INSIGHTS | 23. Melatonin, Heartburn & Cancer

The role of melatonin in reflux, heartburn, and complications including cancer.

Article: Melatonin in Prevention of the Sequence from Reflux Esophagitis to Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

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Background

For those who have not had a chance to read the first Root Cause article concerning heartburn and reflux, I would highly recommend reading that before diving into this one.

Root Cause | 1. Heartburn, Reflux, & GERD.

The foundations set forth in the prior article help to appreciate the value of melatonin in the disease process, treatment of heartburn, and reflux-related complications.

I first stumbled onto melatonin as a treatment option for heartburn in studies conducted by Pereira and Werbach. Their findings were fascinating, so I did some more digging.

Some of my readers do not merely have heartburn - but have suffered from chronic complications like erosions and ulcers of the esophagus. What I discovered about melatonin has definitely changed my approach to managing reflux.