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Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Post by d--b »

ghostbrainalpha wrote: post #39
d--b wrote: post #6

Not to mention cognitive impairment: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696341/

Jesus.... why isn't that being talked about more. I got off acid reflux drugs because of the cancer risk by taking a probiotic, which took about a month to have the same effect. Next week, we will find out the probiotics cause cancer and mental impairment.

and aspirin is apparently good to prevent those. Yet, it'll tear a hole in your stomach... sigh...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/30/aspirin-day-ke...

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Post by propman »

In the article it says up to 8 fold increase in stomach cancer for 3+ years, that is insanely significant and for those taking it for 1+ years it's 4-fold.

I was prescribed this for long term use because mine is especially bad but I was too lazy to follow through and felt embarrassed asking for it again so I just eliminated some trigger foods and followed doctors advice on posture and letting food digests for an hour before lying down. It made a huge difference

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Post by jakebasile »

chojeen wrote: post #15
jakebasile wrote: post #11

Nothing gives you a morning dose of fear like reading this about a drug you’ve been on for 6 years. Guess I’ll start looking into alternatives and ways to screen for stomach cancer.

FWIW, one of my GI doctors recommended trying alternatives to PPI's, while the other was highly skeptical of these data mining studies and recommended staying the course unless a causal link is established.

It’s so frustrating to often get conflicting advice like this from medical professionals. I understand why it happens but it makes it difficult to make decisions as a patient.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Post by mizzack »

jasonhn9999 wrote: post #22
jakebasile wrote: post #11

Nothing gives you a morning dose of fear like reading this about a drug you’ve been on for 6 years. Guess I’ll start looking into alternatives and ways to screen for stomach cancer.

Paradoxically, I cured my reflux with betaine HCL (with pepsin) and digestive enzymes. I found that when I eat meat and/or when I’m stressed, my body doesn’t naturally produce enough “good” acid. This leads to a build up of reflux because the meat is essentially rotting in my stomach, which creates awful “bad acid” reflux. Instead of the drug(s), with every meal, I recommend taking one capsule of betaine HCL (with pe…

Same experience here. Been reflux free for years now and have better GI motility even when I don't take betaine HCl.

For large trigger meals + alcohol (e.g. greasy pizza and beer) I'll still take some.

Changed my life.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Post by s0rce »

occam65 wrote: post #19
drdaeman wrote: post #10

Why almost no journalist ever links to the actual research papers, or, at least, properly name the authors and the paper title? Is it that hard to put a DOI in a small font somewhere? (Or am I just blind?)

Yeah, I had to try to find it myself as well. I believe this is the one: http://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2017/09/18/gutjnl-2017-3146...

Thanks, I came to the HN comments to see if someone posted the link to the study.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Post by drzaiusapelord »

jasonhn9999 wrote: post #22
jakebasile wrote: post #11

Nothing gives you a morning dose of fear like reading this about a drug you’ve been on for 6 years. Guess I’ll start looking into alternatives and ways to screen for stomach cancer.

Paradoxically, I cured my reflux with betaine HCL (with pepsin) and digestive enzymes. I found that when I eat meat and/or when I’m stressed, my body doesn’t naturally produce enough “good” acid. This leads to a build up of reflux because the meat is essentially rotting in my stomach, which creates awful “bad acid” reflux. Instead of the drug(s), with every meal, I recommend taking one capsule of betaine HCL (with pe…

>my body doesn’t naturally produce enough “good” acid.

Most acid reflux is due to mechanical action of a sphincter not working correctly. This, if correct, is an edge case.

This is most likely an evolutionary flaw that can't be fixed short of genetic engineering. I also have this my experience is your opposite. Carbs cause excess acid for me and that means my leakage rate is higher. Eating more meats and veg helps a lot. As others have stated, the traditional human diet is relatively low carb, so our modern diets are things our bodies are fairly unequiped to handle (carb crashing, obesity, celiac, etc).

I'm glad you found something that works for you, but most reflux sufferers don't have a "good" vs "bad" acid problem, they have a sphincter problem.

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Post by mizzack »

wiz21c wrote: post #33
H1Supreme wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> my body doesn’t naturally produce enough “good” acid Exactly. The amount of people completely, and utterly, misinformed about acid reflux is astounding. You don't have too much acid, you don't have enough! Ditching the dairy and drastically cutting back on animal flesh will cure most heartburn/acid reflux.

>> Ditching the dairy and drastically cutting back on animal flesh Sounds like moving to a healthy diet to me...

I think I could actually hear my eyes rolling just now.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Post by davymac »

vixen99 wrote: post #45
snarfy wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been on prilosec close to 15 years. Unfortunately H2 blockers don't seem to work for me. I'm not sure what to do. I can go without it for a month or so, then crippling stomach pain and indigestion happens.

Try reviewing your diet, the times when you eat and drink plenty of water. Mercola's solutions worked for me. 'acid reflux' - https://articles.mercola.com/sites/current.aspx

Please don’t ever recommend the internet quack Mercola to anyone. He will and probably has gotten people killed with the garbage on his site.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Post by nightski »

mlloyd wrote: post #35
H1Supreme wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> my body doesn’t naturally produce enough “good” acid Exactly. The amount of people completely, and utterly, misinformed about acid reflux is astounding. You don't have too much acid, you don't have enough! Ditching the dairy and drastically cutting back on animal flesh will cure most heartburn/acid reflux.

For me it was increasing meat and fat and cutting carbs. Doing that has all but eliminated my reflux until I change my diet for a moderate amount of time.

I had a similar experience. Full keto diet and it's gone completely (it used to be a huge problem). I'm not saying that carbs were the sole cause. I think it was a combination of the carbs and fat and just being overweight in general. Losing weight and sticking to a relatively healthy diet can work wonders for your body.
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