does nausea make your heartburn/acid reflux worse? - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

teacher2be · 02-03-2007, 10:29 AM

i was just wondering if nausea made your heartburn worse. i have started 2 new medicines this week plus had the flu and i have had alot of nausea from the medicines and the flu and my acid reflux seems to be worse. i have cut out caffeine, eating at night and all the "bad food". but when my stomach stays nauseated my heartburn seems to get worse. has this happened with anyone?

Ogreballerina · 02-04-2007, 10:05 AM

Yes...

I used to be always nauseated do to constant constipation due to the opiate pain pills I take for my my crushed spine.

It will make it a lot worse as the bile is actually trying to find an exit..!!

If it can't go down ...it will go up!

The nausea plus the stress from it causes more acid...it's a vicous cycle!

chrisitine · 02-09-2007, 06:27 PM

Hi

I can relate to this because I am having alot of nausea and I have reflux. Everything I eat or drink seems to just make the nausea worse. I am just having fluids until I see my dr on Monday. I hope things improve for you.

Karen

rayefaye · 02-09-2007, 06:37 PM

No matter what you eat or drink until you get some medicine that works for you it'll be like that. At one time the only thing it seem like I could eat was toast and crackers and I couldn't hardly drink nothing not ever water that didn't make me sick.

teacher2be · 02-11-2007, 03:53 PM

thank you chrisitine. water gives me heartburn too. i went to the dr a week ago and she put me on nexium 40 mg, which i was on otc prilosec before and it was not really helping. before i got on nexium everything i ate burned all the way down, and i was absolutely miserable. and at night sometimes it felt like a heart attack it hurt so bad. now i have been on nexium only a week and i feel so much better. i would definelty recommend it. i can eat more now and it does not bother me. it burns a little everyonce in awhile, but nothing like before. i was getting so tired of water, now i am able to drink other things. i think the nausea does just throws the reflux up.