Gastritis Support Group

Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis has many underlying causes, from infection with the bacterium H. pylori, bile reflux, or excessive consumption of alcohol or certain foods or drugs like aspirin.

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soretum 03/22/2013

Hi everyone,
I guess as time goes on with all of our internal issues other problems attach themselves to us. It seems I may need to go onto digestive enzymes now as my poor system struggles to break things down without a whole lot of pain. Is anyone else here taking them?
Cheers

deleted_user 03/23/2013

Hi soretum: I take them occasionally, and they may help a bit, especially when things flare.

However, I think I also am helped by easily digested foods, such as cottage cheese and plain yogurt (I sometimes put just a dab of flavored yogurt into my plain yogurt).

I still try to take acidophilus every day, but may be something to check out with your doctor.

Hope things are going okay!

soretum 03/24/2013

Hi and thanks,
I haven't altered my diet at all. Same easily digestible foods I've been safely and comfortably eating for years. I struggle now with most proteins. I'm seeing my naturopath today. I'll try the enzymes and if they don't work it will be back to the specialist for me.
Cheers

lalov1 03/24/2013

I've been taking pancreatin and feeling a lot better

soretum 03/25/2013

I'm now trying digestive enzymes along with St. John's wort. fingers crossed this time next week I'm a happier camper. the tablet I take also has cellulose. How long did they take to really kick in?
Cheers and thanks for posting.

lalov1 04/02/2013

What kind are you taking? I'm taking the 2 of the Pancreatin 4x and feel a lot less gas and upset after meals.

lu2013 08/19/2013

Just bumping this old post to see if anyone takes these? I have a book on gerd (not quite gastritis, but I figure it has some helpful tips for the acid production parts). The book mentioned digestive enzymes may help.

deleted_user 08/19/2013

I take Creon (pancreas digestive enzyme) if I am going to cheat on something I shouldn't..it helps digest it better for me but I also have chronic pancreatitis on top of gastritis. I also take a probiotic daily and 40mg famotidine 2x a day.

Diane

lalov1 08/21/2013

Yes, I started taking Digest Platinum from Now. Also, I've been taking a good probiotic too and been feeling a lot better.

lu2013 08/21/2013

Sounds like it's beneficial to take. On the slip side, can they do any harm? And can you take it with other supplements like DGL and even PPIs? Or should it be one of the other? There are lots of natural products, prescription meds and OTC meds out there, it's hard to decide which ones to try. Have also read that digestive enzymes can be hard on you and to take them slowly (i.e. build up)

FeelingRough 08/21/2013

I tried this once. And then I realized what they were. Couldn't take them after that.

lu2013 08/21/2013

Hi FeelingRough. Can I ask what you mean? Were they hard on you?

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