Children with both asthma and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may reduce their use of asthma medication by up to 50 percent after being treated for GERD, according to a study.
The study involved 27 children with persistent moderate asthma and GERD and another 19 children with asthma but no symptoms of GERD.
Of the children with both asthma and GERD, 18 received drugs, including prescription heartburn relievers known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), and nine had surgery to treat GERD.
After one year, the children who received GERD treatment, whether medication or surgery, were able to reduce their asthma medication by more than 50 percent, according to researchers.
Among the children with no GERD symptoms, 2 of 8 children who took anti-GERD medication reduced their asthma medication usage, however the children who took no such medication did not.
Researchers noted that anti-GERD treatments might be effective in reducing children’s asthma medication usage, leading to fewer trips to the emergency room and fewer missed days of school.
Chest April, 2003;123:1008-1013
While I have no doubt that anti-GERD approaches are effective in children with asthma, suggesting they be put on these highly toxic proton pump inhibitor drugs is sheer lunacy.
If you seek to address this element of treatment, dietary interventions would seem far safer and much less expensive.
My recent interview in Men’s Magazine on GERD details my diet recommendations for GERD.
Although H2 blockers and proton pump inhibitors like Prilosec and Nexium provide impressive relief, they are indeed true prescriptions for disaster, and they seriously impair your digestion.
Nexium is the worst offender, as you will learn in the article below.
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