Any idea what this crude is? It only started after I started aciphex in 03 - and then only occasionally. I didn't think much of it. Then in 04 I switched to omeprazole and the white foam was more frequent. 05 - same story. now I've quit the ppi, thinking the white foam would stop. (I am also very naseous when it happens and food has NO appeal.) I've been off the ppi for about a month (cold turkey - probably not the best idea) and I'm still suffering. The only thing that seems to help is time - about two days!!! Sometimes throwing up everything in my stomach gives me a little relief, but that can't be good to keep doing.
I stopped the omperazole because it seemed to have lost effectiveness and I'm already taking a TON of pills.
Any idea what this is and why it happens? What causes it? I need to be able to eat or my UC gets unbearable...
Thanks in advance.
Omeprazole: 20mg after breakfast
Pan-colitis and GERD diagnosed May 2003
Asacol: 3 400mg tablets 3x/day
Prednisone: 2.5mg (trying to taper)
Effexor XR: 37.5mg before bed
Flonase
BCP
Benadryl: before bed
Acidophilus, Biotin, Folic Acid, Iron, Forvia, Calcium
Dakotagirl,
I have no idea what that crude is that you are talking about. I thought it could be mucus, but that doesn't really make any sense.
If it was a side effect from the PPI, I would think it would have stopped too.
Does this seem to happen within hours after you have eaten?
I'm stumped on this one... Seems to me you could maybe get a doctor to get a sample of this stuff and analyse it?
Hope you can find a way to figure all of this out.
Hugs,
Faye
Hypothyroidism (1958), Diabetes type 2 (1976), Hypercholesterolemia (1989), Gastroparesis (1990), FMS (1995), and GERD (2006).
Faye -
This typically happens in the middle of the night or right after I wake up. Then I'm plagued with the crud for a day or so. I thought that it might be mucous too. After I throw up the foamy stuff, then there seems to be chunks of mucous mixed in with whatever else comes up.
I'm typically horribly naseous when it happens. Eating or drinking is almost totally out of the question because I feel so awful.
I've thought about taking a sample in to the doctor. The foamy stuff is actually kind of amazing. It stays bubbly and white for a long time after I spit it out. (Sorry, that's kind of gross.)
Omeprazole: 20mg after breakfast
Pan-colitis and GERD diagnosed May 2003
Asacol: 3 400mg tablets 3x/day
Anucort Sup in AM, Canasa 100 mg Sup in PM
Prednisone: 2.5mg (trying to taper)
Effexor XR: 37.5mg before bed
Flonase, BCP
Benadryl: before bed
Acidophilus, Biotin, Folic Acid, Iron, Forvia, Calcium
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS COULD BE, MAYBE BILE? MY SISTER HAD HEPATITIS AS A CHILD AND OFTEN HAS BILE BURPS AS SHE CALLS THEM, yOU TAKE IRON, THIS IN ITSELF IS IRRITATING TO THE STOMACH, THE ONLY KIND THAT DID NOT CAUSED ME PAIN IS LIQUID FLORADIX, VERY EFFECTIVE IRON PREPARATION, MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR DOCTOR about SWITCHING , YOU CAN GET FLORADIX IN ANY HEALTH FOOD STORE AND i BELEIVE OFF THE SHELF IN SOME DRUGSTORES, HOPE THIS HELPS!
Forgot to add that with my sister the bile burps are worst when she is under stress.....