Acid Reflux and TS
Question:
My son has been persistently clearing his throat for several years. We are trying to determine if it might be an acid reflux problem, which is supposedly underdiagnosed in children. We suspect that it might NOT be a tic because 1) he constantly complains about an "unfresh feeling" in his mouth, 2) he complains mostly at night when he tries to settle down to sleep, 3) he burps a lot, and 4) he wakes up with terrible breath. In order to avoid intrusive gastrointestinal procedures, we decided to do a drug trial to see if he got better. With the over-the-counter strength of Zantac (75 mg I think) he got no better. He is now on 10 mg of Prilosec (Omeprazole) for a 3-week trial. Because of his age, it
