Will Zantac 150 + 8 Advil + Coffee eventually destroy my stomach?

[Taverner]

If it is consumed daily?

[Redstone]

1. Yes. Not to mention your liver.

Redstone

[Taverner]

2. Yikes! I've been on this regimen for a few years now

Constant pain because of my back made better by the advil

But now I'm finding I need a zantac a day to keep it down

[yellowdogintexas]

3. try prilosec instead of the zantac, it may work better.

talk to your doctor.

sometimes you have to do more than just otc meds for a short period to get relief. My doc made me do muscle relaxers for a while and they broke the pain cycle.

[Taverner]

4. Well Vicodin works temporarily, but then I get addicted

420 works great - but it only works so much. The bad days it doesn't help, but the day to day pain it makes manageable.

I'll try Prilosec -

[yellowdogintexas]

7. Vicodin is not a muscle relaxer. See your doctor, I am so glad I did.

Once my muscles quite spasming, I could move in comfort, so I was able to take up a walking program, and yoga, and I also lost weight during this time period. Deep tissue massage also helped a LOT

My doctor also wrote a prescription for a true ergonomic chair, which worked wonders. Now that I am not working and am using my home computer chair, my back doesn't feel quite as good.

[Redstone]

11. You're right about the "muscle relaxant" part. The OP should go to Canada if he can,

where he'd be able to buy Robaxin over the counter. Or get his doctor to prescribe it, if mucsle spasms are at the root of his problem.

And the prescription ergo chair is a good idea, too. The prescription saved me the sales tax when I bought mine.

Redstone

[Taverner]

13. We've tried lots of stuff

I exercise daily - and that helps a lot...

Deep tissue massage helps that day, but it goes away after sleeping

The docs have given me 3 options: Sugery, Managing Pain or Vicodin

[supernova]

5. The 8 advil a day will do that alone

Yikes!

Naproxensodium isn't good for long term use. It is OK occasionally, but it's not a chronic pain manager.

I'd switch to tylenol if I were you.

[yellowdogintexas]

9. Advil is Ibuprofin. Aleeve is Naproxyn. and my doc told me to combine IB with

acetomenaphine, (tylenol) and I got much better pain relief.

[supernova]

12. You're right, I was thinkingof Aleve

Switching off between IB and Tylenol is suppposed to be the new way to bring down fevers too.

[leftyclimber]

6. Your doc can also prescribe some stuff that keeps the Advil

from eating your stomach lining. I think it's called misoprostol or something like that ... it's half of RU-486, at any rate, and was prescribed for the stomach problem for a long time before RU-486 was legal.

You might also be able to get a script for a less violent on your stomach anti-inflammatory. I've gotten to the point where I can't take Advil or Aleve any more because of the stomach problems they cause (which really sucks right now because I have a whonkin' bad sprained ankle and I'm not taking anything for it). My doc "lets" me take Celebrex as long as I don't do it on a constant basis. Not really a pain reliever as much as a pain cutter, but it helps take the inflammation down, which helps.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. It is called, by most, passive suicide.

Something you find distasteful.

[Taverner]

10. Yikes!!!!

Ok Mrs Grumpy - -you scared me!

[Redstone]

14. Oh, and there's also the fact that long-term use of NSAIDs can sensitize you,

and then you can never take them again.

I'm in my mid-fifities, and have had arthritis since I was 15. I became sensitized to anti-inflammatories about twenty years ago, and cannot even take one aspirin or ibuprophen tablet without having ringing in my ears.

NSAIDs are not completely benign, nor is Tylenol.

Redstone

[Shell Beau]

15. So is surgery out of the question?

[Taverner]

16. Six to nine month recovery period

Can't do that

[Shell Beau]

17. That is a long time.

But you can't stay on pain meds for life, can you?