I have about the worst case of acid reflux one could imagine. I first had heartburn for about 5 months and it went away when I stopped using cannabis. I believe though that this was a result of the cessation of night timing eating binges that occurred concurrently. Coffee had to be stopped. And I saw a bunch of doctors and did alot of research and I've learned quite a bit, so here it is:

Acid reflux occurs whenever your stomach produces too much acid as a result of overeating, or eating the wrong kinds of "trigger foods," or when your lower esophageal sphincter (LES) does not function properly and keep acid from ascending back up the esophagus.

After a long period of continued reflux, one may get a condition called erosive esophagitis, which is where the acid erodes away at the lining of the esophagus and this takes time to heal. Also, if the acid makes it all the way back up to your throat and spills into the larynx, it only takes a couple of times of this to cause layrngealpharyngeal reflux disease, which I have as well, and is basically esophagitis of the larynx. It is sometimes called reflux laryngitis. Reflux laryngitis takes alot longer to heal and requires more intensive acid prohibiting therapy than regular esophagus reflux. This is because the larynx is much more sensitive to acid.

Caffiene definitely causes reflux because it relaxes the LES, allowing acid to freely move up the esophagus. Also, once the esophagus has been damaged, it is irritated and susceptible to further irritation when one consumes harmful things, such as acidic beverages/food. In patients with reflux laryngitis, smoking is not an option of anything because the smoke is far too irritating to the damaged larynx.
Nicotine also supposedly causes relaxation of the LES.
I've heard this debated among doctors and I've got different info from different websites, but a couple of my doctors have said that marijuana relaxes the LES as well, making reflux a bigger problem, however, I've also read on many sites of associations researching marijuana's medical purpose in GI tract problems that marijuana actually helps with reflux. Smoking anything though causes one to salivate less, and without the sodium bicarbonate being swallowed regularly like usually, alot of acid is not getting neutralized than otherwise would.

For this reason, I recommend that anyone having a problem with acid reflux, and especially those with larynx reflux, invest in a vaporizer, and make sure that it is one that heats by convection heating or else you might burn the weed a little bit and that smoke is not going to sit to well on that irritated esophagus or larynx.
DavidPutty00 Reviewed by DavidPutty00 on . really bad indegestion... i actually am pretty sure i have acid reflux disease... there is no real trigger... and it's starting to happen alot more now.... it gets so bad my eyes water (it hurts that bad, and i'm immune to alot of pain so that's saying alot) i end up gagging and wanting to throw up... i don't have money to go to a doctor... i'm looking for home remidies... i've been up to like drinking way more then i'm supposed to of stuff like mylanta... it'll work for awhile, but after an hour it's back Rating: 5