I am 41, not over weight, I smoke and have been under a great deal of
stress, (just lost my job I was in for 16 yrs and my very healthy active father just had open heart surgery, YES I have some stress all at once) @ a month ago I started having severe heart burn (i guess) I have never had anything like this. I bought some otc prilosec and have been taking it for 7 days with some relief but still is very painful, I would say it is moderate. I have also been eating hand fulls of tums.