SD/ esophagus problems

[DAR]

I have been on AP for about 1 1/2years for SD I have had wonderful improvements with everything but my esophagus, the swallowing is still not the best and food seems to be getting stuck all the time, I started taking Neprinol will this help with making the esophagus more plyable so that swallowing will get better? I also want to know if anyone using Neprinol takes it when you take mino or with your other supplements I seem to have a hard time fitting it in just taking it alone. I have recovered by strength, and the awful fatigue is gone, but this throat thing just hangs on.

[Mumof3]

Hi, I'm not sure about the answers re Neprinol. I'm sure others will chime in. I just wanted to comment on the esophagus issues. I have been having issues recently too but I have discovered it is due to the following and have recently noticed improvements:

1) Minocin irritating the esophagus – I wasn't taking mine with enough water and it has really been irritating my esophagus. Now I make sure I drink it with 1 or even 2 full glasses of water and a piece of celery to push the minocin down.

2) Reflux – I recently had laryngytis from reflux. I saw an ENT who did a scope and noticed that I had a lot of inflammation from reflux. I now take Nexium twice a day and it has improved a lot.

I thought it was strange too that I was noticing improvements but still had issues with my esophagus. Since I have made these changes, it has helped. Hopefully the Neprinol will help as well.

[DAR]

I will try drinking more water when I take mino I know I don't drink no where near enough when I take pills, thanks for the input

[mschmidt]

DAR,

I had the very same issues with my esophagus early on, and took Protonix for about 15 months.  My reflux stopped, and it took about 4 months for the tightness in my throat to get better.  My doctor said it's better to be on a proton pump inhibitor before there's esophageal damage done.  My reflux wasn't terrible, and I was reluctant to be on it but, I think doing so helped to heal my throat.  I was able to come off of the Protonix completely in January, and have had zero issues with relux or tightness.  I also gave up coffee, gluten and dairy, which has helped me as well. 

It's important to take the Minocin with a full glass of water, and remain upright for an hour afterwards.  This lessens the chance of having esophageal irritation.

Maria

[rlane19]

What dosage of Neprinol are you taking?  I'm trying to get on it myself for the same reasons.

[mschmidt]

rlane,

I'm not sure if the question was to me or DAR but, I'll answer it.  I began taking Neprinol (now Serracor-NK) about 2 weeks ago (was on another systemic enzyme called “Vitalzym X” for about 9 months, and wanted to compare the two), and I take 2 pills, 3 times a day, on an empty stomach.  When I first started taking systemic enzymes, I did a “loading” dose for about 5 weeks before I tapered down to a maintenance dose, per the recommendations for certain disease categories by the maker of the enzymes.  I haven't been on the Serracor-NK (neprinol) long enough to know if it's working better than the other enzyme I was on.  I was told by a manufacturer that Serracor-NK is made by the same inventor of Vitalzym, and that the SEBkinase blend was stronger. 

From my own personal experience with systemic enzymes, I know that my circulation improved quite a bit because it was easier for my nurse to get a vein during my infusions.  (and I'm not cold all the time anymore)

Maria

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