DLG

Hello everyone,
I think i may have gerd. i was on iron ferrous fumerate for four months. while taking the iron i had a burning mouth and loss of appetite. i finished the iron at the end of october and still have these symptoms. All the time i was on the iron i did visit my doctors and saw quite a few of doctors at the practice. none of them ever suggested it may be indigestion. i carried on taking the iron.
after stopping the iron my stomach was a bit upset, and still have burning mouth. i saw a doctor who said my stomach had got used to the iron tablets and now it was producing too much acid. she prescribed me lansoprazol. after reading up on this drug i decided i didnt want to take it as was scared i would have acid rebound when coming off and more problems.
i started to lose my appetite worse and found it difficult to eat. after my own doctor not being much help and labelling me anxious, i went to a private doctor who prescribed me pantoprazol. i took for 3 days but didnt like the side effects. i made myself eat every couple of hours.
Im not taking anything now, but am worried if i dont do anything will this get worse.I have the DGL which i took some this morning before breakfast.
It seems so hard to think you have to start taking a drug when you havent had any tests done or anything to make sure you need it.
its not like an antibiotic or something you take then that is the end of the course. with the ppi's you could end up keep taking and get worse.
I read that someone on here i think it was danie took the DGL and got better , was wondering if you took ppi for a month then the liquourice?
Hope someone can help.
Saffy.

Saffy. Oops my finger touched the wrong button. What I was going to say above is to see the GI My best for you.

Saffy, do you have an established cause for your anaemia? If you haven't then you need to pursue that too. The PPIs can worsen anaemia, in my opinion, because they reduce your stomach acid and you cannot get the iron out of the food. I became more anaemic on PPIs than I was off them and ended up having iron infusion. However, if there is something going on in your GI tract that is causing the anaemia then you must follow that up. It would be worth being tested for Helicobacter and coeliac disease if you get the chance.

However, if your iron deficiency is caused by something else, like a gynae problem, then you could ask for iron infusion instead of oral iron.

As Denise said, you could also try Gaviscon and Ranitidine.

I use DGL and it helps me a bit, but for me it doesn't have a potent effect.

Hope you make some progress soon - it's always hard in the early days.

MMM