Stomach acid - help?

Question:

I take Losec which are supposed to suppress stomach acid but for the past 2 months these have not worked, so I have added Zantac but these don't help so now I'm left with taking Magnesium Trisilicate - what else can I do and why is it happening?

Answers:
I suffer from acid reflux. Lanzoprazole is the medicine I take.
I used to take Losec, but for some strange reason I had horrendous side effects. My joints used to ache so much at times it affected my walking.

I recently had a gastroscopy done to check whether my problem was being caused by a hernia. Some causes are almost undetectable. The result of this is that my gut had sections of damage caused through acid reflux, no holes though and no growths.

The advice given to me was thus;-

There is a link between being overweight and suffering from acid reflux, therefore it would be advantageous to lose weight.

I was advised not to eat after 6 or 6.30 pm, as food lies and does not get burnt up as an energy source, therefore does not breakdown and digest.

I was advised to create a list of foods which seem to repeat themselves and then to avoid eating them.

I was informed that eating spicy foods and fatty foods increased gastric problems.

I was also advised to drink at least 8 glasses of water per day in addition to the water in food and other beverages.Dehydration can also cause gastric problems as glands are dependent on water.

Fizzy drinks are not good for you neither is an excess of alcohol.

Smoking also reduces your bodies ability to turn foods into natural alcali chemicals.

White meats and fish are better for you than red meats.

All food should be steamed, baked, boiled or grilled. NEVER EAT FRIED FOOD OR TAKE AWAY MEALS.

Sleep is important, to avoid waking up with your nightime GERD L:PR or ACID REFLUX PROBLEM. AVOID MILK OR MILKY DRINKS AT BEDTIME. Milk feeds bacteria and sours with acid over flow.

You should also raise the bed head by the approximate height of a brick. High pillows is not the same.

If none of this helps with your one main medication i,e LOSEC visit your GP and ask for an appointment with the gastric clinic nurse. You should also have a blood test done to ascertain whether you have some unhealthy bacteria living in your stomach. 'Helibactoripylori', I think it is called, as this may require long term antibiotics to clear.

My specialist informed me that the next generation of serious and fatal health problems will be those of the stomach and intestines. For as a nation none of us are prepared to watch and live by a decent lifestyle.

Good luck to you, I hope you sort it out.

drink 3 pints of milk a day

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