by rdbiomed | Nov 25, 2019 | reflux treatments
Can chewing cashew gum help with your reflux symptoms? The most common current medicinal treatment for reflux symptoms focusses on the suppression of gastric acid using proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). However, recent studies have associated PPIs with serious side...
by rdbiomed | Nov 5, 2019 | reflux treatments
Doctors in the UK have been told to stop prescribing four types of a heartburn medication called Zantac or ranitidine as a ‘precautionary measure’. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) say patients should not stop taking their medication, and...
by rdbiomed | Oct 15, 2019 | reflux treatments
Alginate, a type of fibre found in seaweed, has been used to help with the symptoms of reflux disease for many years. Alginates naturally occur as structural polysaccharides in brown algae and have a unique mode of action, producing a ‘raft’. This gel raft floats on...
by rdbiomed | Jun 14, 2019 | reflux treatments
Patients with gastroesophageal reflux saw their symptoms improve and the doses of medication that they needed reduced following massage to their diaphragm in a new investigation. The study – by researchers at the Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera of Valencia in Spain –...
by rdbiomed | Jun 12, 2019 | reflux treatments
The Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) procedure is an endoscopic treatment for people with refractory gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Reflux can occur when the muscle/valve that keeps the contents of your stomach from flowing up into your oesophagus – the...
by rdbiomed | Jun 4, 2019 | reflux treatments
New research has linked proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) with fatal cases of cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and upper gastrointestinal cancer. PPIs are widely used either as prescription or over-the-counter drugs to treat health issues, such as heartburn,...
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