Gaviscon Advance for LPR

[Butterbaby1]

Has anyone experienced choking sensation or anything negative with Gaviscon Advance aniseed or peppermint? ENT suggested Gaviscon Advance for LPR. I ordered it as it is not available in the US. Being that the odor is so strong and it looks so thick I swallowed just a tiny bit to try. It numbed my tongue for about 30 minutes and felt so thick going down my throat. It was literally like 3 drops only. I’m so afraid of taking 10 mls. Can anyone give me any input? People with sensitive throats or anyone who gets laryngospasms? Any negative effects?

[Angelamercel]

Hi I have LPR as well and I take peptac, which I get from doctors, don’t know if it’s available in us , but it’s similar to Gaviscon advance, I’ve tried both and yes it is thick but that’s what calms the acid down , so keep trying with it because acid is terrible and can lead to more damage to the esophagus,good luck

[Singforyoursupper]

It may be you just need to get used to it and take it slowly because it is a great product - the thickness really coats the lining of the oesophagus and throat. The tingly sensation isn’t very nice but I think it’s worth it.I find it lasts all night too. Peppermint much more palatable!

Do you sleep on a wedge pillow?

[Whit1]

I can take it But before this I have a choking and find it very hard to breath.at the first I thought this is it no airwaves.I would stand in bathroom and say air, air .then someone said you can breath threw your nose.but at a time like this you forget all. I do lie at night on very high pillows about 5. wish you well. ps I had my app 13years ago now

[Marguerite2013]

Hello Butterbaby1,I've been taking Gaviscon Advance for 5 years now, four times a day, for LPR.. I usually just take it twice, as my meal-times are difficult to plan, and I don't like to take it just before bed-time as take most of my other tabs then, and it feels as if this is crowding my larangeal passage, as have phlegm/mucous all day long, for which I do a lot of throat-clearing..

So that is the only problem with G.Advance in my case, as it just thickens the mucous that is already there - and on occasion the night-time tablets I take are not able to "swim" through all of this - or that is how it feels.

But that is perhaps just an idiosyncratic thing with me.

Perhaps if you take just a teaspoonful or less at a time, that will help the negative effects this is giving you.

I have been reading a LOT on line about LPR and it turns out that doctors do not know much about this yet and are doing a lot of research, as do not really know how to treat it, as Gaviscon Advance is not really sufficient. I am wondering whether perhaps immunology is required here?

Difficult to see hospital consultants during this Panemic!!!

I have not been on this site for several years, as have been diagnosed with COPD which was a mis-diagnosis - and I am going to make a complaint about this negligent GP I am seeing..

Take care and stay safe,

Marguerite