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How to prevent heartburn?
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Heartburn: Many ways including dietary modification, such as spicy/fatty foods, citrus fruits and juices, alcohol, caffeine, smoking. Don't eat before lying down for bed. Lose weight.
Answered 6/27/2013
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Lifestyle measures.: Smaller more frequent meals. Elevate head of bed from the floor. Don't eat within four hours of going to bed. Limit citrus fruits, chocolate, caffeine, tomato products, smoking and peppermint. Lose weight if you're overweight. OTC meds like Prevacid, Prilosec and AcipHex (rabeprazole).
Answered 12/2/2016
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