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Suggest Me Any Ideas For Curing Gastroparesis

I was diagnosed with Gastroparesis after 20 tests and 4 1/2 years. It began after a vag/hyst/cysto and rectocele repair in Feb 2009, with an uncomfortable bloating, with a feeling of rocks in my abdomen every single evening. It s now much worse and I feel nauseous every day and so very, very tired. My primary care physician doesn t know what to do with me, and the gastro specialist has run out of ideas too. I am not on any meds at this time. I tried Reglan, erythromyacin to no avail. The treatments and meds are so few and far between with possible nasty complications. I am a 74 yo female who up till this kicked in enjoyed really good health. any ideas or suggestions would be most welcome. Sincerely - Julia Balmer
posted on Mon, 10 Mar 2014
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Hi Julia. I'm so sorry to hear about your gastroparesis issues. I'm reasonably sure your GI specialist would have considered this, but from the information you have given me here. I would suggest you discuss the possibility of using a medication called Levosulpiride (thats the generic name). It's a drug that is used to increase the rate of GI motility and seems like it could help in your case.

Again, I would expect the GI to have ruled out that possibility before. But if you don't remember them having mentioned it. You could ask

Hope this helps.
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Suggest Me Any Ideas For Curing Gastroparesis

Hi Julia. I m so sorry to hear about your gastroparesis issues. I m reasonably sure your GI specialist would have considered this, but from the information you have given me here. I would suggest you discuss the possibility of using a medication called Levosulpiride (thats the generic name). It s a drug that is used to increase the rate of GI motility and seems like it could help in your case. Again, I would expect the GI to have ruled out that possibility before. But if you don t remember them having mentioned it. You could ask Hope this helps. Take Care