gerd
"Five years ago I went to the Doctor complaining of chest pains.  She said it was GERD.  I believed her, since I often overeat - and at night.  "Take one Prilosec a day."  So I did.  For a year I was fine - then it started not to work.  I went to the Doctor.  "Take two a day."  

That set off an internal alarm.  What would she say next year?  So I read up on PPI's and said to myself, "No."  I experimented with the 'dines' and Ranitidine is by far the best for me. I don't take it everyday, often substituting Tums or Mylanta or whatever.  I try not to eat too much, try not to eat after 5PM.  If I'm going to a restaurant for dinner, I take a Ranitidine ten minutes or so before I eat.  "