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Suggest Treatment For Hiatal Hernia

i am taking carafate in liquid dose.... for helping in burning hurting hiatel hernia....will this be helpful for my problem! I take prevacid 30 in afternoon and at bedtime hernia still burns n hurts so I take teaspoon of carafate to counteract that....will this help me?lj
Wed, 26 Oct 2016
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Hi Dear ! I have gone through your question and I understand your concern.

Carafate (sucralfat) is a good drug to treat stomach or duodenal ulcer , is more specific to that.But yes you can use Carafate while you take lansoprazol (prevacid ) but you have to be careful when to take it. It will help by protecting your esophageal mucosa from the stomach acid .

I will give you advices how to take it, so it will not decrease the effect of prevacid .
Take Carafate with an empty stomach (2 h before meal or 1-2h after meal).
The time between Carafate and Prevacid should be at least 1 hour ( don't take Carafate less than 1 your before or after prevacid .)
You can take up to 2 teaspoon every time , up to 4 times a day .
Cause Carafate contain Aluminium so if you have any sign of constipation , drowsiness, convulsion stop it immediately.
You should feel better max in 1 week.

Wish you good health.
If you have any other questions please feel free to ask me.
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Suggest Treatment For Hiatal Hernia

Hi Dear ! I have gone through your question and I understand your concern. Carafate (sucralfat) is a good drug to treat stomach or duodenal ulcer , is more specific to that.But yes you can use Carafate while you take lansoprazol (prevacid ) but you have to be careful when to take it. It will help by protecting your esophageal mucosa from the stomach acid . I will give you advices how to take it, so it will not decrease the effect of prevacid . Take Carafate with an empty stomach (2 h before meal or 1-2h after meal). The time between Carafate and Prevacid should be at least 1 hour ( don t take Carafate less than 1 your before or after prevacid .) You can take up to 2 teaspoon every time , up to 4 times a day . Cause Carafate contain Aluminium so if you have any sign of constipation , drowsiness, convulsion stop it immediately. You should feel better max in 1 week. Wish you good health. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask me.