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Comment author: RyanCarey 13 October 2015 01:50:14PM 4 points [-]

Junior doctor here.

Different PPIs tend to work the same as each other. PPIs are pretty safe drugs, but having ongoing acid reflux is itself not that good for your health. You could try to reduce it by staying vertical for a while after eating, by spacing your meals into at least two per day (even two within a couple hours), and doing any other simple suggested lifestyle measures.

Adding or switching to a different class of antireflux drug seems rash if you can just fix things with a lifestyle change.

Comment author: Fluttershy 13 October 2015 02:05:38PM 0 points [-]

This seems like good advice; thanks! I hadn't looked into switching drugs, but I had been curious as to whether switching PPI's might be helpful, so that's good to know.