Archive for July, 2010
How To Avoid Heartburn Acid Reflux – Don’t Eat After 8pm
Matthew Banks, consultant gastroenterologist at University College Hospital, London said this: If I’m going to a dinner party, I’ll make the occasional exception, but my general rule is to eat nothing after 8pm. That’s because eating at night substantially raises your risk of acid reflux. You produce more stomach acid after a meal and the [...]
News: FDA Approves Generic GERD Drug Called Pepcid Made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals
This week, the FDA has approved a generic form gastroesophageal reflux disease drug called Pepcid made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals. Pepcid is a H2 blocker. H2 blockers, also called H2-receptor antagonists, are medicines that reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking one important producer of acid: histamine2. Pepcid has been used to treat [...]
