Posted 8/9/2007 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
I had gerd so bad my middle ears got infected over and over. I was going to my PCP and she was so busy I saw there nurse practitiner. She said it was impossable for acid to get into the middle ear, but after giving me all kinds of antibotics that would work then it came back again she sent me to a Ear Nose and throat doc. He said not only was it possable but it happens all the time. He sees a lot of people with hearing loss because of gerd. I was in so much ear pain for weeks because my first doctor said it was impossable. The ENT guy gave me nexium samples and a protonix script said to take it 2 times a day for 2 weeks. He called it agressive approch to get it under control then once a day protonix after that. It took 6 months of protonix everyday and to get my pain to go away. Now I have tried to stop taking protonix but its coming back. I don't want to be on PPI drug for ever but what do I do. Now my wife is having Gerd they put her on nexium last 2 weeks it hardly is working maybe a few hours after she takes it. She is in so much pain she crys. Now the insurance company is fighting with us trying to get her to take over the counter stuff which we already tried didn't even make a dent. She is trying to get into the GI doc but they are so slow. I always figured my problems with gerd were due to me being 30-40 lbs over weight but she is thin.