Yes.This is my second bout in 9 years.I cannot eat solid food or it sits in my chest for hours and I feel like I am choking. Just had a normal gastroscopy. Doctor gave me Reglan 5mg. I have to try it because I have lost a lot of weight.

Is reglan a ppi? Does it help? How did u get over your first bout? Was it hard? Did it go away completely and then come back?

Reglan is a prokinetic- it helps the food to transit through the digestive system.It is not a drug that can be used long term as it can cause "tardive dyskenisia" (involuntary tics and movements that can be irreversible). I took it for about a month and then diminished the dose and had some liquid meals because I was too frightened.It helps tremendously if you have a motility problem or nausea.I had my first bout for at least 3 months.It was horrible. I was constanly nauseated, all food stuck in my chest and fluid was coming out of my nose.From the first pill,I was able to eat normal food.Very,very gradually,I tapered the pills and drank Ensure and soups.One day, I decided to try some mushy vegetables and I was OK. Can't remember exactly, but it did go away completly and I had no further problem for 9 yrs until one month ago. Never got a proper diagnosis.Doctor told me PPI likely won't work for me as I have no sign of acid.

http://www.nature.com/gimo/contents/pt1/full/gimo42.html

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hockeymom2, it sounds like you have had bouts of gastroparesis. I have it too and it took a long time and persistence on my part to get a proper diagnosis and treatment. I even had to switch specialists. My new GI doctor, who I have been seeing for the last year, has told me that gastroparesis can come and go for some people. Especially if it is ideopathic, no obvious cause. PPI's actually have some prokinetic properties too, but not as strong as other drugs like reglan. You might ask your doc about domperidone as an alternative to reglan, it's not FDA approved here, but is used in Europe and Canada. Domperidone is a prokinetic but without the harmful side effects of reglan. My doc ordered some from a compounding pharmacy for me, I didn't really give it enough of a chance at the time, but maybe it could be helpful to you. I hope this latest bout you're having will be short lived.

Hi JenS77,

Yes after a lot of research, I believe I have FD, gastroparesis,whatever. I actually live in Canada and tried Motilium which did not work for me.I am about to try a PPI I think, as I do get acid as well, especially at night. One big problem I have (2 actually)is, I am quite afraid of medication, largely because I have very low tolerance for side effects.Even pepcid AC gives me headaches, palpitations and a generally unpleasant feeling, though it works pretty well for the acid. I have a box of OTC Prilosec (20mg) and 1 of Nexium (40mg)sitting here and I am afraid to try rhem. I have read that Nexium can have very bad side effects for many people.Needless to say, I am extremly depressed and living on blended and liquid food.

I haven't had any bad side effects from Nexium, but I am not generally very prone to experiencing side effects anyway.

I know how depressing the blended diet is, I have been there in the past. I'm sorry that you're going through this, I hope it gets better soon.

Thanks.Did you have esophageal motility problems or stomach? No acid now for 2 days.No meds for 2 days. I am taking an herbal thing call Ibergast I found reccomended on the FD/GI Motility website.