Severe heartburn

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(12-30-2021, 02:14 AM)grampahol Wrote: Anyone ever had heartburn so bad it feels like you're having a heart attack? I get it all the time especially at night so I take nitroglycerin to knock out the pain and slow down the pounding in my chest . It works,  but there is a cheap solution to get it at least under control ..Zinc carnosine capsules. 
What happens with chronic heartburn is the mucus lining of the esophagus gets worn down leaving raw spots. Acid reflux brings stomach acid up and BOOM! It's like pouring acid directly on an open abrasion except it's inside your esophagus.
Zinc carnosine helps to reestablish the protective lining lessening the pain.. 
So I do this ridiculous dance of trying to avoid eating at night especially, nitro and zinc carnosine.
In the past few months I've been through about 200 nitro tablets. It's miserable if you've never been through it..
Zinc Carnosine is available without a prescription and it's not too expensive. If you start getting really bad heartburn it's worth trying.. Nitro requires a prescription, but it will knock out the pain usually within a minute or so, but it usually comes back throughout the day or night..

Please see a gastroenterologist. You’re likely getting a vasovagal response; this is where the irritation in the stomach stimulates the vagus nerve which controls heart rate.

I used to get this condition. After an upper GI we figured it all out. Now I control what I eat — no gluten, no dairy — and I’m doing great.