Today after work I went to the outpatient pharmacy and bought 42 days worth of omeprazole. Why? Because I'm pretty sure my stomach ulcer is back. It's totally related to stress and this would be the 3rd time, probably in about 5 years that I've had this. The first go round included H. pylori testing (negative) followed by Nexium daily and sucralfate 30 minutes before meals. For those who have never had the privilege to take sucralfate tablets...let me let you in on how awesome it is.
1- it's a freaking horse pill
2- the moment it comes into contact with your saliva it begins to disintegrate (think chalk dust)
3- you have to know when your going to eat and take it 30-45 minutes before so it has adequate time to fully coat the ulcer so it wont feel like you've been punched in the stomach and swallowed a ball of fire.
The second ulcer happened in pharmacy school- I just got an Rx for the sucralfate
This time...I don't have the luxury of a doc in Greensboro so I'm going the OTC route. I'm gonna give it 2 weeks, if I'm not 100% better or it gets worse, I'll find a doc ASAP.
Stress sucks
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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