, perhaps try more pillows, but in the past i usually get a crick neck, and hated gaviscon, so maybe something else, aniseed always reminds me of ouzo, and wondered about the Lanzoprazole because i have had this in the past, perhaps i didn't take the stuff long enough. I thought a month perhaps six weeks, would be ample time to see if it works, and it didn't see to be doing anything. Seeing the gastro man so will see what he says.
I had this after chemo and it was awful. I am now on Lanzoparole which I take every other day. I can still get it at night though - diet is the thing. I don't have wheat or any gluten, no nuts, white wine is a killer and if I put on weight it is worse.
The doctor told me to put books under the end of the bed to lift it, but OH can't sleep like that so I have two pillows instead!
The doctor told me to put books under the end of the bed to lift it, but OH can't sleep like that so I have two pillows instead!