This category is covering Laryngopharyngeal Reflux or LPR for short. It is a form of acid reflux that can affect the throat, sinuses and more.
Sucralfate — sold as Carafate in the US and Antepsin in the UK — is one of those reflux medicines that sounds almost too good for silent reflux when you first read about it. It is a “mucosal protector” that forms a physical barrier over damaged tissue and, crucially, …
If you have been researching prokinetics, you have probably run into domperidone. It comes up a lot in reflux forums, usually framed as the drug that “tightens the valve” and “speeds up your stomach.” The short answer is that domperidone can help some people with acid reflux and LPR, …
If you’ve researched prescription options for stubborn reflux, you may have come across metoclopramide — sold as Reglan in the US and Maxolon in the UK. It’s a prokinetic drug, meaning it speeds up the movement of your digestive tract, and on paper that sounds ideal for reflux. So …
Metoclopramide (Reglan) for Acid Reflux: Does It Work? Read More
Jolting awake coughing and spluttering, with a sour or bitter fluid at the back of your throat and a desperate need to clear your airway — it’s a horrible way to wake up, and it frightened me the first few times it happened. What you’re experiencing is usually aspiration: …
Waking Up Choking From Acid Reflux (Aspiration Explained) Read More
If you wake at night gasping or choking, it’s natural to want a name for what just happened. Two very different conditions are the usual suspects: reflux-triggered laryngospasm and obstructive sleep apnea. From the inside they can feel almost identical — a sudden, terrifying fight for air — yet …
Few things reflux does are as frightening as this: you’re fast asleep, and then suddenly you’re bolt upright, throat clamped shut, unable to pull in any air. It might last only seconds, but in the moment it feels like you’re suffocating. If that’s happened to you, I want to …
Laryngospasm & Silent Reflux: Why You Wake Up Gasping Read More