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Endoscopy question

hi, i've had heartburn for about 10 years, but it went untreated for so long because of my age. i recently changed Dr's and he put me on Protonix for about a year now, which allowes me to eat w/out the burning, but i have to stay on it. in the past month, i've been getting this bad pain when i eat, in the upper middle of my stomach, into the right rib and around to the back.. thought it was my gallbladder, but it wasn't. then i went for an xray, nothing. so he's sending me for an endoscopy and gave me some Carafate. the carafte worked real well and i feel better. i'm still scheduled for the endoscopy in 2 weeks, but i'm afraid if i continue taking the carafate it will mask my problems in the endoscopy and the results will show nothing. is the carafate a perminent fix and will my pains not show up in the endoscopy, or is it only a temporary relief?

Answers:


Hi Laurie, welcome to the forum. Here's the link to my answer:
http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2006/12/0...scontinuation/