Heartburn

Heartburn Heartburn refers to the symptoms you feel when the acidic contents of your stomach flow backward into the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube that carries food from the back of the mouth to the stomach.

Peptic Ulcer Disease And Acid Reflux Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) and Acid Reflux (known as Gastroesophageal Reflux or GERD) are two of the most common known digestive disorders. Together, they affect over one-third of the U.S. population...

Heart problems associated with heartburn drug The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated warning regarding the drug cisapride (Propulsid), which is used to treat severe nighttime heartburn in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)...

If you're not sure whether it's indigestion or heart, seek help "Indigestion or heart attack?" is a question that countless people ask themselves every single day in America. The confusing symptoms can be worrisome -- even to medical professionals...

Johnson & Johnson Limits Access to Heartburn Drug Janssen Pharmaceutica, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, yesterday announced it is drastically restricting access to Propulsid, a nighttime heartburn drug that can cause serious heart problems when used in conjunction with other drugs or in patients...

Janssen to pull Propulsid from US market Janssen Pharmaceutica will stop marketing the prescription heartburn drug Propulsid (cisapride) in the United States as of July 14, 2000...

Heartburn May Be Sign Of Worse Things To Come In the right concentration, the acid in your stomach is powerful enough to dissolve a penny. It can also wreak havoc in your throat, as millions of sufferers of heartburn know...

Drug Misuse A Potentially Lethal Problem, Especially For Seniors President Clinton`s proposal to make prescription drugs affordable for all Medicare recipients would help millions more Americans get the medications they need to regulate their heartbeats, control their diabetes and...

Heartburn Sufferers Generally Unaware Of Causes People who suffer from heartburn are often unaware of its causes, a study has found. In addition, most people do not change their lifestyle or eating habits in order to prevent it...