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| destaur, hope you are medicating to keep the acid down for your Barretts - very very important and I'm sure you'd find Somac tolerable. I have trouble in general with meds, but Somac is great. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I have been taking nexium for a few years now for acid reflux and barrets.I am sure it effects my breathing and sleep.also nausea.i ran out recently for a couple of days and noticed a vast improvement overall. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I have Barrett's Oesophagus and was put on to Somac. My last three endoscopies (every two yrs) have been very good results with no increase in oesph. damage (caused by acid), so Somac has been fabulous for me, whereas Nexium, Pariet etc no good. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eight years ago I was put onto Losec... created bad side effects. Went onto Somac ... fixed the acid problem with NO side effects. Then took nothing for 3 years. Problem came back ! Dr put me onto Nexium .. sort of worked .. he then put me onto Pariet ... I am convinced in my own mind that Pariet is a placebo .. it did not help the problem at all .... went back onto Somac which fixes my acid problem with NO side effects at all. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I too was taking Nexium, but the side effects were too much for to handle as I also have Chronic Fatigue. I broke out in a rash all over my body, and it itched so much I scratched all the time. Other side effects were headaches, listlessness, nausea, lightheaded so bad I couldn't drive my car. I was put on Somac, but find it is not as effective as the Nexium. But which is the lesser of the two evils, put up with the reflux or take pills and suffer side effects? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I too have a hernia (hiatus) and Barrett's oeph, for which I take Somac. Nexium was taken before diagnosis, but decided to be unsuitable as I need to be on meds for life to prevent oesp. cancer. Perhaps ask your doctor about Somac as I have a friend also on Somac who had side effects from nexium (liver probs). Good luck. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| i have been taking nexium for over 12 months now for bad reflux and i have been told recently the i have a small hiatus hernia i find that nexium works but not all the time but i have just found out that nexium can course lung and chest infections and also make osteoporosis worse which iam now scared about as i have osteoporosis and have had several brakes over a 2 year period i (touch wood )havent had a brake in a couple of years so can you please help me is that a side afect of nexium or not. i have read some of the other peoples statments i find it hard not to take anything as it can be painfull as well as very uncomfortable iam only in my early 50s is there food that can help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| my gp give it to me,but I did not get it instead I bought a book name "DIGESTIVE WELLNESS"of Elizabeth Lipski wish you the best. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As if you would sugest to ban nexium because of your husbands experience with it. How about just try something else instead of robbing all the users of nexium of their heartfelt (literally) glee ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Have been on Nexium for about 4 years due to overly acidic tummy and reflux and I have NEVER had any side effects. It works really well for me and I am SO happy that I am on it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Good luck with finding a good doctor to diagnose/treat you. Must be very difficult living there - didn't realise. Easy for me here in Oz. Might be something easily fixed hopefully. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| my main issue is , what if I dont have gastritis ? All these pills I took for the last 6 months must have damaged something in my system, dont u think? I wonder if I ever feel normal again. It is really hard to find a doctor nowadays that cares enough to want you to feel better , than one that just prescribes u anything to get rid of you quickly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| i know for sure now that I can not take any PPI medicaton, I think I am allergic to this medication. I went to see another general practitioner and she prescribed me 20 mg PPI, not nexium this time. An hour after I took this medication, I started getting severe back aches again. dizziness and nausea followed.I took this one pill on thursday morning, today is sunday and I still suffer.Only from one pill!! I will schedule an appointment with internal medicine tomorrow and we see from there. I am really worried if I damaged any of my organs by taking these pills that only brought me more sufferings , than relief. Problem is that I am stationed in South Korea with my hubby( army) and I dont know how the medical care is.I keep u posted, thanks for ur concern. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| charmingv, I just looked up gastritis on the Better Health channel and it can lead to stomach cancer if not correctly treated. Diagnosis by endoscopy or biopsy. PLEASE get checked out properly. All the best. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You have had a rough trot! What is "gastritis"? and don't you need to be properly diagnosed? If I hadn't been correctly diagnosed with Barrett's oesophagus (and now closely monitored) I may have developed cancer. This has been prevented (touch wood) by professional diagnosis and control.A brother died in 1997 of oesph. cancer (terrible) and had decided to self-treat .... didn't work. Be careful and take good care of yourself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I am glad I found this forum. I was treated for my acid with nexium, which gave me such a severe backache, that I thought I am losing it.Bad thing is , I have bulging discs in my neck, so when I went back to the doctor he blamed my disc for the back pain and prescribed me some heavy duty painkillers , which made my stomach worse.I got so tired of having these back pains that I just quit taking all medications and slowly I started to feel like myself again. I had to realize that I cant take any medication for my gastritis and so now I drink alot of chamomille tea and magnesium pills and just watch what I eat. Oh by the way I was never properly diagnosed for my gastritis, the doctor just thought that it is that. I also believe that nexium causes my kidneys to hurt.I drink a lot of water during the day but never had kidney problems, well last blood test showed a elevated potassium result.This is what I think , it hasn't been proven , just need to get rid of all my frustrations here. Had problems for 6 months alltogether. hope to hear back soon |
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| neil, I couldn't tolerate Nexium, but have been taking Somac for quite some time and it's great - no side effects and I find it much more effective than Nexium, although my problem is oesophagal as well as a hiatus hernia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hathserv I have been having the burning stomach pian for around a year now. Had a scan and the camera that showed small hiatal herina. Been on and off Nexium. I haven't tried Somac. The Dr believes Nexium to be the best. It doesn't always seem to work though. I have also tried Motilium. I am interested in your comment about the 2 glasses of water and jump technique. Can you explaim what to do and how that works? |
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| Hi Steph, No surgery as I don't think it is required at this stage. Had a camera look at it and it is small but inflamed. I am doing a massage technique as well as the 2 glasses of water and jump trick each morning. I have had good response from Somac with nil side effects so far. I guess if it does not settle down in 6mths I will look at other things. Regards Craig |
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| Hathserv Have you had surgery for your hiatal hernia? steph |
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| Good luck hathserv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I hate taking drugs and tried not eating certain foods, losing weight, etc but there are certain foods like fish (fish oil tabs) that I need to take for heart health. So far so good with Somac with no headaches and feeling OK. I will give them 6 months to allow my Hietal Hernia to settle down and I will stop to see if better. I have a constant reminder of my holiday in Fiji 2 years ago when I "scoffed" myself on all that good food and Fiji beer. Thats when this pain began!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hathserve, you are right about all those medications. The Somac works so well for me with no side effects. I have to take it for life and have found it to be the only one tht I can tolerate with no ill effects. My oesophagus has acutally healed somewhat after using it for over a year, so I'm happy! Good luck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nexium works well but gives me a headache. I tried Pariet which also worked well but it made me feel anxious and nervous as well as night terrors. I got quite freaky on that stuff and discontinued use and returned to normal. I stopped using PP's and returned to diet and H2 (ranidine) 150mg once a day but that did not quite relieve the "burning feeling" from my Hiatus hernia. I am back on Nexium to cool things down a bit and guess what.. the headaches back. My Doc gave me some sample packs of Somac and Zoton which I intend to trial. I have no doubt and my wife would agree that Rabeprazole (Pariet) caused behaviour problems so I would be interested in other people who have experienced similar symptoms. Nexium was OK apart from headaches. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| amy, somac is used for this condition and seemed the better option for me. No side effects and can be prescribed on an "authority" script (lge quantity and cheap) if needed as on-going medication. Your DR shld be able to advise you, but Nexium did not agree with me at all. Good luck. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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