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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about heartburn.
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Ignore: Tell ur doc how much heartburn medicine you take a week to control ur symptoms.
Answered 5/29/2014
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Ignore: Ask for Endoscopy if: A male over 50 with chronic GERD and a smoker or obese or awake with heartburn.
Answered 9/28/2016
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