Anyone had a Stomach Ulcer?

[WildGoose]

some people may remember my thread about coke a while back, which was brought on by similar abdominal/stomach pain... the pain went away after a course of antacid type pills, but came back with a vengeance last saturday, worse than before. been referred for an endoscopy to try and work out what is wrong, as none of the doctors seem 100% sure, might be a stomach ulcer, might not

been precribed various painkillers, over the time, mainly due to most of them not having any effect whatsoever on the pain, the latest one ive been given is codeine, which seems to take the edge of it, but really isnt as effective as i would like, particularly not enough to make me feel like i could cope with a day of lifting and shifting heavy bags at work

i was wondering if anyone has suffered from similar pains? and if so what were you given to help control the pain? and how well did it work?

any points appreciated, thanks
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[mchaggis]

Prolonged use of painkillers caused my brother to get the lining of his stomach to become inflamed, bleeding and cause loads of vomitting. No painkillers and a 'bland' diet sorted it out over the space of a couple of months.
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[WildGoose]

indeed, a possible diagnosis that has been made rather ironically is that excessive use of headache type painkillers, aspirin and nurofen might be the cause of this

if and when this ever recovers, i think i will knock pills on the head

my problem at the moment though is that the pain is really bad, and im struggling to cope with it, let alone be able to do anything normal, and i cant be off work for too long as will start running short on money
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[lozzypop1]

Goose... get to the doctors and ask him/her for OMEPRAZOLE - fantastic things.. they reduce the production of acid in the stomach and eases it for a few days.. (usually about 3)
Wonderful things - good for people who suffer badly with acid indigestion too
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[WildGoose]

they /were/ good for me last time, thats what they prescribed and it seemed to sort the problem

however, this time they seem to have done next to bugger all, so they have put me on lanzoprazole, which are another brand of proton pump inhibitors that do the same thing

still dont seem to help much with the pain, contribute more towards the healing process perhaps by reducing the acid
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[Whosthedaddy]

[Whosthedaddy]

[shonajoy]

Some stomach ulcers can be caused by hecilobacter pylorii(sp?) and can be cured by a course of spcific antibiotics-have they ruled this out?
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[Whosthedaddy]

[WildGoose]

[shonajoy]

They should give you a pre md or diazepam before it-say you are very nervous about it, even if you aren't, and they should make sure you are out of it.

Good luck.
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[Whosthedaddy]

[Whosthedaddy]

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[Kickstart]

Hi

No experience of ulcers,so cannot help there. However:-

[Whosthedaddy]

[Dazbo666]

My daughter-in-law is under medical supervision for suspected stomach ulcer(s). She's been on antacids and painkillers already, and awaiting an endoscopy appointment.

Not sure how effective the bland diet is, cos she's hardly able to eat anything as it is. I'm just hoping that the medical intervention will show up some results soon.
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[Whosthedaddy]

[WildGoose]

you seem to know a fair bit, tis helpful, you a pharmacist or something? if you dont mind my asking
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[Whosthedaddy]

[Pte1643]

[nrml76]

[msgander]

who'sthedaddy....

I have to ask how long ago the procedure you describe took place? It's very off putting and not at all what I experienced?!

Had mine few years ago and was sedated, was not awake to swallow tube (having ripped camera out and punched doctor whilst they tried to do it awake, against my wishes.......just a reaction and the guy who did it was a tosser and very nasty).

I dont remember a thing about it and didnt feel dozy at all afterwards? I have few vague memories about the procedure but nothing really concrete that I remember about it?
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