Heartburn Medication can WORSEN Your Acid Reflux

Posted by Jeff Martin

Medication for Heartburn Does Not Work Over Time. Get the Truth on Heartburn Drugs from an Ex -Heartburn Victim Who Went Through All of Them.

Conventional treatments are often used for relief by millions of individuals enduring the pain and discomfort of symptoms of gastro esophageal disease, the most widespread of which is in all certainty heartburn. Very popular at the moment, one of these heartburn medications, Nexium, even scored as the number three worldwide for drug sales, amassing up over $5.7 billion in 2005.

1. Continual increase in the number of GERD (Acid Reflux) patients in the western world. Some 25 million acid reflux sufferers with recurring heartburn in 2006 alone in America. 2. Drugs for GERD are heavily marketed, by companies with publicity campaigns or by physicians prescribing them to patients. 3. Increasing ease of obtaining such drugs by consumers, where once prescription-only drugs are now readily available over the counter. Some ten years ago, the FDA gave its approval for over the counter purchases of Pepcid AC, Tagamet HB, Zantac 75 and a number of other medicaments previously on a prescription only basis.

With the popularity of such heartburn medicine still increasing, the question is whether such drugs have the desired results when it comes to resolving the basic cause of this medical problem and if the alleviation justifies the secondary effects. Before any final judgment on the matter, we’ll rapidly review the nature of acid reflux disease and heartburn, its most frequent manifestation.

Another factor that encouraging conditions for GERD is when the esophagus fails to evacuate gastric juices. In physiological terms, GERD is the after effect of the esophagus having excessively high exposure to stomach juices. This problem comes about because of a weakened LES or lower esophageal sphincter. The LES muscle is a circular valve separating the esophagus from the stomach. In cases of acid reflux disease, the LES does not close correctly, and stomach contents moves back up into the esophagus, giving symptoms of heartburn.

These hidden elements must be treated. If not, there is no permanent answer for this medical problem. It turns out that as well as local reasons for acid reflux, other reasons include genetic characteristics (independent of our control) and other hidden factors and co-factors that creating the context that triggers acid reflux.

Any GERD medication will be one of four kinds:

1. Antacids (the prime example is Alka-Seltzer). By the neutralization of acid in the esophagus, antacids bring relief for a few hours. Upon taking the antacid, the neutralization of the stomach acid starts at once, to prevent further esophageal corrosion. 2. Alginates relieve symptoms by “wrapping up” stomach contents to decrease problems of reflux. 3. H2-receptor antagonists such as HB, Zantac 75 and Pepcid AC, actually stop the gastric system and the stomach from producing acid, preventing the stomach cells from leaking acid. If relief is to be effected, patients must use H2-receptor antagonists ahead of time and any heartburn. 4. Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) such as Nexium, which stop the gastric cells “proton pump” from functioning in order to stop acid being created.

Serious side effects may occur in treatments for heartburn that use such medicaments. In the first place, they may cause headaches, diarrhea and in some cases osteoporosis. Following that, their long-term impact is limited and the chance of physical long-term dependency correspondingly greater. Finally, turning to medication as the only way to treat heartburn is a poor approach, which works on the symptoms but ignores the root cause of GERD. Ignoring the causes like this can over time worsen your condition and even cause serious complications medically.

Using a holistic agenda, with particular herbal and vitamin elements, and by sticking to a complete set of dietary principles, getting rid of toxins and using Candida control protocols, a natural and lasting cure is available for your medical problem. Now you know that your discomforting and painful heartburn symptoms of GERD can be eradicated in a lasting and holistic way without recourse to medication for heartburn.

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