I think that I burned my esophagus with doxy this morning. I was late and had swallowed the pills with a sip of water. I meant to go back to finish the full glass and then forgot.
My chest/esophagus really hurts from swallowing. Is there something I can do for it? Preferably something I would have around the house.
Thanks!
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Aloe Vera
Thayer's Slippery Elm lonzenges or other forms of
Slippery Elm, Marshmallow Root, DGL
Coconut Oil
OATS - If you can "do" oats, pulse in blender (if you have one), 1/4 cup of dry oats until fine. Then add a cup or two of water to make an oat milk. That is very soothing to irritated tissue.
You could add a touch of stevia and a few drop of vanilla.
Avoid solid food for a day or two. This is where a blender comes in handy - or a hand held blender to pur�e food to turn into some kind of soup. -
Posted by Summer3 (Member # 35286) on :
Okay, thanks. Can I still take my antibiotics do you think as long as I can remember to drink enough?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
IF YOU VALUE YOUR STOMACH YOU MUST TAKE DOXY IN THE MIDDLE OF A FULL MEAL!!!!
Nothing less than that will work!! I will not take ANY abx without food. I don't care what the instructions say.
Find one other person here who takes doxy with water only.
Posted by Summer3 (Member # 35286) on :
I didn't take it with just water. I had already eaten breakfast and then went upstairs to take it.
When I took the pills I only sipped water and didn't drink a full glass because I got distracted by something. So I think the pill got stuck and now I'm burned.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Did you lie down then for a rest? That can also cause esophagus burn.
Hope you feel better.
WHOLE FLAX SEEDS
If you have flax seeds on hand, whole, you can SIMMER about 1/4 cup in about 2-3 cups of water for a while unless it gets thick.
Stir often.
Then strain though a colander with holes smaller than the seeds. use some kind of utensil to work the mixture around so that it go through the colander better.
You may need some warm water (from kettle, not tap water) to help it if it's too thick.
Drink the thick runoff from the seeds as a luke warm "tea". Very soothing to GI tract and stomach.
If you put seeds down a garbage disposal, be sure they are not clumped together or your sink could clog. You could mash up the seed later in a food processor or blender with other foods.
Store in the fridge for a couple days until you can swallow better - as the crushed seeds could scratch a bit as they are swallowed.
GROUND FLAX seeds will also from a jelly of sorts but it's nearly impossible to strain out the tiny ground pieces from the gelled substance.
However, if you let them soak long enough in the pot, and if the flax is a very fine meal, that might be soft enough to swallow without any pieces that could scratch. -
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Summer3:
When I took the pills I only sipped water and didn't drink a full glass because I got distracted by something. So I think the pill got stuck and now I'm burned.
- Whew! You really had me worried!
But still .. You SHOULD take it in the MIDDLE of a meal. And I hope that breakfast wasn't just a bowl of cereal. Posted by Summer3 (Member # 35286) on :
No, I was eating quite a bit since I hadn't eaten much at all last week from the rifampin swallowing issue. I figure I'd better eat while I can since I restart soon. Posted by sammy (Member # 13952) on :
Oh, this happened to me before. Not fun.
I used to eat my breakfast then take my meds in the car as I drove to work. Stupid idea because sometimes I didn't get a big enough gulp of water to swallow my pills down.
One day it felt like I had the doxy stuck in my throat. It burned and hurt my chest so bad. It even hurt to breathe. Crazy! I couldn't believe that a little tablet of medicine could do that to me.
When I fessed up to a a coworker about how miserable I was, she convinced me to try some Pepcid Complete. It helped, Thank God! At that point I was willing to try anything to breathe, swallow, and get rid of some of the pain.
If you have some pepcid complete hanging around the house and you're still in pain, give it a try. It might help.
Posted by AuntyLynn (Member # 35938) on :
I think you didn't drink enough and the pill got "stuck" halfway to the stomach, where it disintegrated and burned you.
Frozen yogurt w/probiotics?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Mylanta?
A PPI??
TUMS??
Posted by Summer3 (Member # 35286) on :
I drank a ton of Kefir I don't have Mylanta here but I have tums that I've been trying. It's not too bad until I sit up and try to eat or drink.
The strange thing is the liquid nystatin still keeps soothing it. But I can't drink it more than 4 times per day.
Posted by 'Kete-tracker (Member # 17189) on :
My friend, Bob, had this happen to him when he requested the "full" 4 weeks of doxy for a black-legged tick bite 2 summers ago. He switched to VibraTabs & never had to worry about the capsule coming "undone" as they're orange(color)-coated caplets.
Posted by philly78 (Member # 31069) on :
Ouch. I did this years ago when taking doxy. Not much you can do for it other than time. Took about a week to get better for me.
I just drank tons of water and couldn't really eat much as it hurt.
Posted by mojo (Member # 9309) on :
I didn't heal unil I was put on Amoxy/Biaxin and a PPI (prescription strength twice per day).
It took months but I was in very bad shape before we figured it out. My husband literally smelled blood in my breath.
The Aloe is a good idea. My Lyme Dr. had me take two Tblsp then nothing to eat or drink for 30 minutes. It gives you a nice soothing coating and helps heal.
I would highly recommend a PPI, too.
Posted by Summer3 (Member # 35286) on :
What is a PPI? It actually is much better today. I can eat and drink already but for the future maybe I should request this.
. . . Long-term use of the drugs, called proton pump inhibitors, or P.P.I.�s, can make it difficult to absorb some nutrients. . . .
. . . P.P.I.�s like Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium to reduce stomach acid. . . . .
. . . long-term P.P.I. use may reduce the absorption of important nutrients, vitamins and minerals, including magnesium, calcium and vitamin B12, and might reduce the effectiveness of other medications, . . .
. . . Other research has found that people taking P.P.I.�s are at increased risk of developing pneumonia; one study even linked use of the drug to weight gain. . . .
- Full article at link above. -
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- I used to need PPIs but then found DGL, a special formulation of licorice - Deglycyrrhizinated licorice. I never looked back.
The ONE EARTH HERBAL SOURCEBOOK (Tilltoson, et.al.)
He is a doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine; She a doctor of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncturist. The third co-author is a doctor of optometry. -
Posted by Jennybean (Member # 34198) on :
My husband decided to take some of my doxy for an infection on an empty stomach and go to sleep. Bad news bears. He went through almost an entire bottle of tums and every other otc...did nothing.
I got him some keifer and aloe vera juice not really sure what else to do. He sipped on the keifer all day and drank about a cup of aloe vera throughout the day.
He was healed enough to sleep through the next night and woke up feeling right as rain. I was surprised how well it worked.
Im glad there was something I could get that was easily accessible...if I hadn't known we would have been to the er. Sorry that happened...doxy is a beast not to be trifled with.
Posted by Summer3 (Member # 35286) on :
Thanks for the responses. Next time I'll drink the water before I get distracted.
With Rifampin, do you think that's important to take without food? Does it cause the same type of burns as doxy?
Posted by mojo (Member # 9309) on :
PPI is proton pump inhibiter. Keeps the acid pumps from working so it reduces the acid it your stomach. Long term use is not a good idea IMO but when needed they can be useful.
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