Dexlansoprazole — sold as Dexilant, and previously as Kapidex — is a proton pump inhibitor, the same class as omeprazole, lansoprazole and esomeprazole. What makes it different is the capsule, not the drug: it uses a dual delayed-release design that dispenses the medication in two separate waves rather than …
Dexlansoprazole (Dexilant): Uses, Dosing, Side Effects Read More
If a pill feels stuck in your throat and you can still breathe, talk and swallow your own saliva, the pill is almost certainly not in your airway. It’s either sitting in your esophagus — the food pipe running behind your windpipe — or, far more often, it has …
Pill Stuck in Throat: Why It Happens and What to Do Read More
I’ve lived with laryngopharyngeal reflux — silent reflux, LPR, the throat-based kind — for about twelve years now. This isn’t a “here’s my six-step protocol” piece; I’ve written that story elsewhere. This is the long view: what genuinely got my LPR under control over more than a decade, what …
It’s one of the most common things readers tell me: “My acid reflux almost disappears when I’m abroad — why?” It’s a real pattern, and it isn’t in your head. But there’s no single magic in the water. What changes when you travel is a whole cluster of things …
If you want to find out what actually sets off your reflux, a 30-day symptom diary is the single most useful thing you can do — more useful, honestly, than any generic “foods to avoid” list. Here’s the method in one line: for 30 days, log what you eat …
The short version: long-term proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) — omeprazole, lansoprazole, esomeprazole and the rest — can lower your levels of five nutrients in particular: vitamin B12, magnesium, iron, calcium and zinc. They do it through one shared mechanism — by suppressing stomach acid, which your gut needs to …