Good alternative to pantoprazol?

Hey fellas,

I have some mad issues with my stomach and esophagus, e.g. pain and heartburn.
I have loads of pantoprazol at home but I always think the rebound will make it worse....

Can you recommend anything? I have sodium bicarbonate at home but it doesnt work very well.

I was looking for a buhner alternative or something similar wich is more 'natural'

thanks!

a combination of alka seltzer and ginger tea might be a good starting point.

I will also look in to melatonin. That is a wierd but interesting tip!

Do you think melatonin may also increase healing of our infections (borrelia, etc) during the night time?
I have thought about this several times..

thanks for your answer!

My pleasure. I hope you find some solution(s) for your heartburn.

As for combining Alka-Seltzer Gold and Ginger Tea, I realize you didn't mean that literally. But, it may be worth considering trying them far enough apart to determine if either one alone might help.

That would go for any remedies for anything, really. That's a slower process, but it also helps you to not buy/take anything that you don't need. For example, if you take three supplements and get relief, that's a good thing. However, it might only be one of the products that's actually helping. While there could be synergistic effects, there could also be negating effects. Just something to consider. Of course, do what feels right to you.

Regarding Melatonin and GERD, here's one blurb on it: https://tinyurl.com/zt8mtn68.

As for whether Melatonin might increase healing of infections in general, it seems plausible:

https://ijponline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1824-7288-39-61
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/10/1/47
https://www.eurekaselect.com/article/39893
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.683879/full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc7405774

I'm not so sure you were wrong, Rainy.

This could partly be a matter of language, as "Melatonin might increase healing of infections" isn't the same as "Melatonin kills infections."

Had Blazer not worded his question the way he did, I still would have worded my reply in a similar fashion, in order to make it non definitive. Like a politician, I often use wiggle words.

Melatonin could be acting indirectly, by helping us obtain the many benefits of deeper and more restorative sleep. I suppose it would also be considered indirect help with tasks like reducing viral load, regulating bacteria duplication, scavenging free radicals, etc.

For direct action, it's proposed that "Melatonin exerts antibacterial activities ... on classic gram-negative and -positive bacteria" but also that "protective actions against bacterial infections can occur at different levels" and "direct actions of melatonin may occur only at very high concentrations, which is at the borderline of practical applicability."

All of this to state, in my usual and circumlocutory fashion, that your original remark about killing off infection could still be correct!