wish I could help, I want to know the answer of your question too. Let me know if you find something that works for you.

sorry your meds are not working at the moment. I would get back with my doc.

I take nexium everyday and have since it came out. I take zantac at bedtime also because the nexium does not last over 12 hours for me. I don't know what meds you are taking, but one of my old docs had me only taking zantac all the time and prilosec for the really bad times. He would not give me anything strong enough to control the acid all the time. Yes, you will end up with bad effects from the acid if you don't control it. I have barretts and you don't want it since it is a precursor to cancer and has to be watched closely. I had to find a doc who believed the same as I did that it was best to control the acid no matter what.
good luck!

I also have Barretts. Now I have something new called IM (Inestinal metaplasia) It's Barretts in the stomach.
I have been reading about black raspberries for Barretts.
Ohio State University did a huge study on the benefits. Is anyone else familiar with that?

I suffered from constipation all my life, but as long as I had periods there was a natural cleansing of my system. When my periods stopped and I didn't have that natural relief, I began to have GERD. I was afraid of becoming addicted to laxatives so I did some research and tried adding magnesium supplements. This cured my constipation and now I get relief from GERD using PPI's. They didn't work while I still had constipation. High fiber diets had the opposite effect on me, from what they were recommended for. When my GERD starts "breaking through" again it is usually because I have SIBO. I treat that with garlic or ginger--natural antibiotics. SIBO can be the result of suppressing the acid in our guts. I hope this info helps someone. This is a miserable disease. Big pharma makes a lot of money on PPI's--I hope they are also whole-heartedly looking for a cure.

To answer your question--if you don't have esophageal erosions, Pepcid Complete is a good product.

Take calcium with VIT D everyday, it turned my osteoporsis around,

Take gaviscon when you have breakthrough acid and really watch what you eat, only drink water.

Take something to reduce acids right before you eat, that seems to help also.

Sometimes the meds you are on quit working and need to get your prescription changed. Have you had an endoscopy lately?

A product called DGL, found at health food stores, helps tremendously. It's a black licorice product with a mild flavor. It helped with my ulcers in the duodenem, and I believe that it was a huge factor in healing them. I chewed a couple of tablets whenever I felt anything coming on and there is not that terrible aftertaste that tums and rolaids give me. In fact, I hadn't thought of it in years, so think I'm going to go to the health food store and pick some up today.

BTW, my GERD is bad enough that I take generic omeprazole, 40 mg 2x daily, which helps tremendously as long as I don't miss more than one dose.