Jimmypoo wrote:
I'm surprised he Rx'd Zantac, when to really get a good idea, it should have been coupled with Prevacid.

The Zantac will work immediately on acid secretion from stomach, but comparatively, H2 antagonists like Zantac & Pepcid are candy compared to the proton pump inhibitors like Prevacid.

Still --- looking down that allergy trail (which can VANISH the moment you get into the shower and
out of bed), you should consider getting a new set of pillows (or washing in hot, your current ones, and
drying on med/delicate 2 or 3 cycles so you don't melt them into something uncomfy) - and then put
the $6 Tyvek zippered covers on them (that are also lined on the inside with clear polyethylene).

The dust might angle is so overlooked - for drainage and other symptoms. Mine got worse every year
for about 5 years, until I was practically ER'd at the doc office, while they treated symptoms Symptoms SYMPTOMS -- and I finally met a Clinical Research Assistant who was testing out a drug for COPD - and I asked how they eliminate other causes, and she told me....

•New pillows (and washed every other week WITH the Tyvek covers used, or every other DAY, without)
•sheets and blankets, etc., WASHED every DAY
•New mattress and REGARDLESS, $40 Tyvek zippered cover for the bed (4lbs of skin per person shed
that goes into mattress - and the dust mites LOVE it -but your lungs and sinuses do NOT)

NOTE -- this was the criteria for being in a drug trial for COPD.

When she told me that, I was being gassed with cortisone and albuterol, plus oral corts, plus daily
antibiotics (cycle between the various high power fluoroquinolones - the stuff for "anthrax").

Instead - I went to WalMart --- after the nebulizer became part of my day & nightmare, and bought
new pillows and a $4 cheap vinyl mattress cover for bed wetters.

That same day I also had a CAT scan of my sinuses looking for Bob only knows.......

Within 24 hours I stopped wheezing.

Read that again.

When I looked at things after 48 hours, I was able to peg the "breathoblaster" for lung strength.

ALL BECAUSE OF PILLOWS AND MATTRESS.

For half a decade everyone blamed everything except what was right in front of them, subjected me
to tests that included radiography, etc. instead of asking a few simple questions... like:

-How often do you wash your pillows?
-Do you have animals that sleep on the bed?
-Do you notice more problems at night than day?

Do your research ----- know the options of your symptoms, and make sure that what YOU want to
know gets looked at, not just what THEY want to know.

I've not had to use ANY inhalers or even allergy Rx for the above - because I buy new pillows and
wash my bedding every couple of days (in addition to the Tyvek pillow & mattress BAGS).

And I mention that - because the drip will irritate your throat as well.