Re: Anyone with problems swallowing?

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Very sorry to hear of your diagnosis.

I agree with you that zoloft probably caused your problems.

Did you consider looking into alternative thyroid cancer treatments?

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> Hi All,

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> Has any one here diagnosed with achalasia like symptoms? For the last 3

months, I've had a hard time swallowing and having food move down into the

stomach. The food is constantly stuck in my esophagus and I have had a barium

swallow and an upper GI endoscopy and they ruled out any diverticulum

(pocket/pouch) in the esophagus. Most of the times after having food, I get

breathing problems until until I vomit the food out. These symptoms point to

Achalasia which is caused when the LES (Lower Esophagus Sphincter) is not

relaxed to let food into stomach.

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> On further reading, I found this:

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> " LES pressure and relaxation are regulated by excitatory (e.g.,

> acetylcholine, substance P) and inhibitory (e.g., nitric oxide,

> vasoactive intestinal peptide) neurotransmitters. Persons with achalasia lack

nonadrenergic, noncholinergic, inhibitory ganglion cells, causing

> an imbalance in excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission. The result

> is a hypertensive nonrelaxed esophageal sphincter. "

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> I am almost positive that my use of zoloft caused this. Your thoughts??

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> Thanks,

> Steve

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