[x_Exmortis_x]

I had spaghetti and tomato sauce for dinner and I still feel sick. I'm having a lot of acid reflux episodes (where you throw up in your mouth and it burns your chest and throat) and I don't know what triggered them.

[rob043055]

yes, tomato sauce is high in citric acid. u should see a doctor. or go to the drugstore and buy some acid inhibitors. Tagamet is one. there are many others. I take on in the morning and one at night and i never have reflux anymore. good luck.

[nikko28_2000]

Yes, tomato sauce is one of those things you need to stay away from (same with carbonated drinks, critic drinks, chocolate, spisy food, caffeine, tea) It is importnt to follow your doctor's advice and take your medications. The treatment vaies with the severity of your Gastroesophageal reflux. Usually when you take a medication to stop the production of acid in yur stomach, it means that your doctor wants to get rid of the infammation in your esophagus and allevialte and give better tone to the sphyncter of your stomach. Some times they use a medication to give more strength to that sphyncter so your stomach content does not regurgitate up, and at the same take relaxes the sphyncter of the Pylorus to empty your stomach faster. Late meals are not good, But for sure I would stay away from tomato sauce (ketchup is ok, believe or not). I hope this answer yur question.

[jellybean]

I have had acid reflux for several years. I was treating it with acid reducer at night. I ended up in the hospital for something else, and they did upper and lower gi's. I was diagnosed with Barrett's Disease. That is from so much acid burning my esophagus that the lining now has the same cells as my stomach. It is precancerous and I will go in tomorrow to find out if I have cancer. The dr. has had me on Omeprazole 20mg every day in A M. Prilosec OTC is the same thing. That is what I was originally prescribed, but I thought I could do it cheaper. Take care f yourself. A simple thing like indigestion, left untreated, can kill you.

[kailash bohra-kailee]

You are to avoid such package foods, which contain preservatives like acetic and citric acid. Also to avoid fried foods.