Nature's Way DGL Ultra - Extra Strength** - Premium Licorice Root Extract - Digestive Relief* - With Gutgard ® - Vegan & Gluten Free - 90 Chewable Tablets - Chocolate Flavored

This product is very effective in suppressing GERD symptoms, but is not a cure for the root cause. I have suffered from "GERD" for over 4 years now. The Air Force started me on Prevacid after mentioning the word "heartburn", and then switched me to Nexium later. When I got out in 2008, I started buying Prilosec OTC. Then Prevacid OTC came out and I started taking that because it seemed to work the best at suppressing my heartburn.The meds, when I took them, were controlling my heartburn fairly well. However, after reading numerous accounts recently on the effect of these medicines on the digestive system and wanting to find a natural cure, I stopped taking them. The meds were only masking the underlying problem I have going on in my GI tract (Read Why Stomach Acid Is Good for You: Natural Relief from Heartburn, Indigestion, Reflux and GERD by Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. for an eye-opening experience - he mentions DGL in the book too). One problem arose from the NSAIDs I was taking for reconstructive knee surgery, which the military docs hand out like candy (Vitamin M, or Motrin as some may know it :-) ). Due to the over-prescription and my own careless use, they were irritating the lining in my stomach and caused chronic gastritis. The gastritis is healing now because I stopped taking them almost 2 months ago. I have been using this DGL product to restore the protective mucus lining in my stomach, allowing the inflammation to heal.The greatest thing about DGL Ultra is that it does NOT suppress stomach acid and it has VERY little glycyrrhizinate (like decaf coffee, it's still has a little of the unwanted substance in it), which can raise blood pressure in some people. If you don't already know this, stomach acid is good for you. I know, that's not what the "doctors" say and sounds counter-intuitive these days. However, the short story is (and you can read more about it in the book mentioned above or many other books on natural cures for GERD that are on Amazon), you need stomach acid to break down the food before it enters the small intestines. If their is insufficient acid, then the "mixture" will stay in your stomach longer, further increasing the chances that it will make it in to your esophagus where you feel the pain. Even a small amount of acid in the esophagus feels like you have too much acid because their is no protective lining in there. The DGL helps to keep the acid from irritating the inflamed lining in my stomach and even healed a cold sore in my mouth.For this product to be most effective, you really should take it on an empty stomach, at least a half hour before a meal and chew thoroughly with very little water. You want it to coat your gastric and intestinal linings so that it can stimulate mucus production BEFORE the acid turns on with a meal. I usually chew 2 tablets at a time between meals and after my last meal at night. If you take this any other way, you may not get the best results. By the way, the German Chocolate flavor tastes pretty good. Keep in mind, this product does have in milk in it though. I am not sure how much and if it will have the same effect if you are allergic to dairy products. You may have to contact the company for more details.

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I've been suffering from acid reflux most of my life however in the past year and a half it has gotten drastically worse. It would wake me up in the middle of the night and leave me feeling as if someone was sitting on my chest. It would burn my throat and I would hear sizzling sounds in my throat after meals or whenever I layed down... it was awful. I was convinced I had h pylori bacteria but tests just showed chronic stomach inflammation. I was prescribed an anti acid which I had to take twice daily. Told by my doctor to lose weight and to watch what I eat, when I eat, and how much I eat. Told to stop eating tomatoe products, chocolate, coffee, etc etc. Nothing seemed to help. These were all things to help ease the symptoms but not to stop them. Each time I missed a dose of my antiacid or forgot to take it the acid reflux would come back twice as bad. I recently had a tooth infection and was given antibiotics. Within the first couple doses I noticed a HUGE change in the way my stomach felt.. I no longer felt discomfort and no longer heard sizzling sounds in my throat. Now I was even more confinced that causing all my problems for the last year and a half was due to bad bacteria. I looked up natural ways to relieve h pylori symptoms and came across some good alternatives from antibiotics. Along with probiotics and this amazing product I have been off my antiacid meds for over a week now and feeling better and better as each day passes!!!

I found this brand of DGL through my work colleague when I was having a terrible attack of GERD. She had been advised to take it by her physician when she was having a bleeding ulcer, in order to help repair some of the damage. I thought she was crazy, but I was in so much pain I would've tried anything. To my shock and disbelief, my pain was gone in 10 minutes! As soon as I got home I hopped on Amazon and bought my own bottle. It's been my constant companion for the last 12 months, I NEVER leave home without it, that is until now. Somebody decided it would be a good idea to change the formula. Why are companies always trying to fix what isn't broken??I have ALWAYS hated the taste of licorice, so when my colleague offered it to me, I offered her a kind but firm, "NO THANKS!" She said it was really good and didn't taste like licorice at all, so I tried it, and she was right. No taste of licorice. But now, they've changed the formula to a new and IMPROVED formula ... BLECH!!! They are smaller than before, and it tastes like they took ALL of the flavoring out of it. I immediately called Amazon and told them I wanted to return it. They kindly refunded my money with no questions asked.Now what am I going to do to treat my stomach pain?? Guess I'll have to try another brand. Before the formula change, this would have been a 5 star review (10 if it were possible). Please go back to the old formula and stop trying to improve on near perfection. And let me know if and when you do. I will be a lifelong customer ....

I have been using this product for years. I have given it to others and they have found it helpful when they have an upset stomach. Would highly recommend. Plus the chocolate flavor gives it a nice flavor.

The formula has changed, the tablets are a good bit smaller and are more bitter, and don't taste as good to me. Hopefully, they contain the same dosage (or more) of the therapeutic material. I don't enjoy the new formulation as much, for taste and texture, but I have used these for years, and I hope they continue to be effective. After all, that is why I buy them, not for the taste. They have worked well for me in the past, so will give this new formula a try and see how it goes. If they are actually more effective, the taste can be ignored.

Once you open the jar, the tablets will begin to absorb moisture from the air. This doesn't seem to affect how well they work, but it does change the texture, making them more chewy instead of crumbly.

Tastes good. Softer than licorice flavor.