Cialis and heartburn

[drscorpio]

You might try an OTC acid reducer like Omeprazole. Taking that might address your problem.  

[tallslenderguy]

Not to be a wet blanket, but, all meds have side effects, especially with long term or chronic use (their original intended use was short term therapy). Neither proton pump inhibitors or H2 blockers actually 'fix' the problem of reflux, they just lower acid in the stomach, making the reflux less painful. For instance, a side effect of chronic use is anemia, our body uses stomach acid for iron metabolism, so chronic use of antacid thwarts that stomach acid function.  We likely do not know the half of it when it comes to altering any normal body function long term. Here's some study summaries for those interested;

Proton pump inhibitors (e.g., Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, etc.).   [think before following links] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7887997/

and H2 inhibitors (e.g, Zantec, Tagamet, Pepcid, etc.).  [think before following links] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK525994/

As an aside, i've had good success with Fennel seed for GERD treatment. Here's some study review of natural therapies for GERD: [think before following links] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8839470/

 

[Danial]

I also get heartburn with cialis and used to get headaches when I took viagra. Being a diabetic I wondered whether this was something to do with my other medication.