A New Risk of Using Alkaline Drops in Patients With Laryngopharyngeal Reflux

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader A New Risk of Using Alkaline Drops in Patients With Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Via Journal of Voice Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is common in the otolaryngologist's office, and a multimodal treatment regimen is employed often. Counseling patients on lifestyle modifications is important. Alkaline water consumption has been recommended as a nonmedical "antacid" for its value in deactivating pepsin, a proteolytic enzyme responsible for laryngeal tissue inflammatory changes in LPR. Alkaline water can be found as premade bottled water, or it can be made at home by titrating regular-pH water with concentrated alkaline drops. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.