For the last several days Jonathan has been suffering from a pain in his lower chest area. The pain was present both day and night and caused a great discomfort. So, today we went to the doctor; diagnosis...heartburn. Heartburn? This seemed so odd since Jonathan is lucky to eat once a day because of his school schedule; but the doctor said not eating normal daily meals can cause heartburn.
The doctor put Jonathan on a bland diet, for 2 weeks, and told him to take Maalox before each meal and right before bedtime. Plus he gave him a prescription for Nexium. When we went to the pharmacy to have the prescription filled the cost was going to be $125.00 for 20 pills! Wow, was that ever a shock! $6.25 per pill!
After much thought I decided that half the battle would be won by taking the Maalox and eating the bland diet.
So instead of purchasing the very high priced prescription pills I decided to try an over the counter generic version of Prilosec.
Hopefully Jonathan will see signs of improvement by tomorrow.
Every once in a while Willy World will have another brand on sale for a real cheap price.. Can't remember the name but I'm thinking its in a pink and white box.
ReplyDeleteHope this works for him.. I know how miserable it can be.
Oh.. I forgot to mention that I use that liquid antiacid and its great.. don't like the mint flavored one but sometimes that's all my store has.
ReplyDeleteWe use the liquid, generic antacids, but honestly, a lowcarb, high protein diet (ditch the junk food) will lesson heartburn. Eat lots of meat/veggies.
ReplyDeleteAlso, ulcers can contribute to the problem.
OR, it may run in the family. I've always had issues like this.
Oh yes...I have a family member who also gasped at how high their
ReplyDeleteprescription was. I too would try what you are doing first!!
I've had heartburn off and on - but never taken the prescription meds for it - I can usually control it with OTC meds. Hope his works!
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