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Intense stomach pain - anything I can take??

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I have had this intense pain right in the center of my body, from right below my ribs to my belly button.  It's been almost a week.  It's a very intense, burning pain, that goes straight through to my back.  Feelling of fullness and some shortness of breath.  I go to see my PCP on Monday and I have an endo scheduled for the 15th.  Is there anything I can take in the meantime for the pain?  It's pretty intense.  Feels like the worst kind of stomach ache ever.  My history:  GERD, hiatal hernia and gallbladder removal in 2002.  The doc on the other gastro post suggested that I am suffering from dyspeptic symptoms and to be sure that I am checked for H Pylori during my endo.  How long can this kind of pain last?  It really  has me worried!!!

Thanks CalGal for your post to my last question!
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Alka seltzer disperses gas.  If you can't take that sort of thing, milk will sometimes help a person burp (release gas).  Google online a list of non-acidic foods and eat a meal of those.  To calm an acidic tummy, ice cream actually tastes good to a sick person.  Eat smaller meals several times a day.  Activia yogurt, with acidophilus in it, is excellent for the digestion, the directions say eat a cup of it daily for two weeks...I ate a half cup daily and felt worlds better within a few days, when I had IBS.  My doctor prescribed hyocyamine pills during that time, dissolved under my tongue, to stop bowel discomfort, but yours is in the tummy.  Tums are better than nothing, but short-term.  Some medications can cause a lot of stomach trouble, so take those after you eat to ease the burning sensation.  Those would be my ideas.
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Call your personal doctor, if it is OK, that you take tramadol or other pain killer in mean time. Do not take aspirin, it can worsen eventual bleeding.

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