Whats safe to take for heartburn?

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Last pg was epic sickness now it seems epic heartburn permenantly feeling like something is lodged in my throat and can't breathe :(

did anyone else have this?/

I am swigging gaviscon like water. You can get the big expensive bottles on prescription (so free) from your GP. You may not even need an appointment for something so straightforward, just speak to the receptionist.

Gaviscon (you can get it on prescription for free), but it tastes bloody vile and didn't work for me at all.

ASDA own brand heartburn relief sweets have been the best things by far for me - they work AND they don't have a gag-inducing vile taste.

However, any chalk based sweets (Refreshers, Love Hearts, Parma Violets, that kind of thing) could be equally as effective as it's the Calcium Carbonate (chalk) that does the soothing.

Remegel worked for me. Available in multipacks

Ranitidine is the business. Zantac is the most common brandname but supermarkets sell a Ranitidine 75mg generic. One of those before bed will last much longer than gaviscon.

The leaflet says to ask before taking if you are pregnant but it seems that loads of people get prescribed this if Gaviscon isn't doing the job for them any more. Since it's only a pound for a pack of 12, might be worth just asking the midwife on the phone if it's ok for you and save yourself the time and trouble of making a GP appointment.

Gaviscon Advance (prescribed by GP) does the trick for me - it is about twice as thick as the standard one you can get it the supermarket/pharmacy.

Also, what has helped me somewhat is to try to work out what foods make it worse for me and avoid them as much as possible - when I saw the GP the list of trigger foods he reeled off was basically anything fun - so chocolate, crisps, citrus juices, citrus fruits, etc.

It can make things a little boring, but I know that if I avoid certain things as much as possible, then hopefully the heartburn won't get as bad as it was during my first pg - some nights I could bearly sleep for the pain of the acid.

I have also found that a small bowl of ice cream before bed can help keep the acid level down as I am trying to get to sleep - not something I do often though as I am not a massive ice cream fan - but milk is meant to have the same effect (but I don't like drinking milk).

I remember the heartburn - it was awful :( I went through so much Gaviscon I wish I'd had shares in the stuff!

Best thing I did was go to the GP (eventually) and get a prescription for Omeprezole. It was just 1 tablet a day and my heartburn stopped immediately.
I'd seriously suggest you do that.

WhenDoISleep Cheese and tomatoes are also pretty high on the trigger list :(

I'm taking ranitidine most days (supermarket own cheaper than Zantac).

look stupid as this might sound, my friend is a yoga instructor and says that simply sitting on knees on the floor after eating can get rid of it, it really helped for me. sit up straight and if your knees hurt stop, but maybe worth a go?

surfmama, this is not entirely useful when you're trying to get to sleep

Look at my name. That is all.

I bought some Gaviscon and read the back carefully not kicked in yet.

I like the orange rennie.