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Re: Have you taken any acid suppression medicines?

Growing your own veg is brilliant Alan!

You could try juicing veg too - vegetables are excellent for vital electrolytes and juicing them gives you a concentrated dose (has to be fresh tho - so that the enzymes are still intact).

Though ideally, you need to attack on all angles with the full diet.
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Re: Have you taken any acid suppression medicines?

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Tried that Azz, still too much acid! I take Ranitidine anyway.
What dosage are you currently on?
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16-06-2014, 08:16 PM
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Re: Have you taken any acid suppression medicines?

Omeprazole 20mg o.m., Ranitidine 150mgm before lunch, if I feel like I want to eat, & one before tea then Gavicon 30ml before bed.
None of it makes any difference to my being able to eat anything that's not oats or rice.
Started off with anything fatty, sausages etc, then spicy, then any sort of meat, the veg, now porridge is upsetting me, so eat mainly rice.
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16-06-2014, 08:19 PM
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When do you take the Omeprazole? As soon as you get up?
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16-06-2014, 08:28 PM
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Re: Have you taken any acid suppression medicines?

Yep, have tried different times, but then get acid in the daytime instead of at night, sleeping sitting up mostly now.
Really annoyed as I didn't take it for reflux to begin with!
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16-06-2014, 08:40 PM
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Re: Have you taken any acid suppression medicines?

I would probably try 150mg of ranititdine in the morning, then the same before bed.

I would cut out difficult to digest food - food that is high in carbs, spices, sweet fruits etc

I would add home-made yoghurt (24 hours) and home made sauerkraut and cabbage rejuvelac
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16-06-2014, 09:14 PM
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I've had a hiatal hernia for about 20 years but it only started bothering me a few months ago. I was taking Ranitidine pills from the pharmacy shelf, no prescription. They really helped & I started trying the exercises below. Whether it's helped or not my problem hasn't bothered me in a few weeks. I might take a pill every week or so now.
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Other methods of dealing with stress include changing your environment, finding new ways to resolve problems and communicating your thoughts and feelings honestly with others.

It is also possible to bring down a hiatal hernia using manual manipulation. Find a chiropractor a massage therapist who knows how to manually manipulate a hiatal hernia. You can also massage your own abdomen daily for about 5-15 minutes paying special attention to massaging the area under your ribs.

As an alternative, the following technique can be used as a self-help form of manual manipulation.

Drink a pint of warm water first thing in the morning. Next, stand on your toes and drop suddenly to your heels several times. The force of this little jump and the weight of the water help pull the stomach down in place while the warm temperature of the water relaxes the stomach area. Taking a dropper full of lobelia essence with the water will relax the stomach and make the treatment more effective.

If you're adventurous, jump off a chair or down a short flight of stairs to get the same effect. The idea behind this technique is to get your stomach to “drop” as if you were in an elevator that suddenly started going down.

If this doesn't solve the problem, place both hands under your breastbone in the center of your rib cage. Take a deep breath and press your fingers firmly into the solar plexus area (just under the breastbone). As you forcefully exhale, push your fingers downward and bend forward slightly. Be careful not to push your fingers up under the rib cage. Repeat this action several times. Do this before meals on an empty stomach.

It is usually important to work on the ileocecal value when correcting the hiatal hernia. This valve is located on the right side of the abdomen midway between the belly button and the right hip bone. Just start massaging in that area and if there is any pain or discomfort in that region gently massage the area while breathing deeply until the pain goes away. Do this at least once a day.

Finally, although nutritional supplements won't correct a hiatal hernia, they will help it heal as you mechanically get the stomach to move downward.

I copied this off the internet, the link is soooo long.

Here it is though
http://modernherbalmedicine.com/arti...-2.html?page=3
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16-06-2014, 10:13 PM
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Re: Have you taken any acid suppression medicines?

Originally Posted by Azz ->
I would probably try 150mg of ranititdine in the morning, then the same before bed.

I would cut out difficult to digest food - food that is high in carbs, spices, sweet fruits etc

I would add home-made yoghurt (24 hours) and home made sauerkraut and cabbage rejuvelac
I have cut out all foods that upset me, that's why I'm eating just rice & oats. I can't eat anything else without rushing to the loo within 15 minutes of eating which is why a dietician would be useless. I've tried every combination of doses of tablets, the only time I don't get acid choking me in my sleep is when I take Omeprazole first thing. I just want to stop taking these damn things!
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16-06-2014, 10:45 PM
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Re: Have you taken any acid suppression medicines?

Self help re HH's is something I would do too AC - in fact when I thought I might have had one I tried the exercises anyway

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I have cut out all foods that upset me, that's why I'm eating just rice & oats. I can't eat anything else without rushing to the loo within 15 minutes of eating which is why a dietician would be useless. I've tried every combination of doses of tablets, the only time I don't get acid choking me in my sleep is when I take Omeprazole first thing. I just want to stop taking these damn things!
Hmmmm, I wonder if you have a microbial infection or gut flora imbalance

You can get a DNA stool test that can check for many of the most common gut pathogens (inc yeasts, bacterial and protozoan). The test costs about £170

However, I would assume we have them, or an imbalance anyway (thanks in part to our western diets) - the cleanse part of my diet focuses on getting rid of the little critters!

Did you get a chance to get your case history down for me?
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17-06-2014, 02:06 AM
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Well I guess I'm headed for the great hereafter poste haste.

Been on Omeprazole for decades (2x20mg day).
Have had a life-long allergy to exercise.
Smoked for forty years.
Eat anything I like and drink two bottles of wine a day.
Feel fine at 68.

I reckon most vitamins and supplements are more of a con than the pharmaceutical companies.
Might as well try voodoo.

Have read apparently authoritative, scientific articles decrying the value of Omega 3, fish oil, Glucosomine, most supplements etc etc etc

Medical specialists have warned me AGAINST VitC, fish oil, iron supplements and multi-vitamins.

But CLEARLY, I am open-minded ... lol ...
 
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