Re: Acid blockers

[Guest guest]

Jerry,

The only acid blocker that causes pancreatitis that I can find is PRILOSEC. Is

says: Gastrointestinal: Pancreatitis (some fatal),

Thats available over the counter and is cheaper than the prescription ones but

who wants to take that chance! If you can find evidence of the others let me

know as I will take my husband and son off of them.

Sandy in Ca

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Sometimes these new " acid blockers " exacerbate pancreatitis. If your pain

levels get worse while on it, you should call your doc and discontinue its

use.

[Guest guest]

Sandy,

Yeah, it pays to look at adverse reactions and side effects of all the drugs

we're prescribed. You never know when something will come back and bite you.

I was on Prilosec for years before I had my pancreatitis diagnosis. A buddy

of mine who is a pharmacist warned me about it after I was diagnosed. My doc

told me that the type of problems I was having were not cause by a reaction

to Prilosec. I trust him implicitly, so he must have been right. I had

symptoms of pancreatitis irregularly for at least ten years before then

anyway. The disease sort of crept up on me.

I took a course of Zithromax (the antibiotic) three years ago for bronchitis

and ended up spending a week in the hospital with a terrible attack. Some of

you newbies might want to remember that, now that we are moving into the

cold and flu season. I know I'm not the only guy who had that happen on

Zithromax. It seems like Zithromax is getting to be the antibiotic of choice

around here in NC. When it's prescribed for me I just flat-out refuse it.

Antibiotics of all kinds can cause pancreatits. Be sure to check the

manufacturer's fact sheet before taking anything.

Bottom-line Sandy and everyone: ALWAYS, ALWAYS check the adverse reactions

and side effects sections of the information sheet you receive with ANY

drug. If you don't get the sheet the manufacturer supplies with the med,

check it out on the drug's web site on the Internet or ask the pharmacist

for one. They have tons of them laying around. DO NOT rely on the sheet the

pharmacy prints-up and gives you with your prescription. Please go to the

source the manufacturer supplies. It is very exhaustive most of the time and

you should get a heads-up about any complications or conflicts. It never

hurts to check drug interactions, either. You need to make sure a new drug

that you are prescribed does cause a negative reaction with a drug you are

already taking. The field is so vast now, that no one doctor can have

command of it. You need to check it yourself.

Hope This Helps,

Jerry/NC

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>

> Jerry,

>

> The only acid blocker that causes pancreatitis that I can find is

> PRILOSEC. Is says: Gastrointestinal: Pancreatitis (some fatal),

> Thats available over the counter and is cheaper than the prescription ones

> but who wants to take that chance! If you can find evidence of the others

> let me know as I will take my husband and son off of them.

>

> Sandy in Ca

> -------------- Original message --------------

> Sometimes these new " acid blockers " exacerbate pancreatitis. If your pain

> levels get worse while on it, you should call your doc and discontinue its

> use.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jerry, I did not know about antibiotics causing pancreatitis! Right

before I had my first attack, I was on a few rounds of them.

SO does this mean they damage it permanently or can it calm down and

go away? Or do they just flare up an already compromised pancreas?

Interesting.

Eileen

[Guest guest]

Jerry: You are correct about Zithromax. That is the brand name for

azithromycin. All " mycin " drugs have a side effect of

pancreatitis. I remember when Iw as first diagnosed with

pancreatitis. I went back 6 monhts and looked into the ER visits 4

of them were for some kind of virus or infection where they had

given me Zithromax and I would wind up in the hospital but at that

time they did not know what was going on. Now we know. Sulfa drugs,

and mycin drugs both cause pancreatitis as well as others.

Kaye

In pancreatitis , Jerry Pople <jmpople@g...> wrote:

> Sandy,

>

> Yeah, it pays to look at adverse reactions and side effects of all

the drugs

> we're prescribed. You never know when something will come back and

bite you.

> I was on Prilosec for years before I had my pancreatitis

diagnosis. A buddy

> of mine who is a pharmacist warned me about it after I was

diagnosed. My doc

> told me that the type of problems I was having were not cause by a

reaction

> to Prilosec. I trust him implicitly, so he must have been right. I

had

> symptoms of pancreatitis irregularly for at least ten years before

then

> anyway. The disease sort of crept up on me.

>

> I took a course of Zithromax (the antibiotic) three years ago for

bronchitis

> and ended up spending a week in the hospital with a terrible

attack. Some of

> you newbies might want to remember that, now that we are moving

into the

> cold and flu season. I know I'm not the only guy who had that

happen on

> Zithromax. It seems like Zithromax is getting to be the antibiotic

of choice

> around here in NC. When it's prescribed for me I just flat-out

refuse it.

> Antibiotics of all kinds can cause pancreatits. Be sure to check

the

> manufacturer's fact sheet before taking anything.

>

> Bottom-line Sandy and everyone: ALWAYS, ALWAYS check the adverse

reactions

> and side effects sections of the information sheet you receive

with ANY

> drug. If you don't get the sheet the manufacturer supplies with

the med,

> check it out on the drug's web site on the Internet or ask the

pharmacist

> for one. They have tons of them laying around. DO NOT rely on the

sheet the

> pharmacy prints-up and gives you with your prescription. Please go

to the

> source the manufacturer supplies. It is very exhaustive most of

the time and

> you should get a heads-up about any complications or conflicts. It

never

> hurts to check drug interactions, either. You need to make sure a

new drug

> that you are prescribed does cause a negative reaction with a drug

you are

> already taking. The field is so vast now, that no one doctor can

have

> command of it. You need to check it yourself.

>

> Hope This Helps,

>

> Jerry/NC

> *****************************************

>

> >

> > Jerry,

> >

> > The only acid blocker that causes pancreatitis that I can find is

> > PRILOSEC. Is says: Gastrointestinal: Pancreatitis (some fatal),

> > Thats available over the counter and is cheaper than the

prescription ones

> > but who wants to take that chance! If you can find evidence of

the others

> > let me know as I will take my husband and son off of them.

> >

> > Sandy in Ca

> > -------------- Original message --------------

> > Sometimes these new " acid blockers " exacerbate pancreatitis. If

your pain

> > levels get worse while on it, you should call your doc and

discontinue its

> > use.

> >

> >

>

>

>