Your stomach : what is really making you miserable and what to do about it /
Wright, Jonathan V.
Your stomach : what is really making you miserable and what to do about it / Jonathan V. Wright. - Mount Jackson, VA : Praktikos Books, c2009. - vi, 150 p. ; 22 cm. - [Praktikos health series] . - Praktikos health series. .
Series from dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-144) and index.
A very widespread problem -- A medical mistake? -- We need stomach acid -- Stomach acid declines with age -- What really causes heartburn -- What else might cause acid to back up into the throat? -- Why antacids might make the situation worse -- Why do antacids appear to help-at least temporarily? -- What is really happening? -- Doesn't everybody "know" that antacids are the stomach medicine of choice? -- What drug companies actually say -- Don't many doctors agree with the drug companies? -- Doesn't the government support the use of antacids? -- Why antacids may be bad for your bones -- So acidity in the stomach and acidity in the rest of the body are two separate issues? -- Other medical conditions associated with low stomach acid -- Antacids and stomach ulcers -- Additional medical conditions that might be indirectly linked to low stomach acid -- Side effects of prescription-strength antacids -- The case against antacids -- The alternative approach to stomach problems -- Finding an "integrative" doctor who may be more open to alternative approaches.
9781607660002 (alk. paper) 1607660008 (alk. paper)
1298114 QBI
2009011166
Gastroesophageal reflux--Popular works.
Gastric acid--Popular works.
Heartburn--Popular works.
Antacids--Side effects--Popular works.
Gastroesophageal reflux--Bibliography.
Gastric acid--Bibliography.
Heartburn--Bibliography.
Antacids--Side effects--Bibliography.
RC815.7 / .W75 2009
Your stomach : what is really making you miserable and what to do about it / Jonathan V. Wright. - Mount Jackson, VA : Praktikos Books, c2009. - vi, 150 p. ; 22 cm. - [Praktikos health series] . - Praktikos health series. .
Series from dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-144) and index.
A very widespread problem -- A medical mistake? -- We need stomach acid -- Stomach acid declines with age -- What really causes heartburn -- What else might cause acid to back up into the throat? -- Why antacids might make the situation worse -- Why do antacids appear to help-at least temporarily? -- What is really happening? -- Doesn't everybody "know" that antacids are the stomach medicine of choice? -- What drug companies actually say -- Don't many doctors agree with the drug companies? -- Doesn't the government support the use of antacids? -- Why antacids may be bad for your bones -- So acidity in the stomach and acidity in the rest of the body are two separate issues? -- Other medical conditions associated with low stomach acid -- Antacids and stomach ulcers -- Additional medical conditions that might be indirectly linked to low stomach acid -- Side effects of prescription-strength antacids -- The case against antacids -- The alternative approach to stomach problems -- Finding an "integrative" doctor who may be more open to alternative approaches.
9781607660002 (alk. paper) 1607660008 (alk. paper)
1298114 QBI
2009011166
Gastroesophageal reflux--Popular works.
Gastric acid--Popular works.
Heartburn--Popular works.
Antacids--Side effects--Popular works.
Gastroesophageal reflux--Bibliography.
Gastric acid--Bibliography.
Heartburn--Bibliography.
Antacids--Side effects--Bibliography.
RC815.7 / .W75 2009