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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2019 Dec 19;158(5):1250–1261.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.12.014

TABLE 4.

GERD medication frequency of use (n=9,234).

Frequency of use PPI (n=4,935) Histamine-2 receptor blocker (n=2,286) Antacids (n=2,370) Other (n=217)
Every few months 170 (3.2%) 138 (6.0%) 160 (6.8%) 14 (4.9%)
Few times a month 266 (5.0%) 225 (10.9%) 375 (16.0%) 17 (8.7%)
Once a week 383 (7.4%) 249 (10.7%) 317 (12.0%) 9 (4.1%)
2–3 days/week 521 (9.6%) 438 (18.9%) 612 (29.6%) 37 (15.6%)
4–6 days/week 351 (6.5%) 254 (11.3%) 355 (13.5%) 14 (4.7%)
Daily 3,229 (68.1%) 956 (41.0%) 513 (20.3%) 116 (59.3%)
Unknown 15 (0.2%) 26 (1.4%) 38 (1.9%) 10 (2.8%)

Data are presented as n (population-weighted %).

GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; PPI, proton pump inhibitor.