Strong Heart burns and back pains

Gastritis, which I suffer from, can involve such issues as you are having, which is usually when stomach acid has damaged the stomach or lower eosophageal tissues. Reflux is when that acid comes up into your eosophagus and burns the tissues there, which is what heartburn is. The lansoprazole lowers the production of acid so there is less of it to cause you bother. But this is not the ideal way to deal with the problem. You need to address the cause of the stomach damage.

The ways that have helped me and which may help you are below, but be patient. I weaned off lansoprazole, but it helped reduce the initial inflamation of my stomach over two months, so you should probably stick with it for a while at least, and follow your doctor's advice. You can also tell them you are trying the things I suggest if you decide to do so.

Several medium meals per day (I have seven, could do eight, one every two hours or bit longer), rather than fewer bigger ones, so that you don't overfill and stretch your stomach. Eat relaxed and chew well. Be sat upright for and after meals, not bent or slouching, so you don't squash your stomach and press its contents upwards.

We're all different and you might find some foods are ok or bad with you compared to other people, so it's a matter of experimentation and patience, but fried foods, high-fat foods, high-salt foods, carbonated drinks, caffeine, alcohol and chocolate can all impact on stomach and reflux troubles. Spicy and hot foods can also aggravate the trouble for some people. Minty foods relax the lower eosophageal muscle too, so they are bad. I even use a fruity toothpaste.

Wholewheat bread, cereals, bananas, hardboiled eggs are a few of the foods that suit me, but there are pulses, rice, various beans (not kidney beans) and many other things you can try, and things that other sufferers find useful in their posts on this site.

Stress and excercise that affect the stomach are also to be avoided. Be as calm and stress-free as you can.

Having your last meal a few hours before bed can prevent or lessen reflux at night, but you may find, as I did, that waiting to be too empty causes hunger discomfort and keeps you awake. Because of this I lie-down raised a bit on three pillows (on my right is best for me, maybe not for everyone) about an hour and a half to two hours after last meal, and this is much better.

Another thing which has helped me greatly, is to not burp after about ten or so minutes after eating, as this can bring acid up - as you have already found - and cause burn damage that then has to heal. The taste you get will be the acid or other stomach digestive juices.

The first thing that happened when I had to find an eating routine that helped instead of harmed, was that I lost weight, and over time I have added new foods to boost calorie intake, but this isn't fully achieved yet, so I'm also having nutrition drinks from a dietician. I can't eat meats or fish really, and being low in calories anyway, I have something with more calories, and have three or four eggs a day for some fat and protein, which the dietician said is fine, for, unless a person has an actual medical difficulty with cholesterol, the body adjusts its own production of cholesterol to keep the balance right when eating enough.

Best wishes.

The adominal,pains you describe I get those too if I wear too tight clothing or eat certain foods. I have a lower dose Lanzoprozole from my dr which I take if the symptoms flare up and then the symptoms disappear. I am suffering this morning because I ate something last night and didn't take the meds to settle it down. 

Be be careful about trying to come off the meds, if you body naturally produces too much acid like my body does, it's unlikely anything else will work and you can do a lot of damage to your insides if the acid isn't kept under control .

if you drive a car that is way more dangerous than taking a tablet every day.