, Lansoprrazole...(Vioxx...)

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Hi,

May I ask, what is this...and what is it for...and is it usually used in

conjunction with/(or helps with?)...the Vioxx???

Thanks,

Cheri

> Vioxx has some side effects. All drugs do. The old style NSAIDs

> destroyed my stomach and my stomach is happy (ish) on the Vioxx as long

> as I take my Lansoprazole six hours later.

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In message <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.1011011073258.5793A-100000@vtn1>, Randy

Fidgeon writes

>Hi,

> May I ask, what is this...and what is it for...and is it usually used in

>conjunction with/(or helps with?)...the Vioxx???

>Thanks,

>Cheri

>

>> Vioxx has some side effects. All drugs do. The old style NSAIDs

>> destroyed my stomach and my stomach is happy (ish) on the Vioxx as long

>> as I take my Lansoprazole six hours later.

Right. Lansoprazole is a stomach medication given to relieve heartburn

and other symptoms of gastro oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that

occur when acid from the stomach irritates the oesophagus, the tube that

connects the mouth to the stomach. This is the GENERIC name, as brand

names vary from country to country. My stomach was so badly damaged by

diclofenac so that even COX-2s make my stomach unhappy. If I take

Lansoprazole six hours after my Vioxx, the Vioxx works properly AND my

stomach is happy (unless my IBS is playing up).

--

Fuller

Winchester, England

HEDS (VEDS overlay), FMS, OA, IBS, lumbar scoliosis, tinnitus, some hearing

loss, stomach problems, chronic depression, multiple allergies, asthma....

Please excuse any typos or odd phrases. I am talking to the Dragon.