Indigestion

PS or I should also say natural remedies, i.e, what you said about apples.

Any of you wear underwired bras? Another try in my process of elimination as to the curse of Grannies, acid reflux.

No, I have never worn an underwired bra in my life!

Could be helicobacter pylori tested for very easily by breathing into a tube and then sent to lab. If positive then a few weeks of antibiotics may be the answer.

Sorry to have shocked you Ana, I should have realised your generation wore liberty bodices.

We wore liberty bodies with little rubber buttons but at least my mum didn't daub us with goose grease and sew us into them ! If you have high cholesterol, 2 apples a day will reduce it, I've heard. It's the pectin....

Not shocked at al, graninthewilderness - I just thought it an odd possible cause of acid reflux, unless way too tight...

I don't think a liberty bodice would be very boob-supportive

Lindenny, I like your advice. Ana let M&S be masters of their own trade.

I beg your pardon?

What's M&S got to do with it?

And if you'd read the whole thread, you'd see that tests for h-pylori have been mentioned several times already.

I have a strange thing that if I cook a casserole using only normal things I can eat OK but do it in a slow cooker I am bad with reflux!! Cannot work that out at all.

I see that somebody is saying about Magnesium - a bath with Magnesium flakes soaks into the skin and, apart from other benefits, makes you have a very good nights sleep. It is good for people with thyroid problems.

This thread is going ballistic!
No joke though for those who suffer.
Maybe it's also genetic - my Dad smoked, drank, ate loads of fried food and never had indigestion. (Which he cooked himself - Mum refused.)
Lived to 84. Bless him.
He didn't take any medications either.

Elegant, you need a dog!

I've tried just about everything over the years, Gaviscon has been the best until a few months ago when I discovered NEXIUM. Available over the counter and I think they're a bit expensive at roughly £1 per tablet but I find I don't need one every day so it's well worth it. Prevents the indigestion before it starts. ?

I suffer from acid reflux and take one omnoprazole a day. I don't buy gaviscon, too expensive. I buy Boots own or Waitrose own. Same ingredients, same size but a couple of pounds cheaper and it does the trick.My iindigestion is always at its worst if I have to take steroids for my asthma/copd, but thats another story

It's Gaviscon Advance that's recommended for silent reflux - it forms a barrier on top of the stomach contents. I wasn't aware that there were any 'own brands' available.

You can get Omeprazole and Gaviscon on prescription. I've not had any success at all with Gaviscon. I have Nexium on prescription, which works for me.

I am new to Gnet, thought it may have been a way to have pleasant, fun conversations with similarly minded. Sadly it seems to have the usual bully waiting to pounce on what was my first post - quite genuine as it happens - but instantly disapproved of. I don't need that sort of abuse, does anyone?

If you're referring to my answer to your underwired bra post, that was perfectly genuine too.

I didn't think being sarcastic about 'my generation' wearing liberty bodices was very pleasant at all...

I don't know, but if the cap fits, wear it.

Well, as no one else appears to have responded directly to your post, I'm assuming you must mean me, although where the alleged 'disapproval' and 'abuse' come in I have no idea.

I rest my case, signing off now.

I do find Gaviscon Advance helps, taken at bedtime, but my GP won't prescribe it as it's 'too expensive'.

From what I've read about Nexium it seems it is Esomeprazol, which is another ppi. I might try it after my endoscopy, depending on what the results are.

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