Heartburn and Acid Reflux Relief Blog

According to recent review released by the Food and Drug Administration patients who suffer from heartburn are not at increased risk for heart problems as a result of taking Prilosec or Nexium. The FDA and its Canadian counterpart began reviewing the drugs, used by tens of millions of people, in May.
The drug’s manufacturer, AstraZeneca [...]

To celebrate 1 year anniversary of Manage Your Heartburn I created an overview of “How I cured my Heartburn” in a form of a short article so every visitor of this site could read it in 5 minutes and get a good overview on how I did it. Check it out here

Chest pain due to heartburn is often confused with heart attack chest pain.
Below are typical symptoms of heart attack:
Uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest lasting more than a few minutes.
Pain spreading to the shoulders, neck or arms. The pain may be mild to intense. It may feel like [...]

It is usually believed that too much of swallowed air is the culprit behind excessive burping, but a new study conducted by researchers from Netherlands and Belgium and published in the latest issue of journal ‘Gut’ has challenged this age-old belief.Most people burp three or four times after a normal meal, but the people in [...]

Acid reflux is a condition when your lower esophagus sphincter (LES) is not closing completely or relaxing more frequently than normal. This causes heartburn and burping.
There are couple simple methods to avoid burping too much:

Reduce carbonated soft drinks intake. Air in them will cause a lot of burping.
Milk products can also cause burping.
Cut down on caffeine. [...]

1. Take some Tums or Mylanta
2. Drink some milk
3. Drink some Slippery Elm tea
4. Elevate the head of your bed
5. Take some Prilosec from any drug store
6. Take some deglycyrrhizinated licorice
7. Chew a chewing gum to neutralize acid with your saliva
8. Take some aloe juice
9. Take some honey
10. Eat some bananas – they reduce stomach [...]

It seems that everyone is talking about the need to use natural acid reflux heartburn remedies but you seldom see actual recipes for these cures. Many of these time tested cures are rooted in folklore or oriental medicine. Conventional medical practice is to use either standard ant- acids or one of new prescription medications to [...]

Tried to recap couple of things that helped me to bring heartburn under some form of control:- I stopped eating too late. Well it was hard but it is the most effective one. Now if I eat late I don’t go to bed approximately 2 hours after that. Sometimes that could be hard – but [...]