Guest guest Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Hello I am sorry that you had that episode. I know there some surgeons have prescribed some meds to help with spasms. I have not taken any over the years but I found things to help with mine. I would eat icecream and would have to sit on my recliner untill the spasms would stop. I know that does not work for others like drinking soda. This disease effects each of us differently and it is progressive. Finding what works for you is a hit or miss type of thing.  I am sorry I cannot give you a more dirrect answer.  <font face= " comic sans ms " color= " #ff0000 " size= " 5 " > in Georgia </font><img src= " http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/04.gif " > From: katie gibbens <kt_gibbens@...> Subject: Spasms: need advice achalasia Date: Sunday, July 10, 2011, 8:26 AM  It has been a long time since I posted but thank goodness all of you are still here! I had a Heller Myotomy in July of 2008 and I am doing great swallowing wise. But I still have spasms from time to time. Last monday my son had to take me to the emergency room because the pain was so severe and the doctor did not know what to do with me! After they gave me a shot of Morphine and the spasms started to calm down as did I, he asked me what he should prescribe? thoes of you with spasms what are you prescribed that works. My feeling is that the Doctors even the GI docs just don't get how painful these can be and I need to tell them what works. Any advise would be helpful. Richmond VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Check my post just before yours: achalasia/message/62340 (and the post that is linked to within my post) Debbi in Michigan > > It has been a long time since I posted but thank goodness all of you are still here! I had a Heller Myotomy in July of 2008 and I am doing great swallowing wise. But I still have spasms from time to time. Last monday my son had to take me to the emergency room because the pain was so severe and the doctor did not know what to do with me! After they gave me a shot of Morphine and the spasms started to calm down as did I, he asked me what he should prescribe? > thoes of you with spasms what are you prescribed that works. My feeling is that the Doctors even the GI docs just don't get how painful these can be and I need to tell them what works. Any advise would be helpful. > > Richmond VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Hi , I too had an Myotomy in 2009 that was successful. However my spasms are awful. Last night I went to bed at 11 pm and had painful spasms until 6 am. Then got about an hour sleep when they started all over again. Sometimes room temperature water helps. But I am at a loss as to what to do, I would love some advice or suggestions as to what to do or if there are some meds available to help. California Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 I have been in this group since just after my Hellers Myotomy and Dors Fundoplication in May 2009 at Cedars Sinai in LA. Wow, have I learned a lot. Thank you all for being there. I am still plagued with food taking forever to go down and humongous amounts of foam that prevents food from going down. I swallow a lot of air that is hard to burp up. I was just going through the on line archives in our group and found a lot of early entries (2001-2) praising L Argenine to reduce the foam. What is the latest on this? Are there drawbacks? Is it worth trying? Does anyone know about Sea buckthorn? It is very popular now and I have found references to it's ability to heal the esophagus. in Santa Barbara In a message dated 7/10/2011 6:36:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ray_me_99@... writes: Hi Marci I have been pushing Magnesium on this site for a year or so. It is great for me and really helps with the bowel movements. I take 250 mg twice a day, if I get too loose I cut it down to one tablet. It ia a tablet that disolves easly in the E About 2 years ago I had to take Milk of Magnesia for the bowel, after that happenened my LES opened up more than normal. Ray CA OC 80 > > I can feel when I am stressed and I know a spasm is around the corner. So, > I went to the health food store and picked up some Magnesium. I only take > one when things are crazy and I feel stressed. Magnesium is a natural > muscle relaxant (also a natural laxative) so I don't take more than one 200 > mg pill at a time. Also, it relaxes the LES and can allow for acid reflux > (another reason to just take one). > So far it has worked well for me. > > Marci > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 I can feel when I am stressed and I know a spasm is around the corner. So, I went to the health food store and picked up some Magnesium. I only take one when things are crazy and I feel stressed. Magnesium is a natural muscle relaxant (also a natural laxative) so I don't take more than one 200 mg pill at a time. Also, it relaxes the LES and can allow for acid reflux (another reason to just take one). So far it has worked well for me. Marci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Hi Marci I have been pushing Magnesium on this site for a year or so. It is great for me and really helps with the bowel movements. I take 250 mg twice a day, if I get too loose I cut it down to one tablet. It ia a tablet that disolves easly in the E About 2 years ago I had to take Milk of Magnesia for the bowel, after that happenened my LES opened up more than normal. Ray CA OC 80 > > I can feel when I am stressed and I know a spasm is around the corner. So, > I went to the health food store and picked up some Magnesium. I only take > one when things are crazy and I feel stressed. Magnesium is a natural > muscle relaxant (also a natural laxative) so I don't take more than one 200 > mg pill at a time. Also, it relaxes the LES and can allow for acid reflux > (another reason to just take one). > So far it has worked well for me. > > Marci > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011  he asked me what he should prescribe? thoes of you with spasms what are you prescribed that works. My feeling is that the Doctors even the GI docs just don't get how painful these can be and I need to tell them what works. Any advise would be helpful. Richmond VA - I had a myotomy in Sept of 04 and still sometimes get really bad NCCP's. I can usually stop them by chugging cold water - the colder the better - and as much of it as I can stand. If that doesn't work, I have a prescription for Levsin (Ithink the generic is Hyoscamine). It is a smooth muscle relaxer that is taken sublingually. I never go anywhere without some of the pills in a container on my keychain. Fortunately, the NCCP's don't get that far very often. I just refilled the prescription (20 pills) because the pills I still had were over a year old. They sometimes take a few minutes to work, but they haven't failed me yet!  mike in WI  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 , I use the following prescriptions: 120 mg of Verapamil at night. (It's supposed to be for blood pressure, but I use it for it's side effect of relaxing the smooth muscles.) 10 mg of epam (When needed). Again for it's side effect of relaxing the smooth muscle. When the spasms are bad, like make you fall to your knees bad, I break down and take vicodin 500mg. I've taken Levbid and Nitroquick in the past but the results didn't last. Heller Myotomy Survivor since 2005. Lindell On Jul 11, 2011, at 11:13 AM, mike in WI <dtfanx@...> wrote: > > he asked me what he should prescribe? > thoes of you with spasms what are you prescribed that works. My feeling is that the Doctors even the GI docs just don't get how painful these can be and I need to tell them what works. Any advise would be helpful. > > Richmond VA > > - I had a myotomy in Sept of 04 and still sometimes get really bad NCCP's. I can usually stop them by chugging cold water - the colder the better - and as much of it as I can stand. If that doesn't work, I have a prescription for Levsin (Ithink the generic is Hyoscamine). It is a smooth muscle relaxer that is taken sublingually. I never go anywhere without some of the pills in a container on my keychain. Fortunately, the NCCP's don't get that far very often. I just refilled the prescription (20 pills) because the pills I still had were over a year old. They sometimes take a few minutes to work, but they haven't failed me yet! > > mike in WI > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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