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Just woke up because of acid reflux in my chest. Any suggestion to curb it down? Do share.

@ridor9th Drink water and keep swallowing really hard all the way down. Those muscles take a bit to wake up and thats what keeps acid down. Your esophagus should feel better after a few of those 'reps'. Hard candy also helps. It produces saliva and makes for constant swallowing. The best of all is a tall glass of ice cold almond milk. Almonds are alkaline and neutralize acid. Better than Pepto. Hang in there, reflux sucks.

@ridor9th p.s. fyi fats make it worse so stay away from cows milk or yogurt.

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I take Prilosec every morning, but when I do get reflux at night I take a Tums or two.

@ridor9th my brother raised the head of his bed a few inches with bricks, fwiw

@DJ95X @ridor9th I agree with this. Raising head of your bed or getting an incline wedge/pillow can help. Gravity can be your friend in some cases. But above all of these suggestions, ask a doctor what things you can try. In my case, I wanted to know non-pharma solutions first, because I didn't want to resort to using proton-pump inhibitors.

@codeWhisperer @DJ95X Lucky me, I have an appointment on Wednesday. Will ask about it - it is not the first time as of lately. Keep in mind, I had gastric sleeve surgery - they DID warn me that acid reflux will flare from time to time. But as of lately, it was quite worse than ever.

@ridor9th @codeWhisperer 'worse than ever' seems to be going around, in many scenarios. Best of luck!

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