| Re: Reglan
Hi, I would definitely recommend holding off on this until you seem sure you have gastroparesis with gastric emptying scan. It's only suspected to help the LES anyway, but its main purpose is to help gastroparesis (where your stomach doesn't work).
If you search on "reglan" here on the forum you'll find some threads where I talk about my brief experience; these are where the thread includes asking about Reglan.
I had a minimum dosage of only 5 mg for each meal (3x), and in 1 week I got tremors, then worst of all, pounding heart and palpitations (PACs, or premature atrial contractions) which even woke me up 1 morning and I went to the ER. This was within 2 weeks of starting it, and 1 day after stopping it (I finally got skittish about continuing).
I think you should give it a try IF YOU HAVE GASTROPARESIS (again, it's not clear it helps the LES), but don't bother until then and if you try it, stop it immediately upon any nervous-system type symptoms. Don't "tough it out" like I did.
I knew all along that Reglan has a very bad reputation for all kinds of nervous reactions from severe depression (suicidal tendencies) to bad heart dysrhytmias/palps. But I've never had a bad reaction to meds and was almost dying to try it (yes, I heard about the possible LES connection). When I was diagnosed with gastroparesis my doc suggested Reglan and I did mention the possible effects. But it's 1 of the only real options for the "GP". So I tried. And I failed miserably, unfortunately. (It did seem to help the reflux/nausea, but I didn't care at that point!)
Worse, here I am 2 months later and I'm still feeling somewhat frequent PACs, stomach-flutters, and dizziness. Not as it was, but still I'm trying to get totally over it.
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