I have chronic heartburn, it's called GERD. I had a bad mental breakdown and had to move out of state. During that time my GERD started. I was first on Ranitidine, then after getting my gallbladder out my GERD was way worse, so now I take 40 mg Pantoprazole daily. No amount of diet changing is helping my GERD. Over the counter things usually help heartburn pretty well, but if they don't then see your doctor.