Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 654 Location: The Good Ole Alabama
Heartburn!! Posted: 08-14-06 11:20am
Hey ladies!
I have been having horrible heartburn
since 6 weeks. Im now in my 16 weeks and
this is really starting to agrivate me.
It seems like everything I eat or drink
turns into heartburn or acid reflux. I
dont know what to do to get any relief.
My doctor prescribe me zantac but it only
worked for a couple of weeks so im
guessing my body go ammuned to it, quick!
Maalox doesnt work either.
Is there anyone out there had this same
problem and got in under control?? I
will be grateful for any suggestions!!
Thanks,
alexa
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diamondsz
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Posted: 08-14-06 11:25am
I went through the exact same thing and
ended up on prescription, one condition
before the precribe is that you tried
zantac for over a month as it does take
time to finally start working.
I was talking gaviscon then went to maalox
with zantac and tums anyways I got a
precription of losec or prilosec (in the
states) and it worked after about 1 1/2
weeks after using it..
Talk to your dr cause I know some ppl cant
take it but the stuff worked miracles but
cost me about 57$/per month
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rosejackson
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Posted: 08-14-06 14:17pm
I get so much heartburn at night or
whenever I try to sleep and I take rennie,
which helps
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foxy
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Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 487 Location: Nassau, Bahamas
Posted: 08-14-06 14:43pm
Are you sure that the heartburn is cause
by too much acid in your stomach?
Sometimes heartburn can be caused by too
little acid in your stomach...And the food
isn't broken down as it should and it
causes a gas buildup which in turn causes
the heart burn and acid reflux...And by
taking zantax, maalox, tums etc can
agrivate the problem because it
neutralises the little bit of acid you do
have in your stomach , so when the
medicine wears off what happens is the
stomach works overtime and produces more
acid much more than your stomach
need...Hence causing a more severe
heartburn.
To find out if your stomach is not
producing enough acid you can take a
teaspoon of vinegar/lime/lemon juice or a
glass of orange juice and if it feels
better then you know you are not producing
enough acid....If the reflux stays the
same or gets worse then you know you have
too much acid.
are you sure that the
heartburn is cause by too much acid in
your stomach? Sometimes heartburn can
be caused by too little acid in your
stomach...And the food isn't broken down
as it should and it causes a gas buildup
which in turn causes the heart burn and
acid reflux...And by taking zantax,
maalox, tums etc can agrivate the problem
because it neutralises the little bit of
acid you do have in your stomach , so when
the medicine wears off what happens is the
stomach works overtime and produces more
acid much more than your stomach
need...Hence causing a more severe
heartburn.
To find out if your stomach is not
producing enough acid you can take a
teaspoon of vinegar/lime/lemon juice or a
glass of orange juice and if it feels
better then you know you are not producing
enough acid....If the reflux stays the
same or gets worse then you know you have
too much acid.
Hth
kacey
this is only true with calcium antacids.
Not zantac or prilosec or previcid.
Many people build a tolerance to zantac
that is why it stops working. Prilosec,
previcid, and zegerid are the most
effective for reflux.
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natzcee
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 288 Location: glasgow
Posted: 08-14-06 17:05pm
Drink lots of a milk and tea its realy
good for heart burn, creamy things like
creamy pastas and custard are realy good
aswell
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alexa84
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Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 654 Location: The Good Ole Alabama
Posted: 08-14-06 18:38pm
Im willing to try anything! Im so tired
of feeling so gross. If it wasnt bacause
of heartburn, I would be having a
wonderful pregnancy. Thanks for your
replys, I will definatly try some of those
ideas.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 08-15-06 18:30pm
Tea actually made mine sooo much worse!!
Girl, I had heartburn the entire
pregnancy!!! It sucked soooooo bad I
would actually cry. I drank, literally, a
gallon of milk a day. (it was my craving
and the reason for my stretch marks) I had
to have vitamin d whole milk!!! And I
still got heartburn.
I never went anywhere without my extra
strength rolaids!! Yummmm!!! They saved
my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then my .Dr
put me on zantac 150. But I prefered my
rolaids. They dissovled quick and they
were yummy!! I got the fresh mint kind!
Towards the end, I had to eat/drink no
less than an hour before bed or it would
shoot right back up!!! Horrible. I'd be
sleeping and !!!!!Wham!!!!!! Up comes my
water. It was horrible!!!!!!
Even during labor I had heartburn. I
thought I was gonna puke when I was
pushing!! But it was allll good. After I
had her, it was craaazy to be able to eat
then sleep!!!!!!! On my belly to boot!!
Sarah
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rosejackson
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Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 4360 Location: hertfordshire, england
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Posted: 08-16-06 00:59am
I spoke to my midwife about my heartburn
yesterday and she told me to go to the
doctors and theyll perscribe me gaviscon,
hope it works :d
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Keithann
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 22
Posted: 08-16-06 01:27am
I had really bad heartburn during the last
20 weeks of my pregnancy. I went from
really bad morning sickness for 20 weeks
right into the heartburn from hell!! I
totally understand your pain - I cryed
too. I tried many,many things and never
did get a handle on it. The .Previcid
probably worked the best for me. I became
immune to the zantac as well. One good
thing, it went away the minute my daughter
was born!! I did find that liquid
ant-acid seemed to work a bit better than
tablets (of the otc types) take care, I
hope you're feeling better soon!
