I am having the same problem I thought maybe it was due to rich food I ate over Thanksgiving.
I have upper abdominal pain and tenderness, burping and reflux, its very uncomfortable. I dont have vomiting which would mean it might be stangulated the hiatal hernia and head to ER.

I just know I been taking my Omerperzole and Pepcid and its not working. It calmed down after awhile when I was able to do my duties bm but just ate a half sandwich (plain turkey and bread, little lettuce) and back to pain again

Is this the type pain you are having? I been googling and reading about pain burning burping and figured it was my hiatal hernia.
I read one site said drink warm sugar water Another said drink water andstand on your toes and come down but thats a sliding hernia I dont even know what kind I have. Another site talked about massage you can do yourself on a hiatal hernia.

I was taking acihpex and gastro dr took me off it and gave me panterparzole, I dont think it helped much so started taking zegrid otc. I also went to a family affair Monday and they had fried fish which I ate, that might have started the flare.

I am going to try the warm sugar water and see if that helps. I have taken pepcid again to seeif that would help but it doesnt.

Let me know if you find out anything and I will do the same

Hi magicpill well I

Hi magicpill well I am back on Pantoprazole. Ive been told that I don't have to stop the meds for the ph test. Im dreading that but the pain won't go. I don't get burping but my stomach feels really inflamed. I get a day of it settling a bit then it will just flare up as soon as I eat anything in the morning. I get the reflux now and again. Well I haven't found any answers apart from the Alternative medicine. Theres a site called About.com and they tell you about different subjects,one being Alternative medicine. Also Flaxseed oil is meant to be good. Im scared of trying remedies really but Slippery elm seems the best bet to try. I don't know about sugar water but it may be bad for gastritis. I very occasionally have sweets and if I do I can get flare ups. I don't have nuts now as too much fat. We have to have low fat apparently. Coconuts are suposed to be good or the water. Whats zegrid? I eat Ready Brek in a morning which is an oat cereal and its soothing. I seem to be into fuit a lot,like bananas,apples and pears. No food has helped it yet though.

Zegrid is omerprozole with baking soda OTC. I tried omerprazole when it was not OTC and it didnt help, the pharmicist said try it with the baking soda it might help. So thats what I been taking. Who knowsif its helping or not.

Hi magicpill Im the same as you,my stomach calmed down today until I had fish and chips from a takeaway. They were very fatty and so Ive got pain and been having reflux again. I hate it as I just want to go out and eat what I want. How are you now? Does it ever settle down? I want a miracle for my stomach to get back to normal. Im back on Pantoprazole but its not much help and I take Gaviscon. Ive been reading about zinc being good for the digestion and a few other things though it doesn't stop reflux. Ive got the ph monitoring test coming up next Tuesday and Im dreading it. If it doesn't show reflux then Im no further forward and if it does its that horrible Nissen op. Thats all there is to fix the hernia. I wish the stomach was something that gets better on its own.

Hi magicpill how are you? These forums seem quiet. Ive got bad pain and reflux so Ive been told to double my dose of Pantoprazole. Im in agony though so hope it calms down soon. I had the ph monitoring test which was awful. It hurt bad and I did have acid reflux so I hope the docs do something. Im sick of this. Those hiatus hernias need sorting out.