Have been treating my laryngopharyngeal reflux for several years. After finally ignoring the failed NHS approach, I have spent several months going in the opposite direction and boosting my stomach acid with Betaine HCL. Theory I was following was that bacterial overgrowth may have been neutralising my own stomach acid (which would also have declined naturally with ageing). Since sufficient acid is required to trigger esophageal sealing this seemed a logical explanation for many of my symptoms. Larger dosage capsules have provided a marked improvement but I decided the time had come to taper with a view to seeing if my natural acid production would be sufficient and any bacterial overgrowth had subsided. So far so good thanks to finding that Finchley sell a 200 mg capsule (less than a 3rd of the larger ones I was using and under half the next lowest I found).

One capsule with higher protein meals seems to be having the desired effect and I am very happy with this product.