Be Careful of Overusing Acid Reflux Medicine
If you’ve been prescribed any type of acid reflux medicine from your doctor, of course you should follow his or her instructions carefully and not make any changes to your dosage or discontinue its use without speaking to him or her first. If you’ve gotten a prescription for acid reflux medicine, then your doctor must have examined you and made the determination that you need medication to keep your condition under control.
However, there are some dangers to acid reflux medicine, and one is the potential side effects of these medicines. Most are made with a combination of sodium, magnesium, calcium, carbonate, and aluminum hydroxyl. All of these elements can eventually cause kidney failure, and can contribute to kidney stones, gallbladder disease, cardiovascular problems, hypertension, constipation, diarrhea, and dehydration. Many people are not aware of these potential side effects of their acid reflux medicine, and are often not warned of them by their doctors. Many rely on their medicine to control their acid reflux without much thought as to whether or not they’re actually doing more damage is a common mistake that many patients make.
It’s also true that some rely on their acid reflux medicine to control their symptoms and don’t give much thought to making changes to their diet in order to stop those symptoms before they even begin. Some therefore use their acid reflux medicine as a type of crutch, thinking that it will allow them to eat anything they want and how much they want. This is very dangerous because as soon as you feel the pain of acid reflux, you have already done damage to your esophagus. That pain you’re feeling is the stomach acid hitting the esophagus and causing ulcers, bleeding or strictures which are small holes. Once you feel the pain, there has already been an injury to your esophagus.
When you use acid reflux medicine as an excuse to eat what you want and how much you want, you are hurting not just your digestive system but your health overall. The foods that you eat that cause acid reflux are probably very hard on your system entirely, and acid reflux is sometimes just a symptom of a poor diet. Overeating, eating very spicy foods, and a diet high in red meat and dairy are not good for you in the first place. When you insist on continuing in these bad habits and just use your acid reflux medicine as a way to enable you to do so, you are causing harm to your health and to your digestive system.
Rather than relying on your acid reflux medicine to control your symptoms, it’s always a better idea to address the things you may be eating that are causing your condition in the first place. This means cutting back on red meat and citrus fruits, dairy products, fried foods, junk foods, and heavy desserts, and eating more fibrous foods, leafy vegetables, and lean protein, as well as drinking adequate amounts of water.
Article Written By J. Foley
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