Re: ibuprofen and abdominal pain question - ulcer?
From: Trudi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Dec 7 15:06:06 2006
Hi D,
Thanks for your reply. I do have occasional heartburn, but rarely.
However, I am having burping off and on? Hmmm. The ibuprofen keeps the
pain tolerable if I take it before it gets too bad and well before my
menses (however, it does contribute to constipation). It usually does
not take the pain away. I have a bunch of drugs sitting in the cupboard
that I'm too chicken to try because I know, among other things, that
they'll make me nauseous. What do you take for pain?
Thanks a bunch,
Trudi
At Thu, 7 Dec 2006, D wrote:
>
>I got 2 small gastric ulcers from NSAIDs, taking somewhat less than you
>mentioned - but everyone is different, and there is no fast rule. I
>think some people can take lots of NSAIDs for a long time and never have
>any trouble at all? I was not lucky that way.
>
>Are you having heartburn? That was the main symptom I had - they didn't
>seem to cause much, if any, pain. My GI doctor put me on a "proton pump
>inhibitor". I take Aciphex, but there are several others on the market,
>too.
>
>You say the pain is not effected by eating, which makes me think it's
>not ulcers, but you need to talk to your doctor because what do I know!
>
>--
>Does all that ibuprofen really work for you? The worst of it for me was
>that it did nothing for my pain, but the doctors kept pushing. You
>should talk to your doctor about what you can do to make sure you don't
>get an ulcer (assuming that you don't already have one).
>
>Good luck!
>D.
>
>At Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Trudi wrote:
>>
>>Just trying to figure out if my new pain could be due to the high doses
>>of ibuprofen I've been taking. I have been taking it every day for
>>pelvic pain for about 2 months and pretty regularly before that for 1 or
>>2 months. During menses, I take 400 to 600 mg every 3 hours for about 4
>>days and then 400mg every 4 hours while awake for another 3-4 days. The
>>rest of the month varies with me taking 400mg once a day on up to 3x per
>>day. Sorry if this is confusing - I just take a lot!
>>
>>I have had intermittent, very localized pain in the upper right quadrant
>>and occasionally in the upper left. It feels close to the surface of my
>>skin, right under any muscle that is there. It is not affected by
>>eating. THe info I've read about NSAIDS does say they can cause ulcers,
>>but I can never find a time frame in which this can occur, as in how
>>long you have to be on them before this could happen. Has any one dealt
>>with this and what were the treatments? At this point I can't imagine
>>having to go off ibu!
>>
>>I made an appt. with my family doc on the 14th.
>>
>>Thanks for any thoughts!
>>
>>--
>>Trudi
>>
>>--
>>-Lap for endometrioma on left ovary 1999 - gyne "didn't get
>>all the endo"
>>-Full hyst and bso booked for April 2007 due to
>>endometrioma on right ovary, pelvic varices and who
>>knows what else is hiding in there!
>>
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-Lap for endometrioma on left ovary 1999- gyne
"didn't get all the endo"
-Full hyst and bso booked for April 2007 due to
endometrioma on right ovary, pelvic varices and who
knows what else is hiding in there!
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