Noelle3 said...
jamosca said...
Hi Maria and noelle3,
I have read your posts with interest as I live in the uk as well and I know how difficult our healthcare system can be at times and am familiar with the meds prescribed. I suffer with a sliding hiatal hernia which causes me a great deal of problems. I just wanted to clarify that domperidone is a nausea tablet which helps the digestive system to speed up so in theory to lessen acidic reflux by making your food go faster through the system. I have been on lansoprasole for a year plus and found I needed more relief so my gp prescribed 300 mg of Zantac together with the 15 mg of lansoprasole has improved or masked my symptoms tremendously. Noelle3, I know you have a hernia and it's early days yet but during the initial 6 months no medicines helped me at all. It took 9 months for my hernia to settle down , but sometimes eating the wrong food or doing some lifting can aggravate it to come up and then takes at least another month for it to settle down again. Just give yourself sometime in researching the right option for you.
Also manometry testing is included in the ph test as they use that to measure the right position in where to place the tube for the 24 hour testing. I had my done in Telford privately for 543.00.
The main person to rely on is your gastroenterologist consultant as gp's aren't knowledgeably enough. I have a great gastro who diagnosed my conditions in minutes of listening to my symptoms and a 2 minute examination so I have absolute faith in his recommendations. However the main test which is an absolute requisite is the ph testing as it shows your swallowing function. My gastro said even if the tests were normal, I could still have the operation but the tests showed I had a weak les.
Hi Jamosca,
Thank you for that very helpful feedback. It's good to communicate with everyone who has these issues, but it is particularly helpful when someone shares how they have coped (or not!) under the same medical system.
I am waiting to have the 24hr. PH test but there was no mention of a manometry test. Perhaps they want to see what the PH test shows first.
The gastro explained to me that the prokinectics such as Domperidone and Metoclopramide not only reduce nausea etc. but tighten the sphincter, thus reducing the backflow of acid.
Take care.When you get your letter to have the 24 he pH test it should say you will be having a manometry as well. I had my manometry just before the pH test so they could tell where to the put the probe on the pH test.