The test ( Gastric Emptying Study) show that I have very slow digestion which cause of the GERD and the feeling like something stuck in my throat.....can someone give me some input???? what medication, vitamin or herbal can make food digest faster beside REGLAN ( which I can't take beacause of the terrible side effect) thanks all

I have gastroparesis which is slow digestion due to partial or complete paralization of the stomach. It results in nausea, vomiting, loss of apetit, feeling full after a few bites, and some peoepl who suffer from gastroparesis may become home bounded for months at a time and have loss of their quality of life. I hear that Metoclopramide is very helpfull. Its helps triger stomach ativity. I am only on Diclectin which is often used to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.

N-Ney thank you very much for the information... :wave:

I have read that reglan can cause bad side effects which seems to be the case for you. I don't know of herbs that may help but I have read that eating smaller amounts throughout the day (meaning not your normal big 3 meals but several smaller meals may help). There are other methods such as some sort of electric stimulation (not offered widely) but may help. You will need to do some research on that. But as you probably know by now, slow gastic emptying is basically your stomach isn't contracting like it should to break down the food fast enough to allow for passage to your small intestine and finish the digestive process. Your food basically sits in your stomach allowing the food to ferment and cause problems. Do a search on google (may favorite) or another search engine on herbs that may help and you may find something. You may also want to consider seenig a licensed nutritionist for help. I am sorry to say that slow gastric emptying is a difficul problem but be tough and look for help in other areas besides the medical field. Godd luck and keep us posted. Take care!

Dan

Actudan............thankssss :confused:

There is a drug called something like Motilum, available in europe or through online pharmacies without a prescription. It is the only current alternative to Reglan. But Motilum has yet to get FDA approval. There is a Yahoo group called gastroparesis which has a lot of information on this subject. I recommend this as a first step.

farscape66.......thanks for the information, I'll go to yahoo and look it up :wave:

I had gastroparesis about a year ago and it was horrible, I know what you are going through. There are even doctors that specialize in the treatment of it, you can find more about that in the yahoo group. My doctor was very unsympathetic and unhelpful. It turned out that mine dissapeared as mysteriously as it came when my type 2 diabetes resolved itself due to weight loss. I was almost at the end of my rope.

Thank you farscape66.... I found alot of information about gastroparesis...

very interesting but some of them kind of scary :confused:

It is a veryy scary disease. It scared me to death, than god it resolved. I wish you the same luck I had. There are people there who will call you and help you through it.

I was just wondering why they are giving you diclectin??...Are you pregnant or are they actually prescribing that for your digestive problems??
The reason I ask is because I took that during my whole pregnancy last year and it did wonders but as soon as I had the baby and stopped the diclectin that's when I started having problems digesting food and always feel full. The doctor's here are baffled with my situation because they can't tell if it's the awfull vomiting from my pregnancy that caused the digestive problems or if I actually have something a little more serious...anyway I just wanted to be a little more clear about the diclectin use

I took Diclectin throughout my pregnancy for horrible nausea and vomiting. It worked ok for the time I was pregnant but once I gave birth and stopped taking it all my symptoms came back 1000 times worse. I am still dealing with the nausea, indigestion, etc. and my son was born July 2004!
Like Mommy2005, my dr.s are baffled with my symptoms. I had my GB removed March 2005, many, many tests, numerous drugs like Stemetil (allergic to that), Metoclopramide & Domperidone (too many side effects), gravol, PPI's and all they have come up with is "mild" gastritis.
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