a gastroscopy and in this case is the risk of developing cancer is about one point zero point one percent per year very low. so it's totally safe to do some self medications and to go for some of the counter drugs first yes it's possible to do so if medication. be aware that you only take these medications for a short period of time what are the problems if you take it for a longer period of time if the indication is good and confirmed by a medical doctor you can take these medicaments lifelong and some patients wanted to discontinue the medications and take a problem afterwards so is it a problem to stop those medications it's not a problem gastric acid really cures and b. is a such item is really a cures these pro these patients benefit probably from an operation speaking about surgery when those medications don't help anymore then a small intervention could be very helpful. since dr feeds an ultra thin tube