Before I ask my question you need to know that I am not seeking a diagnosis of my problem as I am trying to find out in the proper way via my GP.Although I am questioning why he has prescribed me fluoxtine.
So my question is do you suffer from AR and if you do has it affected your cycling or indeed does cycling cause you to suffer from AR. I ask because by what I have read crunching you stomach when you do have AR can cause you pain and that is something I have suffered occasionally after a bike ride.
As always I would welcome all and any views you have.
Ted
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When I suffered from this many years ago it was simply due to the wrong diet - whisky, crisps and cheese in the evening. Not affected by cycling. It a frightening and horrible thing to suffer from especially waking up choking in the night.
Al
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hondated wrote:Before I ask my question you need to know that I am not seeking a diagnosis of my problem as I am trying to find out in the proper way via my GP.Although I am questioning why he has prescribed me fluoxtine.
So my question is do you suffer from AR and if you do has it affected your cycling or indeed does cycling cause you to suffer from AR. I ask because by what I have read crunching you stomach when you do have AR can cause you pain and that is something I have suffered occasionally after a bike ride.
As always I would welcome all and any views you have.
Ted
Do you mean fluoxetine (Prozac)? Acid indegestion is one of its side effects so I'd be surprised if they prescribed it for that unless there is something else going on.
I've had GERD in the past but had Nexium (esomeprazole) which worked very well. Despite the controversy, I found the generic omeprazole they like to prescribe didn't. But cutting out caffeine had the biggest effect and I've not had problems since.
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Beer, fried food, wine in the evening, full stomach ........al_yrpal wrote:When I suffered from this many years ago it was simply due to the wrong diet - whisky, crisps and cheese in the evening. Not affected by cycling.
Cycling has never affected anything, just diet and lifestyle in the evenings.
Burp.
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Re: Acid Reflux - Cycling
I would say that cycling could make acid reflux worse - depending on your shape. If you carry a lot of weight around the mid section of your body then bending over could cause the sphincter muscle at the top of the stomach to allow acid to pass.
I have suffered from acid reflux before. Couldn't believe how painful it was - couldn't sleep at night. Went to the doctors twice in one week as I was in so much pain and also couldn't sleep. Whilst I didn't have a full diagnosis initially, the doctor thought it was acid reflux and gave me some protein pump inhibitors (lansoprazole). Lots of Googling overnight (I couldn't sleep) gave me the answer - cheap chocolate. It was Easter time and I was assisting the kiddies in their Easter egg eating.
As someone else has mentioned though, it would seem that cheese, red wine, etc., can cause acid reflux. Smoking, coffee, chocolate and a few other things can also make it worse.
I have suffered from acid reflux before. Couldn't believe how painful it was - couldn't sleep at night. Went to the doctors twice in one week as I was in so much pain and also couldn't sleep. Whilst I didn't have a full diagnosis initially, the doctor thought it was acid reflux and gave me some protein pump inhibitors (lansoprazole). Lots of Googling overnight (I couldn't sleep) gave me the answer - cheap chocolate. It was Easter time and I was assisting the kiddies in their Easter egg eating.
As someone else has mentioned though, it would seem that cheese, red wine, etc., can cause acid reflux. Smoking, coffee, chocolate and a few other things can also make it worse.
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You're definitely doing the right thing getting it checked out properly - mine turned out to be a hiatus hernia and after nearly ten years on omaprezole I'm finally getting an operation in December.
No Xmas dinner for me this year!
No Xmas dinner for me this year!
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Thanks everyone for all your useful advice and information. Your right all it is an awful feeling waking up in the night due to it.
Good luck elp..
Good luck elp..
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I suffered from this quite severely about a year ago so saw my GP who prescribed Lansaprazole to see if it helped, which it did.After a couple months and some research I stopped taking the Lansaprazole after discussing with my GP, who renewed my prescription so I could keep some on hand in case of need. I think if the tabbies hadn't started to work after a few days then he would have been investigating further, but they did.
I had the same trouble some years back, but linked it to my afternoon "wake up" fizzy drink at work. I stopped the fizzy drinks, and the problem went away.
Same with cold milk (see below) - if drinking milk now I don't do so at bedtime (when I am lying down, read the articles in one of the links I've supplied), and I let it warm up to room temp. If I drink it too cold then about an hour or so later I will know about it!
Any dairy product at bedtime will probably leave me with the aches in the middle of the night. Breakfasting on a bowl of milk-drenched cereal in my conservatory will do it (the chairs in there give me a bad posture for eating).
All I'm saying is that if the GP gives you inhibitor tabbies to try, and they do work, then maybe its down to diet, posture when eating etc. and it can be managed. But DON'T be tempted to take indigestion remedies for years, there was a case recently of a man who did so for 20 years or somesuch, and ended up with gut cancer 'cos the acid had damaged his gut.
I've never had acid reflux (otherwise known as Heartburn) on the bike yet, but then I've never drunk milk, or eaten, or dunk very cold drinks etc. while riding, I usually stop somewhere and sit on a wall or some such. But don't lie down to eat or drink, or immediately after doing so!
Anyway, enough of my rambling, have a glance at the notes and links below, which I've pulled-out from my records. And if you do get the cramps, look back over your actions in the preceding couple of hours to see if they fit anything from the web sites! (type of food, temperature, posture during or immediately after eating etc.)
Get this quote from a website "Contrary to popular belief, milk is not a recommended antidote to heartburn. A glass of milk does provide immediate relief as it goes down, but milk contains calcium and protein, and these eventually stimulate even more acid production in the stomach. This can cause a more severe heartburn that can return in as little as a half an hour.". See http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/418.html , and google it,it crops up a lot! See also http://www.patient.co.uk/health/acid-re ... sophagitis
I had the same trouble some years back, but linked it to my afternoon "wake up" fizzy drink at work. I stopped the fizzy drinks, and the problem went away.
Same with cold milk (see below) - if drinking milk now I don't do so at bedtime (when I am lying down, read the articles in one of the links I've supplied), and I let it warm up to room temp. If I drink it too cold then about an hour or so later I will know about it!
Any dairy product at bedtime will probably leave me with the aches in the middle of the night. Breakfasting on a bowl of milk-drenched cereal in my conservatory will do it (the chairs in there give me a bad posture for eating).
All I'm saying is that if the GP gives you inhibitor tabbies to try, and they do work, then maybe its down to diet, posture when eating etc. and it can be managed. But DON'T be tempted to take indigestion remedies for years, there was a case recently of a man who did so for 20 years or somesuch, and ended up with gut cancer 'cos the acid had damaged his gut.
I've never had acid reflux (otherwise known as Heartburn) on the bike yet, but then I've never drunk milk, or eaten, or dunk very cold drinks etc. while riding, I usually stop somewhere and sit on a wall or some such. But don't lie down to eat or drink, or immediately after doing so!
Anyway, enough of my rambling, have a glance at the notes and links below, which I've pulled-out from my records. And if you do get the cramps, look back over your actions in the preceding couple of hours to see if they fit anything from the web sites! (type of food, temperature, posture during or immediately after eating etc.)
Get this quote from a website "Contrary to popular belief, milk is not a recommended antidote to heartburn. A glass of milk does provide immediate relief as it goes down, but milk contains calcium and protein, and these eventually stimulate even more acid production in the stomach. This can cause a more severe heartburn that can return in as little as a half an hour.". See http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/418.html , and google it,it crops up a lot! See also http://www.patient.co.uk/health/acid-re ... sophagitis
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Re: Acid Reflux - Cycling
Omaprezole is what you want. I have very bad reflux all the time but one tablet a day and it doesn't exist.
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Thanks Mark.
rmurphy rather than bore everybody I will send you a pm. Thanks for taking the trouble to post. Ted
rmurphy rather than bore everybody I will send you a pm. Thanks for taking the trouble to post. Ted
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Hi,
Sometimes the heart burn is actually gall stones, you get the scan when the meds dont work, but you will have to go back to the GP and bager them.
Sometimes the heart burn is actually gall stones, you get the scan when the meds dont work, but you will have to go back to the GP and bager them.
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Thanks NA I have an hospital appointment tomorrow so hopefully things will be clearer after that.
Would you also believe that having been given an all clear on a blood test a year ago I have had to have another as they have found an abnormality in my first one
My question then is is the NHS safe full stop
Would you also believe that having been given an all clear on a blood test a year ago I have had to have another as they have found an abnormality in my first one
My question then is is the NHS safe full stop
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al_yrpal wrote:When I suffered from this many years ago it was simply due to the wrong diet - whisky, crisps and cheese in the evening. Not affected by cycling. It a frightening and horrible thing to suffer from especially waking up choking in the night.
Al
You imply it's gone away after a change in your diet - Good News!! I know what you mean about frightening - happened the other night...
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Hi,
I think you go on them even when you regulary take Ibuprophen, I did as an acid precaution, then one day I decided to give up Ibuprophen and do daily phyisio for my back along with my ankles etc, latest which they thought was intestinal adhesion pains is actually Colic
Not that often so I am OK.
I mentioned gall bladder as her in doors started to throw up unexpectedly and after the usual meds a scan diagnosed stones, they dont need to be big or many.
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Mark1978 wrote:Omaprezole is what you want. I have very bad reflux all the time but one tablet a day and it doesn't exist.
I think you go on them even when you regulary take Ibuprophen, I did as an acid precaution, then one day I decided to give up Ibuprophen and do daily phyisio for my back along with my ankles etc, latest which they thought was intestinal adhesion pains is actually Colic
Not that often so I am OK.
I mentioned gall bladder as her in doors started to throw up unexpectedly and after the usual meds a scan diagnosed stones, they dont need to be big or many.
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NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,Mark1978 wrote:Omaprezole is what you want. I have very bad reflux all the time but one tablet a day and it doesn't exist.
I think you go on them even when you regulary take Ibuprophen, I did as an acid precaution, then one day I decided to give up Ibuprophen and do daily phyisio for my back along with my ankles etc, latest which they thought was intestinal pains is actually Colic
Maybe that was your problem:
"Some medicines may make symptoms worse. They may irritate the oesophagus or relax the sphincter muscle and make acid reflux more likely. The most common culprits are anti-inflammatory painkillers (such as ibuprofen or aspirin)."
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/acid-re ... sophagitis