reflux
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Proton pump inhibitors reduce stomach acid and are often prescribed for acid reflux and related conditions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Mollie was in and out of hospital from the time she was a baby, suffering from a range of symptoms including seizures and severe reflux.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Her dad said afterward that acid reflux had made her vocal cords swell, necessitating the last-minute switch from live to Memorex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
Between 40 and 70 percent of patients on these drugs report gastrointestinal adverse effects, like acid reflux, chronic diarrhea, and/or constipation.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
Flux and reflux, the fire and the water, the water and the fire!
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
Food and acid from the stomach backs up, or refluxes, into the esophagus.
From US News ● Jun. 11, 2014
The human river of the Strand fluxes and refluxes before this central spot, and Trafalgar Square, and Waterloo Place, and Westminster Abbey, and the Houses of Parliament are near.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
They are with him in the play of feelings, with him in the fluxes and refluxes of his thought—learning his ways of mind without realizing it.
From The Jesus of History by T. R. Glover
The refluxes of the heart are as inevitable as those of the sea; the lights of the heart are as fixed as those of the night.
From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo
But speaking in less general language, it is to follow the fluxes and refluxes of the mind when agitated by the great and simple affections of our nature.
From Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1 by William Wordsworth
