H2 antagonism reduces gastric acid secretion. Zantac, Tagamet, and a couple others are used to treat heartburn.

Does doxepin’s H2 antagonism reduce gastric acid secretion in a similar way? Would it make for an effective heartburn medication?

I am 22 years old. For about a year now, I have had this chronic clearing of my throat. It is somewhat uncontrollable and it persists for about an hour and happens 4-5 times a day. It feels like my throat is filling up with mucus but when I try to clear my throat nothing really comes up. I just find myself clearing my throat over and over again for about an hour until it passes.

Now, I used to smoke for 5 years, but when this cough came up, I immediately quit. I went to a doctor. They took a throat culture and told me it was GERD. I took some medication for 2 months and it didn’t help. I kept clearing my throat.

I went back after those 2 months and a different doctor told me it was just allergies. She put me on meds and those didn’t help either.

Again, I went to the doctor another month later and they told me it was GERD again. I am currently on a new med, Omeprazole, for almost a month and this doesn’t help either.

Reading up on GERD, it can have symptoms such as chronic cough like I have, but it also comes with acid reflux and heartburn, which I don’t get. If this is the case, what are the chances that I actually have GERD?

If I do, in fact, have GERD, why wont any of the medications I am taking work? What would you suggest I do?
this coughing usually happens when I eat, drink alcohol or workout

A co-worker just had a baby girl born with a FULL head of hair. Another co-worker claims that hairy babies cause heartburn- the new father agreed that his wife did suffer a lot of heartburn during her pregnancy. Anyone else ever hear of this? Know any reasons why it might be true, or is this just a pregnancy fairy tale? Thanks- just curious.

I have acid reflux and I wake up at like 4:00a.m. every night with pain. Do you know a better position I can sleep in to keep the pain away? I am currently taking heartburn antacid and Zantac. I feel better sitting up right or even sleeping upright sometimes when I’m really tired and in pain. oh and I’m only 12.

I’ve had some pretty bad pregnancy symptoms such as a constant runny nose, excessive salvis, nausea and vomiting, heartburn etc. Once I give birth how long will it take my body to go back to normal? It is pretty much straight away or will it take a couple of weeks depending on the symptom?