Things that have worked for me is a wedge for when I sleep.Also making sure not to eat 2-3 hours before sleep.I take protonix and recently had it doubled in dose.This has been a big change for me for the better.Watch the foods you eat.Know what foods trigger your reflex.I might be able to eat something you cant.I also take maalox,I find the active ingredient has more than others.Good luck to you,Let us know how you make out.I have to be real careful as I have Barretts.

The wedge is good, but raising the head of your bed 7 to 8 inches (using bed risers you can buy at Bed Bath and Beyond) works great. Don't eat acids, caffeine high fat or alcohol, and if you do, make sure that you have a base of something neutral in your stomach before you do. Small amounts of whole grain foods (brown rice has been great for me) with vegetables (not a lot of onions or tomatoes, but broccoli and zucchini, cabbages, greens, mushrooms that kind of thing.)

If you eat meat, eat less fatty kinds. I find that lamb and white meat chicken are best.

Ice Cream or iced anything are killers for me. Bending in half for yoga killed me, so no more yoga for me. I do nothing that works my abdominal muscles because there is what's called a "bellows effect" which puts pressure on my hiatal hernia and causes more GERD.

Lower your stress if you can. Do deep belly breathing if you can. Take walks if you can.

I hope that this advice helps.

I'm on carafate and prilosec and I am SO thankful. They work very well for me.

I'm also using alternative therapy and have added probiotics and aloe vera caps to the mix. Probiotics puts good bacteria into your body and Aloe is one of the best things you can take for the digestive system.

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Nexium didnt work for me I use aciphex only thing that does work,

For flareups I use gavisoon or pepcid ac,

There is a ton of info on the net about GERD if you google it.

It depends on you, but Tums are useless. Switch to Gaviscon. If one acid blocker doesn't work, try another. I had to use Aciphex.