FOOD AND MEDICATIONS THAT DECREASED LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER(LES) PRESSURE
• FOOD : garlic, chilli peppers, cola, tea, coffee, chocolate
• MEDICATION : antichorlinergics, barbiturates, estrogen, caffeine, tetracycline, ethanol,
nicotine, theophylline, nitrates.
FOOD AND MEDICATION THAT DIRECTLY IRRITANTS TO THE ESOPHAGEAL MUCOSA
• FOOD : spicy food, orange juice, tomato juice, coffee
• MEDICATION : aspirin, NSAIDS, iron, quinidine, potassium chloride, alendronate