I took Omeprazole for a few weeks after discovering that I acid reflux. It helped, but not liking to take too many medications, I decided to alter my lifestyle. The two main things I was doing wrong was lying down too soon after meals ( I have osteoporosis in my spine ) and eating a big meal often late at night with an equally big glass of wine! Also, as it’s confession time, I am a bit of a chocoholic! I’m sure some of you are thinking this woman deserves to have acid reflux! So for me at least, identifying the things I shouldn’t eat was the first step. Bananas of all things can crease me unless eaten for breakfast with cereal. Then it’s small regular meals. Being apple shaped it definitely helped to lose some weight from my belly. I would also agree with sleeping on your left side as the acid is contained where it should be and raise the top end of your bed if you can. There are times of course when I eat too much and the wrong things. I find that my body adjusts to this by producing more acid. The problem then arises when I go back to sensible eating and the acid still flows in in expectation of a lot of food. To readjust, I keep a good supply of Rennies and Gaviscon in.