CARAFATE Reviews

onset of ALZHEIMERS

Aluminum burden is a known side effect. My mother-in-law was also drinking from aluminum cans of pop, and soon complained of a strong metallic taste in her mouth. The first indication of Alzheimers was her loss of nouns, for example she soon could no longer remember what a "penny" was.
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Have been taking for gastritis along with protonics, took a few weeks to kick in but feel like it has helped.

Severe pain and burning in through mouth and esophagits. mouth and espe

Heart papitaton and upset stomach.Hear

Have not yet really noticed much... Had radiation therapy on a tumor on a vocal cord... Really helps my sore throat.... Made it much easier to eat... :-)

short term memory loss. Slight dizziness as expected from this.

This thing works wonders.... my immidiate flamethrower pain when eating is reduced to a slight sting on my lower right breast..
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nausea and extremely severe stomach pains even in kidney areas.

I was prescribed carafate 6 weeks after the ulcers were found by an EDG. I was not getting any relief taking 40 mg of protonix twice a day. Because of the flavor I gag so bad I throw up right after taking it, so it has done nothing for me... My symptoms seem to be getting worse, not better although I have completely changed my diet. I do not smoke, rarely drink alcohol and tested negative for the h paloyri, I have in the past taken NSAIDs quite regularly, but have not touched them in almost two months, yet I have had no relief.

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It WILL block other meds you take, which really sucks (take other meds well before this, and work out schedule for drugs you're supposed to EAT FOOD with). It leaves thick layer of chalk feeling in throat but really helps with ulcer pain.

I'm only on day 3 of a 14-day course of Carafate (but I think I'm only going to do 7 days, long enough for the Protonix to start working well). The ER gave it to me after they found their surgeon had dug a little too deep for a biopsy during an endoscopy. In other words, I have a sudden ulcer now that I didn't have before the endoscopy, and the pain from that was truly indescribable (maybe because it was so sudden?). The on-call surgeon sent me to the ER about 36 hrs after the endoscopy; the ER dripped Dilaudid for pain after my heart checked out okay, even when I said Vicodin hadn't touched the pain. Sure enough, Dilaudid did nothing for the pain, either (though ice packs helped a lot). They put me through a bunch of tests and scans, FINALLY gave me a "GI Cocktail", and that worked like magic! But GI Cocktails wear off, don't really heal anything, and that's why they gave me 14 days of Carafate — until the new Protonix script (and double Ranitidine dosage) could kick in. The first dose or two doesn't seem to help at all, but by the third dose, and sticking with just the low yield BRAT diet (banana, rice, applesauce, toast), the incredible pain was essentially gone. YAY! But WARNING: I can't get my other meds (thyroid, propanolol for heart rate, even melatonin for sleep) to work! It turns out you have to be REALLY CAREFUL scheduling meds around this stuff, because Carafate WILL BLOCK ABSORPTION of meds. I get up super early to take Protonix.
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Had a terrible case of gastritis. Had gastroparesis (paralyzed stomach) along with the gastritis. Gastritis pain unbearable. The carafate soothed and coated the stomach lining and the gastritis was gone within 2 weeks. Then I could concentrate on curing my Gastroparesis which I did

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At first had stomach burning if I didn't eat exactly 1 hour after taking medication. Has gone away. Do have dry mouth and sometimes "chalky" feeling in throat.

My esophagus feels healed. Before taking this felt like a blow torch was in my esophagus. I still have some stomach pain so will continue medication. Doctor recommended I take this for two more weeks after symptoms disappear. As a side note, has helped with IBS.

Awful drug, had every side effect including burning esophogus and severe back pain. Woke up in the middle of the night with dry mouth and dry throat with acid coming up, not a good combination, set me back several days. Would not recommend this drug, does not work any better than Maalox.

Headaches, Stomach pains, Dizziness, Brain Fog, Brittle Bones

No help at all still in pain everyday

Caused nausea and horrible stomach pain and burning that wouldnt let up. Also a hot flushed feeling. Horrible drug.

I felt exceptionally nauseous but it did soothe my stomach pains.. this drug is worth trying if you are experiencing stomach pains related to acid.

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I took this medication only once and it worked well. It made the nausea go away and enabled me to eat.

Crushing headache, dizzy/lightheaded, brain fog, inner tremors, constipation and insomnia. Not sure which is worse...the side effects or the gastritis pain. This worked for relieving the gastritis but I'm going to try something else. This stuff is expensive too

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Has worked great for my stomach pains that I guess are caused from Gastritus which the doctor seems to think I have..Hard to take 1 hour before meals or 2 hours after meals..other than that it works great...

Doc said take it, so I took it. I never felt the gastritis. He found it during a routine endoscopy.

Now I have stomach polyps and doc says "Oh yeah, it can do that" Great! Now I risk a cancer that I would not have had I not taken a drug that I didn't feel I needed. I am off it and taking plain old baking soda before meals. Stops acid, right?

Diminished mental capacity and memory.

This medication works well and allows the ulcer to heal. BUT I just found out that it contains a HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ALUMINUM! The only reason I started researching into this medication was because after taking this medication for 1 1/2 months, 4 times a day, my dad is now complaining of a diminished capacity in brain function and memory. He's saying that he's becoming more "slow" and he's becoming more "forgetful". If anyone else is considering taking this drug, please take that into consideration...the link between aluminum and alzheimer. But, in terms of the effectiveness of the medicine itself, it works really well! It does what it's supposed to do. But it's probably not a good idea to take this long term. Definitely consult with your doctor regarding the potential side effects.