Long-term use of Cisapride

Posted By Peter on May 19, 1998 at 21:21:20:







Hello I have been recently diagnosed with GERD and I was initially
put on pantaloc 40 mg twice a day and cisapride 3-4 times a day.  
After a month of this I was taken off the above meds and put on
pepcid 20 mg twice a day.  The symptoms of GERD completely left me
for about 2 months but they have now come back as bad as ever.  My
doctor put me on Pantaloc 40 mg once a day which I started today.
My questions are:
1. why not put me on the cisapride also?
2. can I stay on pantaloc for a long time?
3. can drugs like cisapride and pantaloc be taken to provide
   immediate relief (for a few days) and then discontinued.  In other
   words can I take them only when I seem to need them?
4. I was initially on pantaloc twice a day.  Is once a day going to do the
   job?