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Title: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: AdminCM on August 21, 2011, 06:27:12 PM
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Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: AdminCM on August 24, 2011, 12:06:37 PM
LinksEtc posted on 08/24/11 at at 07:46 am:

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Sorry Ciel, I don't know about your above question.

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Recent reflux article:

"Acid Reflux Drugs: Public Citizen Petitions FDA for Stricter Warnings"
[url]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Drugs/acid-reflux-drugs-public-citizen-petitions-fda-stricter/story?id=14365447[/url]

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Some such risks, including bone fractures, infections and heart rhythm abnormalities, are listed in fine print on the drugs' packaging. But the potential for the drugs to exacerbate acid reflux when patients discontinue use -- a relatively recent observation -- is not.


Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: admin rebekahc on September 13, 2011, 12:04:18 PM
GoingNuts
Moderator
Posted: 08.24.2011 at 03:33:19


Ciel, and empty stomach definitely can make reflux worse. The trick is smaller, more frequent meals.
 
Sorry it took me so long to see this.


USA
Mom to two boys:
DS #1 - Age 20, Superbad OAS
DS #2 - Age 17, PA, TNA, Soy, Sesame and Chick Pea

"Speak out against the madness." -- David Crosby
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: admin rebekahc on September 13, 2011, 12:05:10 PM
SweetandSour
Member
Posted: 08.25.2011 at 08:19:42


Just saw this too! I eat smaller meals all day. I also take 40mg. of omprazole everyday, and zantac as needed. It helps.


Allergic to: Peanuts, Tree nuts, Mango, Robitussin, Acetaminophen

U.S.A.

Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.
 ~George Carlin
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: admin rebekahc on September 13, 2011, 12:05:56 PM
Jennifer66
Member
Posted: 08.27.2011 at 02:55:19


Yes, I eat small amounts throughout the day, and if I get too hungry and my stomach gets too empty then I have acid pain. I'm on Ranitidine daily. Also, if I don't drink enough water I find I have an increase in pain.


Jen
U.K.
DS1 - 15 yo - PA, MA, EA, penicillin, asthma.
DS2 - 10 yo, NKA
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: admin rebekahc on September 13, 2011, 12:06:44 PM
SweetandSour
Member
Posted: 09.06.2011 at 07:36:16


Anyone else have flare ups along with that wonderful time of the month?


Allergic to: Peanuts, Tree nuts, Mango, Robitussin, Acetaminophen

U.S.A.

Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.
 ~George Carlin
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: admin rebekahc on September 13, 2011, 12:08:02 PM
Jennifer66
Member
Posted: 09.07.2011 at 01:31:41


Yes, and it's taken me 4 years of this to finally realize, over the last few cycles, that it was happening! Mmmm, what a nice little extra treat, eh?  ~)


Jen
U.K.
DS1 - 15 yo - PA, MA, EA, penicillin, asthma.
DS2 - 10 yo, NKA
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on October 23, 2011, 05:29:22 PM
"Reflux Surgery Redos Safe; Outcomes Not Always Optimal"
http://www.internalmedicinenews.com/news/gastroenterology/single-article/reflux-surgery-redos-safe-outcomes-not-always-optimal/02393f8e27.html

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Reoperation for failed antireflux surgery can be performed safely in experienced centers, but outcomes are not as good as with primary operations
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on April 03, 2012, 01:01:00 PM
"Torax Medical receives FDA approval for device that treats acid reflux"
http://www.medcitynews.com/2012/03/torax-medical-receives-fda-approval-for-device-treating-acid-reflux/

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Two months after a regulatory panel recommended the approval of the Linx Reflux Management System, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the minimally invasive device developed by Torax Medical of Shoreview, Minnesota to treat acid reflux.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on May 18, 2012, 08:03:09 PM
"Proton-Pump Inhibitors Boost C. Difficile Infection Risk"
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/763776

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One of the investigators, Dr. Yoon Kong Loke, told Reuters Health by email, "Where possible, we recommend that the acid suppressing drugs should be stopped while patients are on antibiotics. The combination of both drugs has harmful effects extending above that of each drug."
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on February 01, 2013, 09:14:07 AM
"Chronic Heartburn Could Spur Asthma in Some Patients"
http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=672761

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In this study, researchers used a new, specially designed catheter that measures levels of acid reflux exposure within the patient's airway. They believe that this new method (known by the acronym HMII) was much more effective than conventional techniques in identifying patients with GERD-induced asthma.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: Macabre on February 02, 2013, 10:44:59 PM
Thank you.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on April 29, 2013, 10:14:32 AM
Thank you.

 :)

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"PPI s alone not linked to gastrointestinal infection"
http://tinyurl.com/brmnmpd

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Researchers have shown that a previously suggested link between the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and gastrointestinal infections with Campylobacter and Salmonella is due to the characteristics of the patients and not the drugs themselves.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on June 05, 2013, 06:22:42 PM
"Antireflux Surgery Benefit Not Lasting in Many Children"
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/804797

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Dr. Femke A. Mauritz told Reuters Health by email that because "in over 40% of children GERD persists or recurs 10- to 15-years after laparoscopic Thal fundoplication, it is crucial to implement routine long-term follow-up, preferably using objective measurements."
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on August 05, 2013, 05:52:01 PM
"PPIs May Lead to Heart Disease"
http://heartburn.about.com/b/2013/07/11/ppis-may-lead-to-heart-disease.htm?nl=1

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In human tissue and mouse models, researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital and two other institutions found proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) caused the constriction of blood vessels. If taken regularly, PPIs could lead to a variety of cardiovascular problems
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on August 30, 2013, 06:17:50 PM
"Protect Your Digestion, the First Line of Defense Against Food Allergies"
http://www.asthmaallergieschildren.com/2013/08/23/protect-your-digestion-the-first-line-of-defense-against-food-allergies/

"Acid Environment"
http://www.asthmaallergieschildren.com/2013/08/25/acid-environment/
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on October 06, 2013, 08:39:27 PM
"PPI use linked to nosocomial C. difficile infection"
http://www.healio.com/gastroenterology/infection/news/online/%7B0dea6ef3-acff-4f69-84df-116f6229fb2e%7D/ppi-use-linked-to-nosocomial-c-difficile-infection

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Patients who received therapy with proton pump inhibitors were more likely to develop Clostridium difficile infection while hospitalized than those who did not in a recent study.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on October 11, 2013, 03:42:51 PM
"GERD: Magnetic Device Called Safe, Effective"
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/812213

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Surgeons at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, however, are waiting for more evidence before they adopt MSA as a procedure
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on December 04, 2013, 07:50:13 AM
"PPIs May Reduce Esophageal Cancer Risk in Barrett's Esophagus"
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/815054

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Patients with Barrett's esophagus who used proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) had a lower risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma, in a systematic review and meta-analysis of seven observational studies.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on December 31, 2013, 03:22:36 PM
"Antacid drugs linked to vitamin B-12 deficiency"
http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Antacid-drugs-linked-to-vitamin-B-12-deficiency-5052769.php

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Kaiser researchers have linked long-term use of a popular type of antacid medication to vitamin B-12 deficiency, a condition that when left untreated can increase the risk of dementia, nerve damage, anemia and other potentially serious medical problems.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on May 18, 2014, 01:51:35 PM
"MRI modeling revealed abnormal structure, function in GERD patients’ esophagogastric junction"
http://www.healio.com/gastroenterology/esophagus/news/online/%7Bb75ec0e8-0af1-42d7-8c81-44f58def28af%7D/mri-modeling-revealed-abnormal-structure-function-in-gerd-patients-esophagogastric-junction


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Three-dimensional models reconstructed from MRI images revealed a wider esophagogastric insertion angle plus altered gastric morphology that could compromise reflux protection by the “flap valve” mechanism in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on June 11, 2014, 04:34:47 PM
"PPI prescription from gastroenterologist linked to better outcomes"
http://www.smartbrief.com/06/06/14/ppi-prescription-gastroenterologist-linked-better-outcomes#.U5jLAX-9KSM

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A study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology showed 71% of patients prescribed proton pump inhibitors by a gastroenterologist were optimal users, compared with 47% of those who got a prescription from a primary care physician and 39% who purchased an over-the-counter form of the medication.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on July 21, 2014, 06:51:42 PM
"Majority of severe GERD patients required long-term PPI use after antireflux surgery"
http://www.healio.com/gastroenterology/esophagus/news/online/%7B1ab4d0e7-128d-431c-ab9c-4abb49964829%7D/majority-of-severe-gerd-patients-required-long-term-ppi-use-after-antireflux-surgery

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Patients with severe GERD used proton pump inhibitors after antireflux surgery at much higher rates than previously reported, and more than half became long-term users 10 to 15 years after surgery, according to recent study data.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: LinksEtc on April 24, 2016, 07:15:04 PM
BYE-BYE, PPI.

A toolkit for deprescribing proton pump inhibitors in EMR-enabled primary care settings

http://www.choosingwiselycanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CWC_PPI_Toolkit_v1.0_2016-04-08.pdf




Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: MaryM on June 04, 2018, 01:38:58 PM
Re-raising this.  DD's appointment with bigwig ENT in Philly for vocal fatigue showed damage caused by reflux.  She is drinking alkaline water and I am trying to figure out what to feed her.  We have been doing a lot of grilled chicken and orzo with a veg lately.  We had pasta with sauce the other day and she told me she could feel the reflux.  Last night I made chicken tacos with a bit of fresh OJ and lime juice and again her reflux flared.  She has been on Prevacid and Zantac for the last few weeks.  I know tomatoes and citrus are not good for reflux but they have never bothered her before.  So, any tips on what to feed her? The Dr. recommended at cook book called Dropping Acid but her diet is already quite limited with dairy, egg, pn & tn allergies - and she is picky.  I always cook with onions and garlic and I guess I need to stop....
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: GoingNuts on June 04, 2018, 05:40:06 PM
The name of that book is hilarious!

Everyone's triggers are different.  Tomatoes bother me, and too much fat bothers me.  If you put them together (read: Pizza) it's a disaster.  I won't lie - I do cheat from time to time, b/c I love pizza, baked ziti, lasagna, etc. 

Caffeine, carbonation, onions, garlic and chocolate are also common triggers.  As is alcohol, which I'm sure isn't her problem.  ;)

I hope you can find the culprit, and that it doesn't limit her diet too much further.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: Macabre on May 15, 2019, 03:11:52 PM
I need to make an update here. Lots going on!
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: Meganx5 on July 11, 2019, 11:42:07 AM
Alright, I (my husband I guess, not me.. me for sanity reasons due to this) NEED HELP.
In April, he started getting a burning feeling in his throat.  He's dealt with minor acid reflux before, nothing Tums or Pepcid wouldn't fix.
Well he stopped eating because it was burning so much.  This guy is 116lbs soaking wet, on a GOOD day, that's always been his norm.  He's since had an endoscopy, they found 15 eosinaphils in his lower antrum, he had himself convinced it was EOE and it was the end of the world and his life.  I'll admit, he had me almost convinced.  He then had another endoscopy done, and his results were GERD and Gastritis. 

He's still not eating much, is down to 98lbs due to NOT eating.

His symptoms are feeling like he's choking, like food takes a while to go down, constant burning, sour taste in his mouth, burning tongue.  This man is this biggest hard headed fool I've seen.  (I love him, I swear, we just clash so much with our opinions on his treatment, lol.)  He's very condescending and rude about everything we try to get him to do.

What should we do?  Dr's aren't helping, Zantac and Nexium dind't help.  I just want my husband back - without the snarky attitude.
Title: Re: The Reflux Thread: One stop shopping for all your reflux issues
Post by: rebekahc on July 11, 2019, 12:29:30 PM
Two extra strength Zantac each day did not control my reflux.  Doctor switched me to prescription omeprazole (Prilosec, but rx is cheaper than even generic OTC).  One capsule each morning on an empty stomach and my reflux is the best it's been in years.  Also, try elevating his head while sleeping.  I was doing that for a bit of relief, but don't need to anymore.  FWIW, my reflux is always worse when my stomach is empty.

You should also check out the reflux thread(s) in the Other Health section below.