Does any have gastroparesis and acid reflux and had success with medicine. How long did it take to feel better? I am a type 1 diabetic with gastroparesis and acid reflux. I have acid going into my mouth making eating and swallowing difficult. I have been put on Rabeprazole. I have been taking it since Aug 8. So far I haven’t had success. I am getting desperate. Is there anything doctors can do for me?
I have both of these issues. It got so bad at one point I was experiencing breathing issues because stomach acid was irritating my airway.
Originally, I was placed on Omeprazole which worked at first, but then seemed to exacerbat my gastroparesis.
Now, I have just the head of my bed placed up on six-inch bed risers which made a huge difference for me.
Between that - and removing problem foods - citrus, tomatoes, etc. I was able to stop the omeprazole. I still have to be really careful not to eat too much fatty/spicy/acidic food, but I no longer have many bouts of gastroparesis or reflux.
I go to bed at 10 pm most days. If I eat anything past 8, I will have reflux and a horrible night. So I was able to fix that by just not eating anything after dinner.
I’ve had GERD for years. What works for me is taking a proton pump inhibitor twice a day, and not lying down for at least 2 hours after eating.
Rabeprazole is a PPI. I don’t know what your dosage is, but when I first started taking them, I was only taking 20 mg, which didn’t work very well. My doctor switched me to a 40 mg pill, but that didn’t help much. Then I read somewhere that taking it twice a day worked better, so I switched back to the 20 mg pills, but take them twice a day. Haven’t had any heartburn for years now.
But…just getting rid of the heartburn is only part of the problem. If the esophagus is damaged and doesn’t have good peristalsis contractions any more, you can still get reflux, albeit without acid. That’s where the rule of not lying down for 2 hours after you eat comes in. It takes about that long for most of the food to move from the stomach to the duodenum (small intestine). The less food in your stomach, the less reflux you’re gonna have.
The doctor put me on Sulfate oral suspension. I take 1 tsp before meals and at bedtime. It seemed to do the trick. I haven’t had acid reflux in 3 days. I am feeling a lot better and feel more like myself again. I know that this is not food related as this only had about every 2 years. I thank God that I am doing much better. 
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My Gastroenterologist put me on a stronger PPI it seems to be working. I haven’t had any acid reflex the whole day today. Today is the first day that it hasn’t happened. I feel so much better and stronger and healthier. Now I can even eat a little more even my blood sugars are really good. I have been 100% on target on the 15th and 98% yesterday and 96 for today .
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Good work, Dee!
Yeah, it was good work Until about the fourth day and then the pill stopped working. I called my gastroenterologist yesterday to find out when this pill is gonna start working or even if it will and she said that it could take up to four weeks. On the bright side though last night after supper I didn’t notice much acid and before bed I didn’t have any then either. I was even able to get to bed at 10 o’clock, which is my normal bedtime. Normally I’m up till like 130 at night waiting for to the acid to subside. Maybe the pill is starting to work now, but I’m not holding my breath. We’ll see.
Fingers crossed.
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Oh my Goodness. Fingers crossed for ya.
Thank you even my stomach is feeling a lot better. I was even able to eat more today. I have to be careful that I don’t go overboard though. I’m still doing well, even after dinner I didn’t have much acid. I have to take a pill at bedtime but lately I’ve been taking it about 730, 8 o’clock to give it a headstart.
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You gotta eat. If you don’t eat, you die.
Yes, I’ve been trying to eat more. Today I saw my endocrinologist. I passed with flying colours. My sensor glucose line appears like I don’t even have gastroparesis my endocrinologist tells me. I told him that I was experiencing some numbing in the bottom of my heels, and in my souls of my feet he explained that my neuropathy has gotten better and that when it ink starts to heal that you can get some numbness and some different feelings in your feet. I have been doing a lot of walking after meals to increase my digestion and whenever my blood sugar is a little high. I am assuming it is the extra walking that helped to start healing my nerves in my feet. My blood pressure thyroid levels, cholesterol, and my kidney function were all normal thank God. He also told me that the pump has been a godsend for me and I believe it. When I get a report like this, it makes me very happy.
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Since the 18th of March I started to have a little nausea. I am taking 3 domperidone tablets before meals. I decide to go back on my ppis to help with the nausea and acid. I have been trying to get back to where I was before I was having symptoms of gastroparesis. My bloodsugars were doing well but yet this still happened. Does anyone take ppis along with their pro kinetic meds?