[caricandothis]

I've read on quite a few threads around here that some of you take papaya enzyme tablets for your heartburn/reflux. I'm dying here and the prescript I'm taking for it isn't cutting it (Prevacid). I don't want to take Tums anymore (I've also read on here about too many Tums causing calcifications on the placenta, don't want that to happen!).

My question is...how much do I take? How often do I take them? I'm reading online a little and it's saying they're chewable and to take them after meals?

Any info you all could pass along my way would be SO helpful and so much appreciated.

 

[Hayes]

Take as many or as few as you need. You can't OD on them! I would try one or two, and wait a few minutes. If the HB subsided, that was it. I kept a bottle next to my bed so when I woke up in pain in the middle of the night, I was covered.

 

[soccermominsd]

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[OMama]

I think they do help too. Just take them when you feel the heartburn coming on. I usually only take them once or twice a day (three at a time) since my heartburn is only occasional, but I wouldn't worry too much about taking more. They are pretty benign.

 

[caricandothis]

Thank you so much, mamas. I hope they help, I'd really like to be able to eat again!

 

[ColoradoKat]

Try munching a couple before you eat too, I love them and swear they help.