07-04-2012, 07:45 AM
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Join Date: May 2012 Location: Odessa, Fl, United States
Posts: 203
| Re: Anyone with both GERD and Gastroparesis? Quote:
Originally Posted by janewhite1 Hi, ckpsyc. I have had GERD and gastritis for a while, and I've just recently been diagnosed with gastroparesis. I currently see a fancy GI at a teaching hospital, and he thinks that the GP caused the other two conditions: Food doesn't leave my stomach, so instead it sits around, causes irritation to the stomach lining and causes reflux.
I am taking Domperidone, imported. It helps a LOT and it's so much less toxic than Reglan. I was on PPIs for a long time, they helped but they never seemed to help MUCH, probably because the motility issues weren't being addressed.
Let me know if you want to chat.
Jane. | Jane, how do you get domperidone? Do you live in Canada?
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