Acid Reflux with Parkinsons

Thanks for bringing up this topic, @susan62. This same symptom was mentioned by, @portera64. Her mother had nausea type problems for many years before she was diagnosed with Parkinson's. Perhaps she will join in this conversation to talk about it as well.

@susan62, have you had a GI check up to be sure there aren't any other GI problems that might be causing the GERD/reflux problem?

@susan62 My mom has severe nausea from the medication and has been struggling with undiagnosed nausea for a very long time / she doesn't have reflux and we are actually moving up appointment with neuro to investigate options- they recommended to her make sure to take with something sweet- so she has been using apple juice in large volumes rather than taking with water - with no relief. I wish you comfort and hope it eases for you.

Thx so much for your input! I am seeing my neurologist on the 19th. I sympathize so much with your mother. My nausea is very low it seems compared to hers. I feel so badly that she has endured it for so long. I hope she finds relief. Take care.

Hi Teresa. No, I haven’t seen a GI. Seeing my neurologist on the 19th and it is one of the questions on my list. I have never had any sort of acid reflux/GERD, etc. before taking the Sinemet. Started when I was at a much higher dose and now is still with me. I Googled it and found a very interesting article about acid reflex/GERD, etc. In it they said it was quite common for people who have PD. Great ☹️

@susan62 I certainly agree with that, 😢

If you can find the link and post it sometime, I would like to read it as well. I know that constipation is a problem for PD, but I had not heard of GERD.

Here it is...www.nutritionucanlivewith.com Parkinson’s Disease and Acid Reflux

Thanks, @susan62

I have GERD and It is controlled by Lanzoprozol. Occasionally I have to tke an OTC antiacid in additional. You could ask your neurologist about this or your primary care doctor. Whichever one you ask and get the prescription from make sure the other one knows what you're taking. It might be best to ask your neurologist first because shewill have a neurology perspective. There are severeal meds for this snd your neurologist is likely to know more about how different meds affect /or interact with your PD meds and your primary care might not be aware of those interactions..