Posted by sukarno on December 18, 2013, at 14:13:43
In reply to Re: Smoking cessation ('cold turkey') » sukarno, posted by ed_uk2010 on December 18, 2013, at 13:48:54
Hi Scott, Ed.. :-)
I'm feeling a lot better. I never did have gastritis until about 2006. Prior to that it was only GERD but my stomach felt perfectly fine and could handle black coffee, hot peppers, black pepper..anything.
Most people in this country are H. pylori positive and I've read that H. pylori can be contagious. I tested negative for H. pylori in 1996.
The reason why I can't take proton pump inhibitors is because they give me a delayed hypersensitivity reaction which is quite serious. I'll get a high fever along with tachycardia (140-160bpm for 12 hours) and bad bone pain. I tried a few rechallenges and the reaction was more swift and worse.
I am concerned about famotidine at high doses. I recently had an ECG (EKG) and my QTc was 449ms (max is 450ms for a male). I had read that famotidine can prolong QT although some abstracts contradict this. AZCert's website has famotidine on the list of drugs which can prolong the QT interval.
I'm not sure what else I can take. I'm pretty much hooked on famotidine. If I even lower the dose a little I get acid rebound and feel nauseated.
alprazolam 1mg QID, famotidine 40mg QID, cetirizine 10mg BID, GNC Ultra Mega Gold 1x/day, Vitamin D 1200IU, probiotics, quit smoking 19/4/2013
Dx: panic disorder with agoraphobia, OCD
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