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Midnight Writer

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6. Elevating the top of your body a bit while you sleep helps a lot for gastric reflux.

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 02:14 PM

Aug 2023

You can put something under the feet of your bed to prop it up a couple of inches or you can get a wedge-shaped body pillow.

Or, of course, an adjustable bed frame.

It doesn't take much. Just enough to let gravity assist in keeping the contents of your stomach from rising.

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Getting Off PPIs (Proton Pump Inhibitors) [View all] NJCher Aug 2023 OP

K and R Diamond_Dog Aug 2023 #1

That new study has been contradicted by previous, better constructed studies Fiendish Thingy Aug 2023 #2

yes, I knew this when I posted the above NJCher Aug 2023 #8

I'm saying there is no conclusive proof of a link between PPI and dementia. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2023 #9

Thanks. MOMFUDSKI Aug 2023 #3

Another problem with PPIs is multigraincracker Aug 2023 #4

if I remember correctly NJCher Aug 2023 #7

I just googled low B12 and dementia. multigraincracker Aug 2023 #5

interesting NJCher Aug 2023 #11

Elevating the top of your body a bit while you sleep helps a lot for gastric reflux. Midnight Writer Aug 2023 #6

I've drastically reduced my use of these things NJCher Aug 2023 #10