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Treatment For Gastritis

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Posted on Wed, 26 Mar 2014
Question: i was diagnosed with gastritis ,also had bad bloating stomach. doctor put me on librax. for how long would i have to take this medicine ,because i don't like the side effects.i have itchiness and rash and feel very down.
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Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (32 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Detailed below. Detailed Answer: Hello! Thank you for the query. How was your gastritis diagnosed? Was there gastroscopy done? Librax is not a typical medicine for gastritis. And is not as effective as typical PPIs (proton pump inhibitors). PPIs also cause less side effects and are well tolerable. So instead of Librax, I suggest you to consider Omeprasole, Pantoprasole or other PPI treatment. Gastritis treatment should last a month and after a month gastroscopy should be done if the symptoms are still present. Here is what I suggest you to do: - if there was no gastroscopy, have it at first - if the gastroscopy was done, consult your doctor and consider Omeprasole treatment instead of Librax. Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions. Regards.
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Treatment For Gastritis

Brief Answer: Detailed below. Detailed Answer: Hello! Thank you for the query. How was your gastritis diagnosed? Was there gastroscopy done? Librax is not a typical medicine for gastritis. And is not as effective as typical PPIs (proton pump inhibitors). PPIs also cause less side effects and are well tolerable. So instead of Librax, I suggest you to consider Omeprasole, Pantoprasole or other PPI treatment. Gastritis treatment should last a month and after a month gastroscopy should be done if the symptoms are still present. Here is what I suggest you to do: - if there was no gastroscopy, have it at first - if the gastroscopy was done, consult your doctor and consider Omeprasole treatment instead of Librax. Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions. Regards.