Is This Common Treatment for Reflux Doing More Harm Than Good?
<p>If you’re like 20% of Americans, you may have a condition called <strong>Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease</strong> (GERD).¹ This unpleasant condition is also called acid reflux or heartburn. It’s caused by a combination of increased acid production in the stomach and the “reflux” of that acid out of the stomach and into the esophagus (the tube that carries food from the mouth down to the stomach).</p>
<p>In my last blog, <a href="https://www.samoconnoragency.com/medicalwriterblog/how-to-treat-acid-reflux-lifestyle-changes-and-medication" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">which you can read here</a>, I discussed the different treatment options for GERD, which include various medications and lifestyle changes. The focus of treatment is to decrease the amount of acid that leaks out of the stomach, and the main way this is done is by reducing acid production altogether. This is how many of the medications that treat GERD work.</p>
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