There is no concerted medical process to address these issues properly (probably because the status quo is very profitable), and unless you are dying from the side effects, your doctor will say there is nothing wrong with long term antacid use. I know.

I've asked every doctor I've had for 30 years. I've had heartburn and gut issues since I was a child.

There is no "health" care system at all in the U.S.: only a drug delivery propaganda corporation called the AMA.

Now, you're saying the end result is people get demented, suicidal and depressed (the same symptoms from head trauma, by the way). Exactly what the AMA loves to treat with more drugs.

Democrats work hard to get even more of the same, but with higher profits for the insurance/landscaping industry:

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/health-care-insurance-public-option-medicare