Ok, I'm not saying don't take scripted meds but please do consider this:

most all heart burn, and reflux issues begin as a digestive enzyme problem. If you begin to experience this, take a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. If the problem goes away (and for the majority of people for the time it will) then your problem is caused by NOT ENOUGH digestive enzymes in your stomach.

Medications and OTCs like rolaids and tums cancel ALL stomach acid. At human beings we NEED stomach acid to function healthily. Taking something like a medicine only treats the symptom (unless it's part of the cure as described on the medicine.)

When you pop a tums, you are compounding the problem.

What to do? Go to your grocery store or drug store or health food store and buy DIGESTIVE ENZYMES. These are exactly what your body should be producing. There are 3 of them (digestive enzymes) and they come in one mix. Not expensive, especially considering the relief!

I suffered for YEARS with this problem, caused by taking meds in the middle of the night without enough water. I had to sleep with my head raised to prevent the reflux, as it would cause me to choke and nearly suffocated me many times.
I read about the underlying problem of enzymes in medical pages, and tried it.

From when I took my first tablet, I had near instant relief! (I have to admit, I tried apple cider vinegar tablets first, and while they helped they were intolerable )

Don't treat the symptoms, solve the problem. (Now if you already have damage from the reflux etc, by all means take the medicine that does heal the damage.)

good wishes!