Best Naturals Betaine HCL 648 mg 250 Capsules

Like many others have said, the symptoms of too much stomach acid and low stomach acid are very similar.If you were like me and grew up in the 80's, you were probably caught up in the bombardment of the acid inhibiter (PPI's) craze. Prilosec, Zantac, ect commercials were all over the tv. Seemingly everyone in the country had acid indigestion, and needed either over the counter or prescription PPi's.As a kid I had a very loud, gurgling stomach, presumably the sound of my digestive system doing its job. In my early 20's, I started having stomach problems (I was drinking quite a bit) - the gurgling went away, and I had stomach pains and slow digestion and constipation. My Doctor put me on Omeprozole. It seemed to work initially, but over time my symptoms came back but much worse. My Doctor increased my dosage, and things got better again for awhile. .When I hit 40, I started having massive panic attacks and constant general anxiety. I had an endoscopy, and a hiatal hernia was discovered. And then in 2014 I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed. While the oncologist was examining me, he noticed that I had absolutely no saliva in my mouth. My anxiety was at an all time high, due, obviously, in part to the cancer. For many years I had no energy, and was living in a constant fog. The terrible constipation caused bleeding hemorrhoids. I had given up on life. I was hoping that my thyroid was the reason for all of this, and that once it was removed I'd start feeling better. It didn't.My brother was suffering from the same stomach issues as I was, and he discovered that we both had been misdiagnosed with too much stomach acid, when the reverse was true. He started taking Betaine HCL in large doses, and it changed his life dramatically.I don't know if all those years of taking the acid reducers had permanently destroyed our bodies from producing acid or it was just from getting older.Following his suggestion, I took 2 tablets every hour until I started to feel acid in my throat. I was up to 8 tablets and was beginning to think this stuff didn't work. But once I got up to 10 tablets, I began to feel a slight burning in my stomach and throat. Beyond that, I began to experience that familiar gurgling in my stomach that I had experienced in my youth. The saliva returned to my mouth, and the white, pasty gunk on my tongue went away and turned back to a healthy pink! The constipation is completely gone as well. I still have to take medications for my anxiety and panic attacks, but I think much of that was due to the heavy drinking and abusing marijuana in my youth.I'm not a doctor, but I can attest to the effectiveness of Betaine HCL had on me and my brother. At times I've taken over 15 pills a day. I'm not saying that you should take that much, just explaining what has worked for us. I don't necessarily take it before meals, I take 5 pills when I wake up and then take as needed throughout the day. Sometimes I need 6 or 8, sometimes I need more. Once I start to feel that gnawing and bloating in my stomach, I take 3 or 4, and 20 minutes later, my stomach gurgles very loudly, and the pain and bloating is instantly gone. There is absolutely zero doubt in my mind that this stuff works. While I don't feel 100%, my stomach feels so much better.I've taken several brands of HCL, and all of them worked pretty much the same. I buy this brand mainly due to the lower price. If I had to find one negative aspect of this particular brand is the pills can be somewhat hard to swallow. But if you take a couple at a time, and take them with plenty of water, you should be able to get them down okay.I hope this helps someone.

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For some reason, I had been having pretty bad heartburn and indigestion. I had gotten these as a way to improve my digestion, but I had been reading online that you needed to take as many as you can tolerate ("warm feeling in the stomach") but I think trying to take a lot of these just caused the problem to remain or be worse, and taking as much as 7 in a meal was not a good idea. I didn't think they worked, but then after a while of suffering with more heartburn, I thought I would give it another go. For the past week, I have taken ONE, along with a NOW plant enzyme pill a few minutes before eating. I have hardly had to even burp since. Its been miraculous.My suggestion for taking them...take only one, a few minutes before a meal. I think the plant enzyme pill must work well with it also. Then, if you start to feel bloated even after having one, just take one more. I don't imagine you would need any more than that.My next test will be doing weight lifting. I have found that during weight lifting I get severe heartburn. I think its due to drinking a lot of water during the workout along with abdominal pressure due to the exercise. I am going to try taking one just before my workout and another one if I start to feel it during my workout. Hopefully it keeps things under control.I also think I have had a couple meals where I have forgotten it and now the symptoms of the heartburn seem to have lessened despite not taking the pill. I am starting to heal and feel normal again. Over the last number of years I have felt bloated a lot even if I wasn't in quite this much discomfort so its great that things are better again.

So far these have my helped me to fall asleep, I tried taking two also no falling asleep. I plan on trying one additional pill per night until I get the right dose.

I am a person without a gallbladder and it has presented problems over the years. With GERD being one of the problems presenting. But I noticed that when I started taking these pills right before my meals I have not had the issue, but I'm trying to get the benefits of taking my vitamin B1 and also my b complex vitamins so I'm trying to build the stomach acid that this helps with doing so that the vitamins can be better absorbed. Once I find out how this is working I will update my review but so far so good. And for those who wonder if they're hard to swallow they go down very easy for me with a 8oz glass of water and I have a problem with taking pills. You also need to know that there is no funny aftertaste none whatsoever so if you need benefits of this type of medication to help your body absorb more of what you need especially if you're getting up in age like I am (haha) these are a good value.

I took 1 twice a day, then a week later, 2 twice a day, a week later I'm at 2 in the a.m. and 3 in the p.m. No gut burning. I was suspicious that I have low acid at 58. I've had horrible silent acid reflux and other issues for about 5 years now. Nothings worked, I was prescribed and prescribed, and none of it worked. I've tried other natural solutions, nothing worked. This past Friday I had a horrible burning, and I was going to have to have an acid filled dinner for a family event the next day. I took 4 of these before bed, and felt better. Then had a thought, I had 4 more before my acid filled dinner, and I didn't get worse. The next day I had pizza for my husbands birthday, another thing that would cause the burn, and I took 4 of these before that meal, and no burn hours or a day later. IT'S WORKING FOR ME! I'm still working my way up to my daily dose I haven't felt the burn from too high of a dose and still get esophagus burn/pain in my chest, but so far so good. Very happy with the results.