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thanks for all the replies. i just wanted to know " sort of " what to expect.. now

my cialis experment is going fairly well. i will tell you i am taking my bentyl

and donnetal and the cialas .. the cialis only once a day. i think it is

helping. my spasms have virtually disappeared.. i will keep you posted. this is

after 3 days. i started first day with the cialis a larger dose-the 36 hour one,

then went to the 5 mg one once a day since then..

[Guest guest]

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> thanks for all the replies. i just wanted to know " sort of " what to expect..

now my cialis experment is going fairly well. ...

>

Thanks sharing that. Before my injury and captivity I was working on a file with

info on all the drugs we could be on for achalasia and looking for messages that

describe what doses people in this group were reporting using. I can't access

the computer with the file so it is not going to be ready for some time, but I

can collect data for it here.

notan

[Guest guest]

That is exciting! Can you include a section on vitamins,herbal and

alternative potions and treatments? I am sure we all have a lot to offer.

I have been taking Sea Buckthorn 300 mg daily for the last 2 months and it

is supposed to have restorative properties for th esophagus and mucous

membranes. Also regulates bowels. I use Solaray. It seems better than Vitamin

Shoppe.

Also found reference to L Arginine on our site to reduce foam. It seems to

be working, but not 100%. That's OK. I will take 50%!

And...taking magnesium.

I had a D'ors and Hellers in 09. Not a hint of a lifelong struggle with

GERD.

Has anyone tried the steroids that were mentioned in a study not long ago?

What a miracle if peristalsis could be regenerated! But steroids are not

necessarily a good thing to be on.

Thanks Notan.........

Glad to see you are back on line. I know you still have some heavy duty

recovery ahead. We are all rooting for you.

in Santa Barbara

In a message dated 8/27/2011 10:18:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

notan_ostrich@... writes:

>

> thanks for all the replies. i just wanted to know " sort of " what to

expect.. now my cialis experment is going fairly well. ...

>

Thanks sharing that. Before my injury and captivity I was working on a

file with info on all the drugs we could be on for achalasia and looking for

messages that describe what doses people in this group were reporting using.

I can't access the computer with the file so it is not going to be ready

for some time, but I can collect data for it here.

notan

[Guest guest]

Yeah! Take up art......

As long as you keep sharing your knowledge with us. You keep a lot of us

going.

in Santa Barbara

_http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;21839711_

(http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/medline/pmid;21839711)

A Case of Achalasia with Dense Eosinophilic Infiltrate Responding To

Steroidal Treatment.

E Savarino, L Gemignani, P Zentilin, N De Bortoli, A Malesci, L Mastracci,

R Fiocca, and V Savarino

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, August 10, 2011; .

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University

of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

A patient presented with chronic substernal discomfort and

intermittent dysphagia for solids. High-resolution impedance manometry

(HRIM) of the esophagus showed that there was no peristalsis in the

esophageal body, but incomplete relaxation of the lower esophageal

sphincter and incomplete bolus transit, so the patient was diagnosed

with achalasia. Moreover, probably because of esophageal stasis,

eosinophilic infiltration that mimicked a pattern of eosinophilic

esophagitis was observed, based on multiple biopsies of the esophagus.

The patient was given 50 mg prednisolone, once daily; the symptoms

improved dramatically and HRIM showed complete recovery of esophageal

peristalsis, deeper relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter, and

complete bolus transit profile. HRIM can therefore be used to assess

dysmotility abnormalities in patients with achalasia and

eosinophilic-like esophagitis, and steroids relieve these symptoms.

Treatment with a high dose of prednisolone resulted in a complete

disappearance of dysphagia, due to improved esophageal motility and

reduced eosinophilic infiltrate. It is therefore important to control of

the inflammatory process in patients with idiopathic achalasia, which

is likely to result from an autoimmune reaction.

in Santa Barbara

In a message dated 8/27/2011 11:03:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

notan_ostrich@... writes:

>

> That is exciting! Can you include a section on vitamins,herbal and

> alternative potions and treatments? ...

There are some that should be covered but I haven't decided how much of

them I will include. The problem is that drugs come in classes. I can

describe how the drugs in a class work and then list each drug in the class and

add notes about that drug that are unique to it. With supplements it gets

messy. Often there is no known method of action, only reports that they do

work. When people in the group say they are trying something, often they are

also trying other things too. It makes it hard to tell how much, if any, of

any benefit is from one supplement or another. I appreciate the reports

though.

Do you have a link to the research you mentioned?

notan