Betaine HCL with Pepsin (90 Capsules)

I like the smaller pill I have a hard time taking pills without them getting stuck in my throat please do fine. I find when I take them that it doesn't take me as long to digest my food and I'm not as full I don't get indigestion. I find that I feel like I absorb my food better when I take these I don't get gassy

Yes. I bought this for my dog. He got acid reflux (too many unhealthy snacks, I felt horrible!!) for almost 2 weeks.I did take him to the vet and he did have to take 2 meds (Pepcid AC and Omeprazole 20 mg each) twice daily but I only did that for 10 days (as the vet said to do). After that, I weened the dog off of the Pepcid AC to every other day, for a week, then that's it. I stopped the meds and used Betaine HCL twice daily.And he's fine! Yay!I have done a bunch of research for Betaine HCL because my mom had to use it (she took it instead of Pepcid AC) and it cured her acid reflux. But she took a higher dosage of 600+ mg. per meal (2x a day).It really works! What it does is "reboots" your stomach acid so that your stomach makes the proper amount.Acid reflux happens when your stomach stops producing enough acid. It goes out of whack. I always thought it was because there was too much acid, but that's not true.Betaine HCL helps the stomach to reboot and reconfigure the amount of acid it should make. And it WORKS!!!My mom has not had acid reflux since she took Betaine for 3 months daily. She does not eat spicy foods anymore either, but her acid reflux had been so bad, that even when she quit the spicy foods, she still had problems.But not anymore. She's totally fine. And she no longer needs to take Betaine HCL either. So you only take it until you no longer need it. Yay!

I also use another product with more pepsin in it, but if you are looking for HCL with very little pepsin this is a good fit. Easy to swallow, small caplets.

What a lifesaver! GERD was so bad I couldn't swallow due to acid reflux burning my throat. MD wanted to put me on Prilosec but it has always made the acid reflux worse. I knew the problem was most likely due to too little acid, but when I suggested it to my doctor, she looked at me like I was crazy. My naturopathic doc suggested betaine hcl but the big pills were SO hard to get down because I could hardly swallow. I ordered these because they were low dose & small.The pills are about as long as a dime is wide. I found that if I soak them in water for a minute to soften them up, then take them, they slide right down. It also lets you gauge how much you need: for me it's 1 for a small meal or snack & 2-3 for larger or more protein rich meals. Finally...I feel like I'm on the road to recovery. I can eat again!

I like that it’s a less intense formula and therefore, gentler. Higher dose formulas only work for me if I’m eating mass quantities of all the food groups—which is almost never. This formula is great for my go to salad+protein+veg+fruit lunches and dinners. (I’m not anti-carb, I just don’t eat enough to slow my digestion to the point of needing a stronger formula.)

I thought I might have low stomach acid, since my digestion had become off, and the baking soda test seemed to indicate it. But this gave me a stomach ache after taking it for the second time, and made me feel worse. Drinking homemade kefir does me much better!

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For those of you who want to try HCL but not ins a strong concentration, this is a great starter to see how you tolerate it. Gentle enough to not feel pain but enough to feel the burn.