The short answer: most people who take esomeprazole get no side effects at all, and the ones who do usually get something mild and short-lived. In the manufacturer’s own trials, the most frequently reported complaints were headache, diarrhea and abdominal pain, each at around 4–5% — rates barely different …
Esomeprazole Side Effects (nexium): What’s Real and What Isn’t Read More
Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) is a voice problem caused by your larynx and the muscles around it working too hard. LPR is reflux — stomach contents, and specifically the enzyme pepsin — reaching your throat. They are completely different mechanisms, and they produce almost identical symptoms: hoarseness, throat tightness, …
Muscle Tension Dysphonia vs LPR: How to Tell Them Apart Read More
A low histamine diet helps a specific minority of reflux sufferers — not everyone. If your symptoms track neatly with big meals, late eating and obvious acid triggers, histamine is almost certainly not your problem. But if your throat flares after aged cheese, leftovers, red wine or a bowl …
Low Histamine Diet for Acid Reflux: What Actually Works Read More
A laryngoscopy takes about two to five minutes. You sit upright in a chair, fully awake. The ENT sprays a numbing and decongestant solution into your nose, waits a few minutes, then passes a flexible scope about the width of a piece of spaghetti through one nostril, down the …
What Happens During a Laryngoscopy? Step-by-Step Guide Read More
Coconut milk is not acidic, and that’s genuinely good news if you have LPR. The FDA’s reference list of food pH values puts coconut milk at roughly 6.1 to 7.0 — essentially neutral, nowhere near the range that reactivates pepsin in your throat. On the acidity axis, which is …
Is Coconut Milk Good for Acid Reflux? The pH and Fat Facts Read More
Cimetidine — sold as Tagamet, and as Tagamet HB over the counter — was the first H2 blocker ever made, and the first drug in history to earn a billion dollars a year. It still works, it’s still on pharmacy shelves, and no, it has not been banned. The …
Cimetidine (Tagamet) for Heartburn: Does It Still Work? Read More