When I had the test done about a month ago my understanding was the cck was a drug to make your gallbladder contract as it would from eating fat. If they didn't use the drug how do they know if your's works or not? What was the point in doing the test?

I think hida scan for detecting gallstones or biliary dyskinesia is really with cck (a hormone called cholecystokinin) stimulation...

I've read this somewhere, I hope this would help:

this test is usually done to look for evidence of acute cholecystitis. In this case, the cystic duct is blocked by a stone or inflammation. This prevents flow of bile in or out of the gallbladder.The test involves intravenous injection of a very small amount of a radioactive substance or radionuclide. The substance is then excreted by the liver into the bile. In normal circumstances the gallbladder will fill with the radionuclide. A gamma camera is used to visualize the gallbladder and bile ducts. If the gallbladder is visualized, the test is considered to be normal. If the gallbladder is not seen, a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis may be made. A variant of this test is also used in certain patients who have symptoms suggestive of gallbladder disease, but no evidence of gallstones. In this test, called a cck-hida scan, the hida scan is done as described above. After the gallbladder is visualized, the hormone cholecystokinin (cck) is given to cause the gallbladder to contract. By using a computer attached to the gamma camera, the amount of radionuclide ejected from the gallbladder after stimulation with cck can be calculated and reported. If the "ejection fraction" is very small, one may predict that removal of the gallbladder will relieve the patient's symptoms.

Let me know your result...

I'll be having hida-cck on friday... :cry:

The test itself is no biggie, just boring laying there for 2 hours plus depending on how long it takes to get the radio active goodies out of your gallbladder. The after part was no fun for me, I had pains worse than what the normal ones are and they lasted for a few hours, that part I didn't like.

Guess that's what happens when it doesn't work.

That would be fine... I could bear the boredom but not the pain it givin' me since...

Anyways, havin' pain everyday for so many days and nights is such a miserable life!!!

Atleast, I could find the source of my problem (or one of)...

The day pain I can handle for the most part but these nights of 2 hours sleep are really getting to me. I fully understand your frustration with tests coming back "normal" when you know darn right well you feel anything but normal.

If zantac isn't doing the job any more you should try some of the other meds to reduce acid. They were changing my drugs about every 6 months to see if any of them would work better but the one that seems to work best for me is plain old gaviscon.

Good luck, I hope you feel better soon and believe me when I say your not alone.

Am takin; so many medicines...

I've tried zantac, maalox, buscopan, gascon, duspatalin, prevacid and now nexium et al...

Am takin' 10 meds in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, 7 in the evening right now...