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Well, I went in to see my GI since I had been having heartburn for almost 3 weeks. When the nurse took my blood pressure - she said "Oh WOW" - my BP was down to 100/74 - she said she had a hard time getting a reading - I guess that's why I've been tired and winded - I could barely make it thru the store this morning without leaning on the grocery cart - good thing DH was there. So they are running a bunch of bloodwork, we had a good talk about nutrition/diet etc, she was very open minded. She did mention a new antibiotic that is not systemic - it only stays in your gut - it's fairly new - she wants to put me on it in 2 weeks. We are first watching my blood test results - she is checking from H.Pyloria (sp?) - once we get those results, we can move forward. All in all, a great day. I can introduce some new foods and my wellness Jus and vitamin pack that I was off because of SCD. I think this will make a huge difference!
Time to prepare for the snow storm here in Maine! Tis the season.... Good thing I have to take it easy!
Thanks for listening!
Theresa
I went to the GI today too!
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The h. pylori is the bacteria that causes ulcers. I hope you don't have that because it takes quite a strenuous antibiotic regimen (or it did the two times my husband was treated) to get rid of it. Maybe that's what the new antibiotic is for?
Or did she say that h. pylori can be a factor in heartburn?
Or did she say that h. pylori can be a factor in heartburn?
Marliss Bombardier
Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
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Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Dec 2001
Collagenous Colitis - Sept 2010
Granuloma Annulare - June 2011
Marliss,
There is one antibiotic if I have the H.Pylori, if not, it's a new antibiotic that I would need to try = I wish I had written it down, I was just trying to get it all in and I was so tired...
I'm sorry that it took your poor DH so long to get over his illness.
Thanks for your help!!! Theresa
There is one antibiotic if I have the H.Pylori, if not, it's a new antibiotic that I would need to try = I wish I had written it down, I was just trying to get it all in and I was so tired...
I'm sorry that it took your poor DH so long to get over his illness.
Thanks for your help!!! Theresa
Theresa,
Are you referring to rifaximin? It's not really a non-systemic antibiotic, but it is definitely a low-systemic antibiotic, that's currently being promoted for treating diarrhea, (and especially IBS), because of it's low systemic risks. Unfortunately, several members have tried it, (some more than once), without any lasting benefits. It's also quite expensive, I believe. It was approved by the FDA a little over 3 years ago, for treating traveler's diarrhea, and in March of last year, it received approval for treating hepatic encephalopathy. It's relatively new in this country, but it was approved for treating diarrhea over 25 years ago, in Italy. As you mention, it has somewhat limited efficacy for H. pylori:
Tex
Are you referring to rifaximin? It's not really a non-systemic antibiotic, but it is definitely a low-systemic antibiotic, that's currently being promoted for treating diarrhea, (and especially IBS), because of it's low systemic risks. Unfortunately, several members have tried it, (some more than once), without any lasting benefits. It's also quite expensive, I believe. It was approved by the FDA a little over 3 years ago, for treating traveler's diarrhea, and in March of last year, it received approval for treating hepatic encephalopathy. It's relatively new in this country, but it was approved for treating diarrhea over 25 years ago, in Italy. As you mention, it has somewhat limited efficacy for H. pylori:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16498261A drawback of rifaximin could be its inability to reach sufficiently high concentrations in the gastric mucus layer under and within which H. pylori is commonly located and this would likely affect eradication rate.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thanks Zizzle! we shall see - my "heartburn" seems to be a bit better - so, it's hopeful!
Tex,
I knew you would know about it - yes, that is what she was talking about. She thought it may help to settle things down for a bit, hoping to get some relief and some healing! We shall see.
I decided to hold off on the Prilosec she gave me and see if my more "natural" ways will work better - so far so good!
Thanks for all your support and help!!!
Theresa
Tex,
I knew you would know about it - yes, that is what she was talking about. She thought it may help to settle things down for a bit, hoping to get some relief and some healing! We shall see.
I decided to hold off on the Prilosec she gave me and see if my more "natural" ways will work better - so far so good!
Thanks for all your support and help!!!
Theresa
Theresa,
Rifaximin is very expensive! And very strong. They use it for small intestine bacterial overgrowth. You can be tested for that with a hydrogen breath test. I believe an old member on here, Mike, was tested and he had SIBO and took it and it worked and he's never been back to my knowledge. My 2nd GI doc gave me Neomycin because he said it was cheaper and it just gave me the worst D ever. It took 3 years to get back to my normal D. LOL. I really think that I am not completely over it but just a lot better. Even Imodium didn't help after Neo. It helps now. Be careful with antibiotics. Docs hand them out like candy. And I took a lot of probiotics afterwards, VSL #3 for 1 year. Good Luck.
Pat
Rifaximin is very expensive! And very strong. They use it for small intestine bacterial overgrowth. You can be tested for that with a hydrogen breath test. I believe an old member on here, Mike, was tested and he had SIBO and took it and it worked and he's never been back to my knowledge. My 2nd GI doc gave me Neomycin because he said it was cheaper and it just gave me the worst D ever. It took 3 years to get back to my normal D. LOL. I really think that I am not completely over it but just a lot better. Even Imodium didn't help after Neo. It helps now. Be careful with antibiotics. Docs hand them out like candy. And I took a lot of probiotics afterwards, VSL #3 for 1 year. Good Luck.
Pat