The biggest study on ppis, and the many in recent years that have shown it was no accident (Vaezi et al.), is enough for me to believe that ppis work as well, but no better than placebos for the treatment of laryngeal symptoms of LPR, regardless of which of the 20 LPRs it actually is.
I could be wrong, because there are those on this board who (rarely) say ppis sufficed for them.
Still, the kind of tests we are talking about are basically less comfortable than a spinal tap.
If all they can offer after that is ppis, I'd rather just say, "Ok, give me your ppi prescription." and then not use it.
A lot more people would be better off if they started with a lyrica and klonopin prescription for a few months, I'm guessing. I don't know why doctors haven't dared to do this yet. I guess it's the same reason cancer patients have to start screaming before they get morphine...
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