Re: Prilosec no longer doing the trick

[Guest guest]

Just my situational opinion, but all those heartburn medications never did a

thing for me.  I have had heartburn maybe twice in my life, so they were all a

waste of time and money for me, prescribed by doctors who knew next to nothing

about my experience with achalasia.  I know that there are lots of people who

do find relief from symptoms, but because my pain is all NCCP and not heartburn

(I eat a very very bland diet and have no issues with heartburn, even after my

myotomy), I can only say that my situation meant they were a waste.  I

certainly would bring up her concerns with your doctors though.

kim in canada

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From: shareedanieal <shareedanieal@...>

achalasia

Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2011 3:29 PM

Subject: Prilosec no longer doing the trick

 

Taniea takes 25 mg 2 times a day but even still she is feeling that it is no

longer helping. With her mentality this means that she shouldn't take it. I have

consulted with her primary care doctor who suggest we add Maalox to the mix she

believes Prilosec is the best for Taniea's condition. Taniea is scheduled for

her 3rd motility test tomorrow and I plan on bringing this concern up to the GI,

but I was wondering if their is anything you all can suggest.

I hate giving the doctors easy way outs but it seems that with Taniea I have

too.

Shamira

[Guest guest]

Galvascon. It tastes terrible but it works when nothing else does. We keep it in

the fridge and my daughter takes a slug whenever she needs it, which is often.

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[Guest guest]

Keep in mind that prilosec's way of working is by reducing the acid in the

stomach. We who have had myotomies take it because the myotomy permits acid from

the stomach to back up into our E's. This is especialy problematic after several

hours of sleeping. That is only half of the story, however.

The other half of the story is what happens when the LES does not permit the E

to empty _into_ the stomach. This is the opposte of the GERD, most achalasians

get treated for instead of achalasia. Not surprisingly, treating for the

opposite problem with PPI's doesn't work as well as one would hope. The content

of our E's ferments and becomes an irritant without much help from the stomach.

Taking liquid or chewable antacids works much better for us then. The downside

is that calcium messes up prilosec's operation. But if that prilosec pill is

sitting in the esophagous with everything else, who cares?

Dan

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