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Ok what i am wondering is whether i actually have acid reflux and i will explain why.
After i finally was given an endoscopy because my GP said that i may have AR because of the strange sensations i had been experiencing for years the Consultant informed me that my stomach was inflamed but he could not say why.As a consequence i carried on taking Lansoprozole until that did not seem to be working and it was changed to Pantrop.. and i then was given Ranitidine to take of an evening.Because that also did not seem to be working i have had to back that up with Gaviscon which also does not seem to be working.Because of that as you may have read in another thread on here the Consultant has now prescribed another drug Dop... sorry i cannot remember the name and he is going to arrange for me to have the monitoring process where they insert a tube up your nose.With regard to the new drug one of our colleagues told me to Goggle it and after reading what i found i will not be taking that.So what i am now wondering is given its still to be determined whether i actually do have AR why have i been prescribed tablets to treat it and what harm could they be doing to me when i dont need to be taking them.
As i have also said before why are some of us so willing to assume our GPs actually understand what our medical problems are and know of the best treatment for us.
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GI_GIRL ted41159
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on his nose patients are laying on the stretcher saying dic I feel like I am dying
or having a heart attack or burning guess
what the first question most drs ask during a history and physical. Question number 1 do u smoke. Question number 2 how much. Question I am giving u a prescription for patches. Question number 4 when are u quitting. He could make anyone who ever said I am not going quit smoking quit. I sucked my sister on him. She did not
know what he was really like but she had
chest pain reflux difficulty swallowing.
He said when ru quitting he would even call
his patients at home to check to see if they
got the patches. Oh ur out well stop by my office I will give u another script. She quit.
The other question was how much do u drink. I could see the little smirk on his face
when patients were saying they were dying
drinking a 6 pack every day or so. He would tell them I could have saved u a ton a ton of money. If course a lot of them were there to get there screening colonoscopy along with the upper endoscopy. He usually either found gastritis or nothing. He told them u can lose weight change your diet but every time u take a puff of a cigarette u cancel out any healthy thing u do. He also told his patients your liver can only detox 2 drinks per day but if u have terrible reflux
problem swallowing u dont need me. He was a great and caring physician. He got this smirk because people thought they were dying.
wknight ted41159
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Once you have the ph monitoring done the consultant will then be in a much better position to understand what your problem is. Until then I would follow his advice and not believe everything that Google tells you. Oh and if you are worried about anything which can do you harm I would give up going in a car.
GI_GIRL wknight
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in some states. There has to be special
circumstances to take it.?They give it to
Parkinson's patients who have GI problem.
Reglan is in the same family but doesn't have
the same risks.
ted41159 wknight
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ted41159 wknight
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Two anecdotes. As a child of 13 my mum took me to the doctor because I had a severe stomach ache and he recommended giving me a couple of aspirins. Later that day I was rushed into hospital with a burst appendix.
Many years later I called the doctor out o my mum as she was feeling unwell.I was advised that she just had a dose of flu and to put her into bed. Which I did. The following morning I took her a cup of tea and found shr had died during the night.
So i tend not to treat doctors as if they are the all knowing people they are made to appear.
I am sorry but it really does seem to me like finding the reason for ill health is like placing a finger into the wind and doctors are only to ready to give you the latest pill.
Your car analogy is a good one because years ago if you had an engine problem a mechanic would diagnose the problem by using a screwdriver to listen to it to locate the problem but today they just rip the suspect part out and replace it and if that does not solve the problem they then rip out the next part that could be causing the problem. They are far too busy these days to do otherwise.
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