Actually I am on Aciphex (a proton pump inhibitor), which I've been on for about a month. I've had daily heartburn for the better part of a decade until I started that. Now I don't have heartburn at all anymore. Do you still think this problem could be predicated by GERD even though Aciphex seems to have elleviated my heartburn problems?

Also, sometimes I get a mechanical clicking feeling on the left side of my throat. This is usually when I am dry swallowing a lot, or forcing a swallow.

This is an audible click (at least I can hear it in my head) and it feels like cartilage "catching" in my throat.

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I think I'm on the standard dosage for Aciphex. I don't think it's a very popular brand, but it is a PPI. I'm on 20mg per day.

I have an ENT appointment scheduled on 10/15, so hopefully I get some resolution then.

Ah, ok! Thanks for the information.

I am continuing with the Aciphex PPI, and will talk with the ENT next week. Hopefully this will work itself out.

Sometimes I feel that if the ENT convinces me it's not cancer I will be able to relax a bit and the problem will lighten up a bit.