Just adding another link some of you might be interested in: http://chriskresser.com/how-your-antacid-drug-is-making-you-sick-part-b I haven’t read it yet but Chris is usually pretty good.
beware of charlatans they are all around you!
Chris Kresser is dangerous. He has no idea what he is doing; he just found some “follow the steps” approach to “treating” people and is running with it. He’s about money, and in a niche with very little legitimate research or regulations, he’s raking it in. If you spend any time picking apart his articles, you quickly see how skewed his “research” statistics are, and how he has an agenda that he is following. He will use any blurb, completely out of context, as long as it backs up his point. One of my favorites is a Cochran Review that he quoted in his home birth article, “There is no strong evidence to favour either home or hospital birth for selected low-risk pregnant women.” Well if you go to the results of the study, they explain that the study (of 11 women) was “too small to be able to draw conclusions;” so, of course there is “no strong evidence,” and there is no weak evidence, and there is no evidence of anything at all from that study. That didn’t stop him from using the blurb to falsely support his agenda. This is the person he is, and this will be the treatment you receive. Beware of people like this; if you really think you have a medical problem please go to an actual doctor first. They’re not all good, they’re not all bad, but right now it’s your best shot at figuring out what’s wrong… Might take seeing a couple of different MDs, but just don’t buy anything that this guy tells you as actual evidence based medicine. He talks loud and has lots to say, but when you dig through it, you’ll find that he’s uneducated, unable to glean the important outcomes of research studies and just doesn’t care about the truth, unless it’s in his corner and in his bank account. In conclusion: scary person, MDs still best option, please don’t waste your money; taking a trip to a beach somewhere will be more likely to cure you than him.
taken from:
http://paleohacks.com/chris-kresser/tell-me-about-your-personal-experience-with-chris-kresser-14256
Trouble with consulting doctors is that they simply prescribe the medication that Azz is talking about - which for most, causes even more problems.
In my experience and opinion, doctors are not the best place to go at all and for me are often the last resort.
Ben Goldacre’s claims about non-transparent ‘negative’ drug trials are at the very least, greatly exaggerated.:roll:
Well I’ve good news to report on acid reflux. My friend recommended bullet proof coffee (strong coffee with 85g butter and 85 coconut oil) surprisingly really very nice. I have my tea first thing in the morning but before I have breakfast I have a cup.
My acid reflux has absolutely and completely disappeared! My hunch is the coconut oil - I’m reading some very good stuff about it.
Anything to add Azz?
I was on 30 mgs of Lansoprazole a day. I’ve now been reduced to 15 mgs a day. The nurse at my gp practise told me that the dose was being reduced as it could never be increased if required. I’m happy enough with that and can’t say there’s been any difference since reducing it. I have missed a few doses in the past and end up feeling rotten, so it definitely works for me.
Anti acids-only gaviscon, not sure I want any more tablets,I`m on 9 or 10 as it is. 9/10 depends on my dose of warfarin,then there is the BP,Cholesterol and Diabetes. Hey ho
That’s interesting Sandy.
Both coconut oil and butter have powerful immune factors such as with butyrate acid, and coconut oil is also a potent anti-microbialwith lauric acid.
Additionally, and a hypotheses I have entertained, is pondering whether dyspepsia is actually not so much a sign of over acid production, but maybe under bile production. Bile is need to ‘neutralise’ acid - but what would happen if it wasn’t getting neutralised? Dyspesia right!? So perhaps the liver is worth looking at.
Why is all this interesting? Coffee! Components of coffee are know to be highly beneficial to the liver. Look up coffee enemas - lots of studies have been done and they were even used as part of a cancer treatment by Dr Gerson. You may also want to look into Liver Flushes…
News update!
I am now taking esomeprazole, prescribed by “usual” GP before she went off on holiday again. Having read the bumph I went to another GP who reassured me that they are a form of the same drug but “the other side” of the drug, I decided to humour him & try them. Well the rushing to the loo is somewhat better, more warning but, still can’t eat anything other than rice & oats & cornflakes! More stomach pain & flatulence (beware) and as it states it affects the efficacy of my painkillers for my joints.
So back I went to find my other “usual” GP is back from maternity leave and has ordered an endoscopy for 1st Oct. she can’t understand why I didn’t have one when I went into hospital in June because I was bringing up blood! By the way, she was covering for the other “usual” GP who was on holiday for another 3 weeks!
I hope they get to the bottom of it before the world drops out of my bottom!
Ah yes interesting. My knowledge of liver flushes is gert glasses of grapefruit juice mixed with olive oil? Not sure I’m ready for that!!!
I can’t help thinking that it’s the coconut oil - just a heaped tablespoon and before I’ve eaten anything. Maybe it lines the stomach or something? It was instantaneous relief. I have always drunk coffee and love butter but coconut oil is new.
Anyway I shall continue to experiment and maybe pluck up courage for a liver flush … gagggg …
Although it’s bile reflux I have, the acid reflux meds definitely help. Before I took them I felt rotten. My stomach was so upset. I always had a bitter taste in my mouth - something that came out of the blue and had never happened before. I had the scope into my stomach without sedation (?! :shock:) - my choice. But it did prove that I needed a medication. I think they actually do work. For me, anyway.
Hi Alice - they definitely work, there’s no doubt about that. When I’ve taken them they always provide very good relief. I avoid long term medication as much as possible (I don’t judge those that do - just a preference of mine) my concern is that anti-reflux medication is covering up a problem i.e producing too much acid - or some kind of malfunction which anti-reflux medication does address.
But when in the grip of it - I will pop an anti-reflux pill. I have to say the coconut oil seems to be working wonders and is natural.
The other problem is that, correct me if I’ve got this wrong, you are more vulnerable to bacteria as the acid mechanism has been turned off or supressed.
Baxter I have thought that maybe if we change our diet, then we won’t actually have to suppress acid. Maybe the meds are a quick fix. I’ve never actually tried to change my diet that much if I’m honest. I should maybe make an effort.
I’ve had acid reflux for quite a few years and in July 2010 was due to have an endoscopy. I didn’t have the endoscopy and have managed to reduce my medication from 30 g lansoprazole to nothing…unless I diet! Seems that dieting and acid reflux doesn’t mix.
My GP may again suggest I go for an endoscopy now my ex husbands mistress is no longer working on that ward!!!
Good luck! The endoscopy I had brought all my symptoms back! I probably wouldn’t have one again - I don’t see why they don’t do a capsule endoscopy first, as you only have to swallow a pill for that. Cost more money that’s why!
I used to think the same, but after doing my first one I thought I was worrying over nothing 
I think they are one of the few things I have done that has helped significantly.
I prefer your second sentence to the first 
Capsule Endoscopy is usually used when other methods such as: Gastroscopy,
Colonoscopy and/or Enteroscopy have failed to provide a diagnosis.
I’ve been on my lower dose of Lansoprazole for a good few days now and have to say they are definitely working just as much as the higher dose. I’m actually glad my nurse reduced the dose. No point in taking a higher dose if I don’t really need it.
Digestive problems are horrible. They can make you feel so yucky. A friend of mine felt so bad and had an endoscopy and was told she has to now eat gluten free food. She’s been doing that and she says the difference is unbelievable. She’s lost weight into the bargain. Maybe I should try that!!
Unless you have had a specific diagnosis i.e celiac disease, a gluten-free diet offers no benefits, in fact it may even bring unwanted results, such as weight gain and nutritional deficiencies.
That is not true at all.
Gluten is very difficult to digest, it is also a known to impact neurotransmitters, as well as contain anti-nutrients that actually block absorption of nutrients.