Gerd-related chronic cough is called laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and it is treated differently than GERD. Standard protocol to treat LPR is 2 doses a day of a PPI, not the single dose that heartburn patients get. LPR patients do not and will not get better on 1 dose a day. Up your dosage to 2 pills (take them at the same time, in the morning) and give it 4 weeks. In all liklihood, if it is LPR, you'll feel better within a few days. I've been there.
Thanks for that info. I will try that. I really feel certain it is gerd but was having no results with nexium - even twice a day. I didn't stick with it very long though. I will try at least a month at twice a day.
I had chronic cough, kept being told allergies, post nasal drip, had ct scan of sinus's..nothing, my gp wanted me to go to pilmonary, and I decided to seek gastro insteas..,Sure enough LPR, and started 1 aciphex a day, helped, but still alot of coughing, convinced Dr to see if 2 a day would do better, sure enough, my life is back to mostly normal..I still cough, but nothing like before, if I eat especially chocolate, I cough right away.
I tried the 2 Nexium a day - no results. Went to Gastroenterologist. He sai if I took 2 Nexium a day and still cough the cough is not Gerd. Well, back to the drawing board. Also, it must not be LPR or Nexium would help that. Now I am beginning to think it is a combination of 2 things. Perhaps sinus drainage is the culprit. I tried Nasacort and nothing. I tried Claritan - again no help. I have one more idea, ClaritanD. I saw it on one of the boards here. I will try that. Anybody have any other ideas for PND?
I tried the 2 Nexium a day - no results. Went to Gastroenterologist. He sai if I took 2 Nexium a day and still cough the cough is not Gerd. Well, back to the drawing board. Also, it must not be LPR or Nexium would help that. Now I am beginning to think it is a combination of 2 things. Perhaps sinus drainage is the culprit. I tried Nasacort and nothing. I tried Claritan - again no help. I have one more idea, ClaritanD. I saw it on one of the boards here. I will try that. Anybody have any other ideas for PND?
I also have the Chronic cough...Mine started in May. I was on prevacid for 8 weeks and it did nothing for me. I switched to Nexium and it seemed to help for awhile. My cough went away for about 3 weeks which was wonderful, but it came back. I've had an endoscopy, came back normal, I've done breathing tests to check for asthma, came back normal. The only thing that stops my cough is oral steroids. I'm on a steroid inhaler now and that helps but again...cough won't completely go away. My husband has just been given some Aciphex samples so thought I'd give that a try for a few days. My pulmonologist also put me on Drixoral for sinus trouble. So far that doesn't really help the cough. It's so frustrating and I pray that I won't have this annoying, gagging, hacking cough for the rest of my life. I'm only 37 years old!! Sorry I don't have the answers for you, but it does help to know others are going through the same thing and we can understand each others frustrations! Good luck and keep looking for the right answer for you.
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