These medications are commonly prescribed for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) where stomach acid refluxes, or backs up, into the esophagus. This causes the symptom we call heartburn, and in some patients, because the acid actually gets into the lungs, can cause asthma symptoms.
Scranton, PA. Online Offers. Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S. Census, making it Pennsylvania's sixth-most-populous city after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, and Reading.
Scranton teachers are the only in Lackawanna County to pay for part of their premiums. In Scranton, premium payments range from $50 for singles to $80 for families per two-week pay period. Before a new contract was approved in 2008, teachers paid $8,100 a year for family coverage.