Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Support Group

By the way, I'm taking meds for it again (for a month now)... to no avail.

Have been dealing with Acid Reflux the last ten years. Related? My surgeon seems to think so. Same one that fixed me up in 97. Will ask him on Monday for you. Watch what you eat, drink!
Avoid doing so just before bed!
Sleep slightly at incline!
Avoid cold beverages! Right.
After eating avoid exercising!
Keep an eye on it though. You know where to find me!!

its comon with ms..in fact it would be uncommom not to have it with ms, i'm sorry to say. i've been on meds for many years, they work most of the time.

What med are you taking? I am on Aciphex. Expensive but it works wonders. I can even still drink coffee!

Oh another question - do you have Barrets disease also?

I'm not sure what Barrett's Disease is. I've also not heard of Aciphex...maybe I'll try it next. Nothing seems to work for me very long though. They all seem to lose their effect in about 4-6 weeks. Thanks!
~Tonya

Barrett's esophagus is a condition in which the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food and saliva from the mouth to the stomach, changes so that some of its lining is replaced by a type of tissue similar to that normally found in the intestine. This process is called intestinal metaplasia.
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Common antacids are

Alka-Seltzer
Maalox
Mylanta
Pepto-Bismol
Riopan
Rolaids

Other drugs used to relieve GERD symptoms are antisecretory drugs such as histamine2 (H2) blockers or proton pump inhibitors. Common H2 blockers are

cimetidine (Tagamet HB)
famotidine (Pepcid AC)
nizatidine (Axid AR)
ranitidine (Zantac 75)

Common proton pump inhibitors are

esomeprazole (Nexium)
lansoprazole (Prevacid)
omeprazole (Prilosec)
pantoprazole (Protonix)
rabeprazole (Aciphex)

OOPS - Forgot to list the source.

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddi...#3

Thanks Kelly! Good info! ;)
~Tonya

AGree aciphex works wonders. If you don't get relief from reflux meds ask you gastro about the possiblity of gastroparesis, which is a slow emptying of the stomach and can be related to MS.
Good luck