Re Acid reducers

[Guest guest]

To Heidi & others......the point I am trying to make is that as you

said Heidi, we all have very different bodies & problems, but just be

careful & read the side effects re the 24 hour reducers. Many drugs

have been suggested to patients like Celebrex, the statins, Propulsid

& on & on, only later to be taken off the market. These doctors

know very little re how the drugs work & even less about nutrition.

And more people die of drug side effects than practically anything

else!!!

I agree you should do your own research & then decide on any drug,

all drugs do & eventually will have side effects & I've never heard

of any good ones! My friend was on the original acid reducer(which

name escapes me) & ended up with polyps in her esophagus, which I

warned her could happen (it's right there on the

contraindications)....sometimes we have to take a pill & sometimes we

don't, but just don't forget these drugs are a big $$$$$$ making

deal! Not everything new is necessarily better. As far as the

Viokase (I was on it for years) and was never advised to take

anything with it & my vitamin supplements by Solgar, cheaper & a

tablet like Viokase, also does not require an acid reducer. I am now

on Lipram only because my coverage still pays for it, but come May

when I am on Medicare, and Lipram is about $1.00 a pill & I see no

difference between it & Solgar which is about $12.95 for 100, I may

choose the Solgar. They also do not have all the fillers that Lipram

has!! I'm sorry to have to say this but I firmly believe that many

of our doctors give these designer drugs out for a kickback ( the

ones that never have a generic).......what I heard u stating is that

everyone on pancreatic enzymes needs an acid-reducer & that is just

not true. So forgive me if that is not what you said, but many on

this board look to you for their only opinion which can be dangerous.

We all need to question the use of expensive drugs & especially the

new ones. I have a husband with congestive heart failure, hereditary

high lipids & a recent new mitral valve....We are both convinced that

some of the drugs he was on caused the damaged valve & there is

compelling evidence to show this. Often the drugs side effects are

worse than the very thing you are treating. So to all of you, don't

be to quick to pop every pill the doctors want to put you on, do your

own research first and also check the natural ways to help yourself.

I strongly rec. 2 books that anyone with pancreatitis or any other

disease should have in their library: Encyclopedia of Nutritional

Supplements by Murrray, N.D. and Prescription for Nutritional

Healing, by F. Balch, M.D. & Phyllis Balch, C.N.C. and also a

Merck's ....for $40.00 or so, they have a wealth of

information. Remember people, everyone is in business for the money

so don't believe everything the doctors tell you! I have dealt with

chronic illness since 1978 & this unfortunately, is what I have

learned. Peace & best wishes to all of you. Sincerely

Glentzes

[Guest guest]

Just to get in on this topic, I have been taking Creon for my

enzymes and was originally prescribed something for acid reduction (I

forget the name of it right now-Senior Moments come more frequently

now). Anyway, due to the cost of all of my medications, I opted to

not fill the acid-reducing drug and see if I can get along without

it. Well, I have never had a bout of acidity ever since my Whipple

and when I brought this up to my doctor he said that it was probably

due to my losing the majority of my stomach in the Whipple and what I

haev left isn't enough to over produce stomach acids. Needless to

say, I wondered why he prescribed the acid reducer in the 1st place

and told him so. He said he did it for a precaution, just in case I

did have probelms of this nature.

I agree with all who say that having enteric and non-enteric

capsules/pills make a tremendous amount of difference whenever

anacids are prescribed. However, it is encombant upon all of us to

do the necessery research before putting anythin in our bodies for we

are the final arbitor as to whenther something is right for us

individually.

I hope all are doing well today and hope this doesn;t upset anyone

sensibilities.

Andre'

>

> To Heidi & others......the point I am trying to make is that as you

> said Heidi, we all have very different bodies & problems, but just

be

> careful & read the side effects re the 24 hour reducers. Many

drugs

> have been suggested to patients like Celebrex, the statins,

Propulsid

> & on & on, only later to be taken off the market. These doctors

> know very little re how the drugs work & even less about nutrition.

> And more people die of drug side effects than practically anything

> else!!!

> I agree you should do your own research & then decide on any drug,

> all drugs do & eventually will have side effects & I've never heard

> of any good ones! My friend was on the original acid reducer(which

> name escapes me) & ended up with polyps in her esophagus, which I

> warned her could happen (it's right there on the

> contraindications)....sometimes we have to take a pill & sometimes

we

> don't, but just don't forget these drugs are a big $$$$$$ making

> deal! Not everything new is necessarily better. As far as the

> Viokase (I was on it for years) and was never advised to take

> anything with it & my vitamin supplements by Solgar, cheaper & a

> tablet like Viokase, also does not require an acid reducer. I am

now

> on Lipram only because my coverage still pays for it, but come May

> when I am on Medicare, and Lipram is about $1.00 a pill & I see no

> difference between it & Solgar which is about $12.95 for 100, I may

> choose the Solgar. They also do not have all the fillers that

Lipram

> has!! I'm sorry to have to say this but I firmly believe that many

> of our doctors give these designer drugs out for a kickback ( the

> ones that never have a generic).......what I heard u stating is

that

> everyone on pancreatic enzymes needs an acid-reducer & that is just

> not true. So forgive me if that is not what you said, but many on

> this board look to you for their only opinion which can be

dangerous.

> We all need to question the use of expensive drugs & especially the

> new ones. I have a husband with congestive heart failure,

hereditary

> high lipids & a recent new mitral valve....We are both convinced

that

> some of the drugs he was on caused the damaged valve & there is

> compelling evidence to show this. Often the drugs side effects

are

> worse than the very thing you are treating. So to all of you,

don't

> be to quick to pop every pill the doctors want to put you on, do

your

> own research first and also check the natural ways to help

yourself.

> I strongly rec. 2 books that anyone with pancreatitis or any other

> disease should have in their library: Encyclopedia of Nutritional

> Supplements by Murrray, N.D. and Prescription for

Nutritional

> Healing, by F. Balch, M.D. & Phyllis Balch, C.N.C. and also a

> Merck's ....for $40.00 or so, they have a wealth of

> information. Remember people, everyone is in business for the

money

> so don't believe everything the doctors tell you! I have dealt

with

> chronic illness since 1978 & this unfortunately, is what I have

> learned. Peace & best wishes to all of you. Sincerely

> Glentzes