Does anyone have Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease? What are you doing to treat it?

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Does anyone have Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease? What are you doing to treat it?

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Treatment for LPRD:


1. Stress: Take significant steps to reduce stress. Make time in your
schedule to do activities that lower your stress level. Even moderate
stress can dramatically increase the amount of reflux.

2. Foods: You should pay close attention to how your system reacts to
various foods. Each person will discover which foods cause an increase
in reflux. The following foods have been shown to cause reflux in many
people. It may be necessary to avoid or minimize some of the following
foods:
- Spicy, acidic and tomato-based foods like Mexican or Italian food.
- Acidic fruit juices such as orange juice, grapefruit juice, cranberry
juice, etc..
- Fast foods and other fatty foods.
- Caffeinated beverages (coffee, tea, soft drinks) and chocolate.

3. Mealtime:
- Do not gorge yourself at mealtime
- Eat sensibly (moderate amount of food)
- Eat meals several hours before bedtime
- Avoid bedtime snacks
- Do not exercise immediately after eating


4. Body Weight: Try to maintain a healthy body weight. Being overweight
can dramatically increase reflux.

5. Nighttime Reflux: If the 24-hour pH monitoring demonstrates nocturnal
reflux, elevate the head of your bed 4-6 inches with books, bricks or a
block of wood to achieve a 10 degree slant.

Do not prop the body up with extra pillows. This may increase reflux by
kinking the stomach. Recent studies have shown that reflux occurs much
more often during the day when upright. Therefore, this suggestion may
be much less important than once believes.

6. Tight Clothing: Avoid tight belts and other restrictive clothing.

7. Smoking: IF YOU SMOKE, STOP!! This dramatically causes reflux and
many other evils to your body.


Medications for LPRD:

Take one dose (as recommended on the label) at meals and at bedtime of
an over the counter antacid such as Tums ®, Gaviscon® or Mylanta®. Tums
has the added benefit of containing calcium.

Medications such as H2Blockers (Axid®, Pepcid®, Tagament®, Zantac®),
Proton pump inhibitors (Prilosec®, Prevacid®), or motility agents
(Propulsid) may be prescribed by your physician.

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