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My upper stomach is pain i can't discribe it but its time to time, it get better in food no problem in urine.. im taking meloxicam for 2 years.
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OMG, stop NSAID's!: There are many causes of peptic distress including: food, obesity, pregnancy, smoking, alcohol, stress, h.Pylori infection, daily or prolonged NSAID use, to name a few. Your two-year history of daily use of nsaid's (meloxicam, advil/ibuprofen) is the red flag here. Unless prescribed, stop the nsaid's, start Prilosec otc, ; assess response over 3-4 days. Call doc if persistent symptoms, bleeding...
Answered 6/30/2014
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