Doctor's Best Betaine HCI Pepsin and Gentian Bitters Capsules, 360 Count

Amazing product. I am suffering from Acid Reflux due to lack of stomach acid production. These pills have been a boon for me. I do have to take more pills like 4-5 tablets before each meal. That's expensive as the product with 120 capsules doesn't last a month for me. Overall a very potent product.

very effective preparation but is extremely costly for we indians.we suggest you to make it more cost effective

Effective

Quality is good. I am finding improvement in my digestion. The 360 pack is more economical than the 120 pack.

Everything is good

OK

Good product Value for money, only thing is that courier services is very poor. If they expedite the courier service then will be good

It is good. I basically use it twice a day with breakfast and lunch, but if I eat a big meal for dinner, I take additional capsule. It helps with digestion. I recommend it.

I think the product itself might be ok, but I question whether adding more acid is really the answer for heartburn sufferers. At first I thought it seemed to be working, but in following days, I felt worse acid than ever. I wonder if I wasn't eating enough meat protein while taking it to really benefit from it. I took it when I ate a cumulatively large amount of protein, but from non-meat sources. So I think it was far too much acid for me. But can anyone actually answer whether or not this should be taken with only meat protein sources? What about other protein sources? Frustratingly, I have been unable to find the answer. On another note, I suffer from acid reflux no matter what I eat or don't eat (even on an empty stomach--sometimes especially on an empty stomach). So to just take this for protein perhaps doesn't solve my problems. At least not on its own. Zantac mostly helped me, as did PPIs, but I don't want to use PPIs long-term, and Zantac didn't always work as well as I needed it to. I also agree with most recent research that acid reducers and PPIs are over-prescribed and definitely not an answer to get at the source of the heartburn problem (unless, as sounds very rare, you do actually have an excess of stomach acid), but I don't think Betaine HCl is "it" yet, either. I never get the warming sensation as described in the self-experimenting stomach acid test, but I also don't believe it would be safe to take a ton of these. Furthermore, it sounds like to take these, you should be eating a steak like every day to do the "plus one more pill a day until your symptoms change" self-test. I just don't eat that much meat that frequently to know if I'm doing the dosage test properly. I like the addition of digestive bitters in this product, however, and I've also done a lot of research that suggests bitters work throughout the whole digestive system, but they also work by being tasted. In a pill form, I don't taste the bitters. For now, I have quit taking the Betaine HCl. Instead, I am trying Urban Moonshine's citrus digestive bitters (liquid form so I can taste it) and d-Limonene (in conjunction with Peptic Care--just in case I have any issues that need healing). I have not taken the d-Limonene long enough to know if it will mostly cure my heartburn or not, but the few small studies done on it suggest that it works over a two-week treatment period.

I have been having very serious stomach issues for the past year after taking antibiotics..horrible pressure and constipation that hit me like a ton of bricks so hard I ended up the hospital...I am a 31 year old male and have always been healthy and active......the past year I have been through hell with multiple drs telling me I have anxiety and that nothing is wrong after many many tests. They tried putting me on acid blockers and other meds..but I wasn't having any of the symptoms of acid re-flux... just felt like my food wasn't digesting properly, pressure that builds up like a balloon in my stomach any time I ate anything..my stomach would not make a noise even after fasting for a whole 24 hours which is not normal for me... I am trying to stay away from prescribed meds from the dr which i believe led to my stomach issues in the first place over the last year...all in all after trying 100's of supplements out of desperation for some sort of relief over the past year....Betaine hcl w pepsin and the probiotic align have brought me the most relief....I am not back to normal, But I would say I am digesting food 70% better then was before i found this supplement...drs never once brought up stomach acid to be tested in the whole year i have been going ....I learned this from my own research....and found that I have low stomach acid....you can tell by taking one of these on an empty stomach or with a meal...1 at a time , then two, then three at a time until your stomach starts getting that acid burning sensation then you know your proper dosage.....I sometimes have to take up to 7-8 of these with one meal to digest my food properly, sometimes only two, but this gives me the sensation of my stomach being alive and digesting my food once again when it has felt completely dead for a good 10-12 months ......I don't trust drs any more for stomach issues...they still haven't diagnosed me properly at all or made me feel like my health was in their best interest.....lets hope the medical field gets more information on the stomach as I wanted to die due to so much consistent pain in my stomach the past year....but this brings great relief..for any fellow stomach problem sufferers I wish the best in your journey to find a solution when the drs are absolutely no help at all

Take as instructed with meal, helps to digest protein and for me especially eggs.

Periodically, I would get acid reflux problems (particularly, during the evening hours) after eating certain meals. I could never understand why, and I would then (like most folks do) resort downing various acid reducing OTC medications. Then over the past few months I began reading a variety of medical articles where the hypothesis was advanced that in many cases, acid reflux is actually caused by having, perhaps, too little acid - now go figure that one out? Initially, I assumed (in my tiny brain) that this hypothesis was ridiculous - how could that be? But then my curiosity got the best of me. As I researched a bunch of products containing HCI ingredients, I came upon this Doctor's Best Betaine HCI Pepsin & Gentian Bitters, Digestive Enzymes supplement (capsules), and followed the instructions - taking one with each meal of the day (I only eat 2 meals a day, but they are healthy sized meals). Without fail, I could not believe the end result. My periodic bouts with acid reflux stopped, nor did I suffer any side effects at all - I was astounded. So yes, here is a supplement that does what It's supposed to do. I cannot recommend this product enough, but like anything else in life, your mileage may vary. For me, the ongoing battle with periodic acid reflux came to an end with this product. So yes, many of those articles proved right.