Posted on 08/10/2007 12:59:21 AM PDT by neverdem
Umm...Did you read my previous post about how Prilosec gave me heart palpitations? ;-)
My memory is so bad.. LOL
Never mind.
-Now I take a whey protein powder,-
What is that, who makes it and why does it work?
“Went to the Doc. EKG, stress test, cardiac cath, angioplasty and two stents later...my heart burn is gone!
The moral to the story is, if antacids don’t make your heartburn go away and stay away, it isn’t heart burn, and you should call 911.”
A lot patients in your situation fail with the antacids and that is why the doctors use the anti GERD pills to eliminate that GERD is causing the problem.
You are young to have this condition. However, with the new stents and cardio procedures, you can live a good life.
A doctor friend of ours had similiar problems. He is a biker and power walker and weighs the same as he did in college when he was a runner. The anti GERD pills didn’t work, and he went to the ER and got admitted with atrial flutter.
He had the cardio ablation therapy (link below) and a stent. He is doing great and looks like he is 30 something instead of 60 something.
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?fr=ybr_sbc&p=cardio%20ablation%20therapy
$inator Hilliarly will kill this great medical system we have in America if she is elected in 2008.
How long does a six ounce bottle of whey last you? Is it in tablet form?
It’s in powder form, so I use one rounded teaspoon three times a day mixed with water. I would say it lasts me about one month. It really seemed like a miracle to me that this stuff would work, since every time I tried getting off the Prilosec the reflux came back within days. I guess this GI Soother helps promote the good bacteria in the digestive tract. Hope that helps!
Twenty bucks worth of Prilosec lasts a month, too. Guess I’ll stick with it. Thanks!
for later
I was wondering about this too. I think Nutrilite has one.
My Dr drinks those as well, so do I.
Can’t hurt and they help digestion for sure.
Thanks.
**When I took Prilosec for a while, I got heart palpitations. Then I would go off it, and within a day the heart palpitations went away. Then I’d go back on the Prilosec, and within a week or so the palpitations would come back. Rinse and repeat. So I know it was the Prilosec causing the palps. Since I stopped taking it, those palpitations have never returned.**
Was this atrial fibillations?
Interesting if it was.
I don’t know what it was, because when I told my doctor about having palpitations, he dismissed it, saying, “That’s not medically possible!”
I found a new doctor.
And then I found a nutritionist (who owns the company that makes the product I mentioned above) who is much nicer and is a better listener than any doctor I’ve encoutered.
I’m talking about Multi enzymes. Pepsin, Betaine hydrochloride, etc.
note: stomach will empty and give relief either way you to. Multi enzymes is a more natural process.
I’m talking about Multi enzymes. Pepsin, Betaine hydrochloride, etc.
note: stomach will empty and give relief either way you to. Multi enzymes is a more natural process.
So you are talking about the whey protein powder,??
Hmm...not sure which of my comments you are referring to.
The link I posted in #25 is for the whey protein powder.
The discussion about getting heart palpitations from the Prilosec is about the Prilosec.
Does that answer your question?
Well, cost is one consideration. Another consideration is that Prilosec interferes with your body’s natural digestive activity. Whey protein powder, and other probiotics, simply support your body’s natural digestive activity. Personally, I choose the latter.
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