Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is quite common and, according to some recent studies, steadily becoming more common. The latest estimates based on surveys of health insurance claims and counts of prescriptions suggest up to 20% of the adult population may have problems caused by acid reflux. This can show up in a number of different ways from a bitter, slightly unpleasant taste in the mouth, sometimes with difficulty in swallowing, heart burn and a persistent feeling of nausea. Traditionally, this is seen as a physical disease in which the sphincter allowing what we eat and drink to enter the stomach refuses to close properly. This allows some of the stomach acid to flow out into the esophagus. What should be a one-way system fails. Sometimes the cause is other damage to the body, whether the nervous system, the spine or the abdomen, e.g. as in a hernia. But other factors can be relevant, e.g. hormone changes during pregnancy. Because the acid is strong, it can damage the esophagus or the vocal chords. Worse, it can spill into the lungs and cause a persistent cough. In rare cases, it can actually trigger cancer of the esophagus. For this reason, no one should treat heart burn or associated symptoms as being “nothing to worry about”. It’s always advisable to have a doctor check you out to make sure nothing too awful is happening to you.
The one possible drawback to asking a professional is you might get advice you don’t want to hear. In today’s high-pressure society, we never like the idea of slowing down. All we want is the pill to cure our ills so we can get on with our lives. Except this is one of those problems most likely either to be caused or made worse by our lifestyle. Let’s start with the most annoying. “You should lose some weight.” Blah, blah! How many times have we had a doctor tell us we will be better off if we shed some pounds? They usually say something along the lines that we have been physically eating too much, often late at night too close to the time we go to bed. Or perhaps, we’re just snacking while lying on the couch. This is a problem. We were designed to eat while vertical. Eating while horizontal has the sphincter open to receive the latest batch, but the acid can just flow out round the food into the esophagus. If we go to bed too soon after eating, the esophagus still has food in it queuing to get into the stomach. Same problem of flow unless you adjust your sleeping position so you sleep on a slope to let gravity solve the problem. Then comes all the heathy food bit about less fatty food, no grease and cut down on the spices. On second thoughts,just eat less and use Aciphex. And while you’re busy, quit smoking!
Aciphex reduces the amount of acid your stomach produces. That means there’s less to escape your stomach and start damaging your esophagus. It also slows down the stomach. With less acid available, it takes longer to process the food. But that’s a small price to pay for less pain and discomfort. It should also encourage you to eat smaller portions. Aciphex as a weight loss drug? Well not entirely. But it’s always in your interests to lose weight.
29 Aug, 2010
People who can always breathe easily never really understand asthma. Unless and until you have experienced that slow tightening of the chest, the reality of the fear and distress it causes never strikes home. At least, that should be fear and distress in the beginning. People who have it should learn to live with it. Millions grew up before the inhalers and modern drugs came on to the market. Not for them the freedom to squirt relieving chemicals into their lungs. They either learned how to control the problem naturally or ended up in hospital, hooked up to an oxygen bottle. Today, we see children and their parents living in the shadow of asthma as if it’s some kind of death sentence. Yesterday, we had athletes and sporting heroes as our role models – people who had conquered asthma and reached the highest levels of performance. Now children are not allowed to leave home without their inhalers plus back-up. And schools have been trained to deal with asthma attacks. The world is walking around expecting the worst.
This shift in culture has been engineered by the pharmaceutical industry. It has convinced everyone that the sufferers can only survive by using these magic products. This is not completely dishonest. There are times when the attack is severe and the drugs relieve what could have become a serious threat to health. But that does not justify using these drugs routinely.
That said, since no one now learns relaxation techniques to control breathing, the young are dependent on drugs to do it for them. For the more serious cases, it’s become customary to rely on steroids as an anti-inflammatory. Because inflammation of the airways and lungs is not limited to asthma, these drugs are actually used for almost all diseases of the lungs. Indeed, the practice is to pump large amounts of steroids into you through an intravenous line if you present at an emergency room. The most common of the oral drugs is Prednisone. Because of the risk of side effects, this is not used unless the asthma is serious or has been difficult to control over a long period of time. This can avoid the need to go to hospital. There are two approaches. One is a so-called steroid burst where you take a high dose for a short period of time. The other is a very low dose taken for a relatively long period of time.
Prednisone is safe and effective so long as it’s used properly. If you find the asthma continues in seriousness or recurs, this may suggest a different problem. Prednisone will almost always reduce inflammation and ease breathing, if not on the first use, then definitely on the second. If the asthma continues or recurs it suggests a continuous source of infection which should be identified, or that you have an allergy. If you do opt for the long-term, low-dose strategy, monitor your body carefully. If you find you are putting on weight or weight is being redistributed, or that there are swelling around the joints suggesting fluid retention, this is the time to slowly stop taking the drugs. No matter how bad the asthma, the side effects of steroids are worse. So, as with everything connected with drugs, you balance costs against benefits.
29 Aug, 2010
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20 Aug, 2010
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20 Aug, 2010
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3 Aug, 2010