Question 1

if i have abdominal pain due to stomach ulcer. 
can i take sucralfate to protect ulcer and dicyclomine for stomach pain
will it cause any reaction?

Accepted Answer

Interaction: There should be no harmful interaction between those two medications. Don't take the dicyclomine soon after the sucralafate which may interfere with the absorption of the dicyclomine.

Question 2

what can i take for an ulcer?

Accepted Answer

PPI, H2B.: Proton pump inhibitors (prilosec, prevacid, etc), or h2 blockers (e.g. Zantac, (ranitidine) pepcid) usually do the trick. See your family physician to get checked for h. Pylori and determine if you need eradication therapy along with ppi.

Question 3

how long does stomach ulcers take to heal?

Accepted Answer

Ulcers: How long it takes an ulcer to heal depends on whether the underlying factors which caused it are improved. Ulcers could heal in as little as a week, but if, for example, H pylori is still present or if the patient is taking NSAIDs, or if they are not put on any medicines to heal the ulcer, it could take much longer. Hope that helps.

Question 4

how long will it take pressure ulcer to heal?

Accepted Answer

Size important: Pressure sores usually occur in debilitated patients. To get them to heal one needs to keep them clean with frequent dressing changes, improve nutrition, and keep the pressure that caused them off the area.

They usually take a long time to heal, and often require surgery.

Question 5

how long does it take for pressure ulcers to form?

Accepted Answer

Duration for PUs: Pressure ulcers are due to 'enough' pressure to occlude the blood pressure of the microscopic capillaries. No one is sure how long it you must occlude these capillaries so that a pressure injury results in changes in the skin. It will vary from person to person because of multiple factors in addition to time: repeated episodes, moisture, nutrition, protein stores, ability to heal, diabetes mellitu.

Question 6

how long does it take for a corneal ulcer to heal?

Accepted Answer

Few days-wk: If it is a traumatic ulcer from direct trauma 2 the cornea and not infective, i would add tobramycin/stearoid oint and patch over nite.

Then tobra/stearoid 4-5x/day. Oint and patch @ nite.

Continue untill gone, stop patch when feels good but oint @ nite.

B sure to have opthalmology look at it before rx

his/her rx may be different than mine.

Question 7

how long will it take for my corneal ulcer to heal?

Accepted Answer

Several days: If the ulcer is being properly treated with antibiotics, then your ulcer should rapidly heal.  Keep the contact lens out during this time.  I assume you are being monitored by an ophthalmologist.

Question 8

can i take claritin (loratadine) if i have an ulcer?

Accepted Answer

yes: Claritin (loratadine) is not contraindicated in patients with a history of ulcers.

Question 9

how long does it take for a pressure ulcer to develop?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Formation of a pressure ulcer can occur in as little as two hours. There are multiple other factors which can contribute to their development, such as moisture, shear, heating pads, infection, and nutritional debilitation. A wound specialist can examine the wound and give you more answers.

Question 10

pepto bismol bottle says do not take with ulcer...why?

Accepted Answer

Salycilate: Pepto contains bismuth subsalycilate. Aspirin is also a salycilate.  Because they both have that in them, it was assumed(a long time ago) that it might cause more bleeding, but that has never been proven.  Pepto also turns the stool black.  Ulcer bleeding can also turn the stool black.  So, pepto covers up an important sign of bleeding ulcer complacation. Single use not bad, chronic use not good

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