abdominal pain

Posted By mr on June 25, 1998 at 16:15:55:







I am female 43 yrs old and have had this problem for several yrs now. I know I am harming myself because I have the pain everyday and night to prove it but I've gotten myself into a vicious cycle and don't know how to stop. I can't seem to stop taking OTC aspirin w/caffeine as in Excedrin. I only take one at a time ,am conscious that I don't take another until at least 3 hrs later but I develop stomach pain then take one for the pain and sometimes in between use Rolaids, drink Coke in order to belch and that sometimes help. Latley I often take a 200mg Tagamet along with the aspirin tab. I've been diagnosed before with ulcer and my father died of cancer of the esophagus 13 yrs ago and he took an awful amount of Anacin.I do have stress in my life with a strained marriage but that is only lately and I've been in this pattern for the last few yrs. Sometimes the stomach pain is severe but I continue this habit of asp,rolaidsCoke and I drink alot of milk at night and during the night.I guess I need to know the worst case scenario for me because if I know that maybe it would help me throw the bottle of asp away . I have felt better if I gave myself 12 hrs or more of no abuse to my stomach so why don't I just quit taking them?I think it is a dependancy on the caffeine. Please help.