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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gimmestrength2008 11/11/2015

Good evening group, i went to the doctor today and i am not eating nor sleeping enough. So she gave me a new med and i was wondering if anyone ever tried, it's supposed to help me sleep and give me an apatite
Have to eat more, so afraid of food now because of my Gastritis, which i had to go to ER again to get hydrated, OK enough back story,
The name of the new medicine is SEROQUEL genaruc name is QUETIAPINE.
Right now i have no appetite at all i eat like a bird, supposed to take this with my sleeping med at night and then be hungry in morning and it's supposed to help me sleep. Just wondering if anyone on here has ever taken it before, if so did it help them?
Thanks in advance for any input on this subject and medicine.
Big hug's to you all

fusion85fc 11/11/2015

Did your GI doc prescribe this or just your regular check up doc?

If it wasn't your GI doc, I'd be skeptical. I'm not familiar with that drug at all but my doc also initially prescribed me and appetite stimulant (cyproheptadine) and it didn't work.

Trust me, your appetite will come back when you heal your gastritis or it begins to heal. There is no shortcut.

The only thing that I found to get me to eat was motivation and patience during meal times. Your stomach won't hurt any less (in my experience) just because your on an appetite stimulant. The inflammation will still be an issue.

shihonage 11/12/2015

No, but taking 1mg of sublingual Melatonin before bed does make you sleepy, and also melatonin can help with gastritis.

However if your stomach is still so damaged that you don't want to eat at all, you should perhaps just start with the simple path of oatmeal, mashed potatoes, eventually graduate to mashed egg or baked salmon, etc.

And taking PepZin GI of course.

gimmestrength2008 11/13/2015

Thanks for all the input, i took it for 2 day's now and i sleep like a zombie and am zombie like all day, not even helping my appetite, another med that i will prob never take again. Unless it start's helping right away. I take Rozaram 8 mg's is my sleeping pill and all it is is that thing melatonin? only, it just wasn't cutting the mustard and this was supposed to give me an appetite, so glad i didn't take both like they wanted me to. Will prob end up in the hospital if i can't eat, so week, like my doctor wanted me to do last week till i can get some nutrient's in me. Thank you so much for all the responses. It was most appreciative.
Very gentle and thankful Hug' s

prayinglots 11/14/2015

I don't know about the drugs but you should definitely do your research. Agree you should have a healthy amount of skepticism. No skin off the doctor's nose if this drug creates problems for you.

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