HELICO HELL PLEASE HELP ADVISE???
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:13 pm
<t>Hi!<br/>
Sorry to pester all you fellow suffering people.<br/>
<br/>
I have a long story to tell.For the past six months my life has been hell.please read on.<br/>
<br/>
Meds/quetiapene 125mg/simvastatin/rimpiril 7.5mg/diazepam,8mg/duloxetine 30mg/propranolol 40mg/all once a day<br/>
however...prior to being on duloxetine I had been on clomipramine 250mg b I d for around 10yrs as with other meds listed above.<br/>
<br/>
I stopped taking the clomipramine as NICE (governs NHS) in UK pulled the plug on its funding and I could no longer get it.<br/>
<br/>
Anyway...as I came off that rapidly (within three weeks) I developed acute withdrawl symptoms.I was also feeling really really unwell.GP/DOC did a FBC and I was anemic IDA. hgb was 9.5 my last hgb level in 2015 was 18.3.I am a healthy male 48.dont drink alcohol or smoke!.GP sent me for an urgent endoscopy and gastroscopy.Please excuse my poor spelling and English.I feel so unwell.Got diagnosed with mild gastritis,two small duodenal ulcers (less that 1mm Diameter) and duodentitis.<br/>
Doctor advised that I start Iron therapy and PPI.too which I could not tolerate (dioreahh).I was then sent for ferinject infusions and my blood levels have returned within normality.<br/>
in the meantime...I gets a call from my GP..Dean..you have tested + for helico.<br/>
So I was given the standard first line treatment in the UK amoxicillin 1g /metrodazilone/omeprazole 20 mg (bd).<br/>
Struggling with nausea and illness from clomipramine withdrawl I could not tolerate.<br/>
My GP did not know what to do.So I did some reaseach and advised that I would like to try amoxicillin 1g bd for 14 days.Too which I tolerated quite well.GP advised stool test after AMOX to see if it was clear...it was but I know that I need to be off PPI and wait at least a month to do an accurate antigen test.<br/>
This has all been going on for six months.I have been left with floating stools/gas/diareahh/stomach pain/nausea/cramps and so on.I feel generally unwell,both mentally and physically.<br/>
<br/>
So...after doing a bit of digging...my GP persisted that I kept taking PPI 20mg bd.My symptoms are so bad,my diet is poor.I have gone from weighing 88kg to 75kg in 4 months.Due to the fact that I have no appetite and symptoms listed above.<br/>
<br/>
I have done some reseach on PPI and found out that I should have only been taking it during eradication therapy or for a short term after.<br/>
<br/>
I have decided at my GP's disgust that I ween myself off PPI and do a home antigen test in three weeks when it will be five weeks from eradication attempt...hopefully I will then get a correct test result.<br/>
<br/>
However....<br/>
<br/>
My questions are....<br/>
<br/>
I started PPI way back in april on the above dose.I am still not eating and the frustrating thing is re the helico I was totally a/symptomatic.I had no dypesia/acid reflux nothing....but its obviously the helico that has damaged my stomach and caused the anemia.<br/>
<br/>
IS THE PPI I AM STILL TAKING CAUSING ALL MY LOWER GASTRIC PROBLEMS???...I never passed any blood or vomited etc.My GP called it 'mycrotic' bleeding.<br/>
<br/>
Am I doing the right thing stopping the PPI to see if my GI system goes back to norm?.I want to eat and get well again!!!.<br/>
<br/>
Any advice on long term PPI etc and the treatment I have received been adequate? where do I go from here??....Will the helico be gone??<br/>
<br/>
Please help I would really appreciate it.<br/>
<br/>
Many thanks Dean/UK</t>
Sorry to pester all you fellow suffering people.<br/>
<br/>
I have a long story to tell.For the past six months my life has been hell.please read on.<br/>
<br/>
Meds/quetiapene 125mg/simvastatin/rimpiril 7.5mg/diazepam,8mg/duloxetine 30mg/propranolol 40mg/all once a day<br/>
however...prior to being on duloxetine I had been on clomipramine 250mg b I d for around 10yrs as with other meds listed above.<br/>
<br/>
I stopped taking the clomipramine as NICE (governs NHS) in UK pulled the plug on its funding and I could no longer get it.<br/>
<br/>
Anyway...as I came off that rapidly (within three weeks) I developed acute withdrawl symptoms.I was also feeling really really unwell.GP/DOC did a FBC and I was anemic IDA. hgb was 9.5 my last hgb level in 2015 was 18.3.I am a healthy male 48.dont drink alcohol or smoke!.GP sent me for an urgent endoscopy and gastroscopy.Please excuse my poor spelling and English.I feel so unwell.Got diagnosed with mild gastritis,two small duodenal ulcers (less that 1mm Diameter) and duodentitis.<br/>
Doctor advised that I start Iron therapy and PPI.too which I could not tolerate (dioreahh).I was then sent for ferinject infusions and my blood levels have returned within normality.<br/>
in the meantime...I gets a call from my GP..Dean..you have tested + for helico.<br/>
So I was given the standard first line treatment in the UK amoxicillin 1g /metrodazilone/omeprazole 20 mg (bd).<br/>
Struggling with nausea and illness from clomipramine withdrawl I could not tolerate.<br/>
My GP did not know what to do.So I did some reaseach and advised that I would like to try amoxicillin 1g bd for 14 days.Too which I tolerated quite well.GP advised stool test after AMOX to see if it was clear...it was but I know that I need to be off PPI and wait at least a month to do an accurate antigen test.<br/>
This has all been going on for six months.I have been left with floating stools/gas/diareahh/stomach pain/nausea/cramps and so on.I feel generally unwell,both mentally and physically.<br/>
<br/>
So...after doing a bit of digging...my GP persisted that I kept taking PPI 20mg bd.My symptoms are so bad,my diet is poor.I have gone from weighing 88kg to 75kg in 4 months.Due to the fact that I have no appetite and symptoms listed above.<br/>
<br/>
I have done some reseach on PPI and found out that I should have only been taking it during eradication therapy or for a short term after.<br/>
<br/>
I have decided at my GP's disgust that I ween myself off PPI and do a home antigen test in three weeks when it will be five weeks from eradication attempt...hopefully I will then get a correct test result.<br/>
<br/>
However....<br/>
<br/>
My questions are....<br/>
<br/>
I started PPI way back in april on the above dose.I am still not eating and the frustrating thing is re the helico I was totally a/symptomatic.I had no dypesia/acid reflux nothing....but its obviously the helico that has damaged my stomach and caused the anemia.<br/>
<br/>
IS THE PPI I AM STILL TAKING CAUSING ALL MY LOWER GASTRIC PROBLEMS???...I never passed any blood or vomited etc.My GP called it 'mycrotic' bleeding.<br/>
<br/>
Am I doing the right thing stopping the PPI to see if my GI system goes back to norm?.I want to eat and get well again!!!.<br/>
<br/>
Any advice on long term PPI etc and the treatment I have received been adequate? where do I go from here??....Will the helico be gone??<br/>
<br/>
Please help I would really appreciate it.<br/>
<br/>
Many thanks Dean/UK</t>