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I use a drug called Sucralfate for my stomach pain. My GI described it like a band-aid for the stomach and I agree with him. I also get small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and that can cause similar symptoms to GERD or gastritis. If your esophagus and stomach look normal on endo, I would try to taper off antacids. I think I recently read about a connection with dementia in later life. Have you ever had your blood bile acid tested? I'm very low and have no alp isoenzymes in my intestines either.
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Oh yeah, my GI prescribed those as well. I've tried using them, but didn't seem to make any difference in the pain I experienced. I think you're right about dimentia, I've heard that as well. I certainly don't want to be on these. I had a GI about 5 years back yell at me to stop trying to get off of them after I asked about it, literally yelled and told me there were no long term effects and the alternative was cancer. If I could go back to my 20s, I would never have started them, and just changed my diet like I should have to begin with. Haven't had my blood bile acid tested, sounds like something I could give a try. Thanks!