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COPDme

04/07/2021 at 10:34 PM

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Hi, I've been doing some reading on COPD and I came across a few things on the link between COPD and acid reflux. Apparently 78% of people with COPD also have acid reflux, myself included. And the acid reflux can also cause a flare-up? I had never put the two together.

Has anyone else noticed that your breathing is affected when you have indigestion?

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04/07/2021 at 10:53 PM

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Hi @COPDme‍, thank you for opening this discussion. This is an interesting topic, I wasn't aware of the link between COPD and acid reflux! Let me tag some members to see what they think about this.

Hello all, how are you today? Are you aware of the link between COPD and acid reflux? Do you yourself also have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD or acid reflux)? If so, have you noticed its impact on your COPD? What do you think?
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04/09/2021 at 4:02 AM

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I've had GERD by way of Barret's Esophagus for a fair number of years, well before my emphysema was diagnosed. I never gave it much thought that they might be connected, never noticed any link between them.

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04/12/2021 at 5:47 PM

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I've also had gerd for several years. Way before I was diagnosed with COPD. I was never aware that the two were related.

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04/12/2021 at 7:09 PM

@COPDme Yes I was diagnosed with Barrett's esophagus a few years ago. I'm sure I could have been diagnosed earlier but the symptoms were slight. So seems a lot of us have both.

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I have both COPD and I've had Acid Reflux for years. I'm taking Pantoprazole 40 mg. and I still have acid reflux and gas. Is there anything else I can take to help with the acid reflux?

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05/12/2021 at 8:19 PM

Omeprazole 40 mg is for acid reflux. I take the prescription one although I see you can buy it over the counter. I have no problems then. Take one hour before you eat,

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05/31/2021 at 8:53 PM

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@KathyA Take mine a little before bed to reduce problems..

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@KathyA Take mine a little before bed to reduce problems. Also have Sleep Apenia...Bummer...Not smart enough to give up !...ROFL

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Oh wow I have this too, I had no idea!

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Hello everyone,

How are you doing today?

If you haven't seen it already, we just published an article about the link between COPD and GERD! You can read it here: COPD and GERD: What is the link between the two?

For those of you who have acid reflux how do you manage it? Does it influence your COPD in any way?
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CarolSchmidt

12/21/2020 at 10:35 PM

@KathyA‍, please read what I wrote above on using oxygen. I am so, so, thrilled to have portable oxygen that gave me more of my life back. I was told in 2011 when I lived in San Miguel de Allende at 6,400 ft altitude that I needed to go on oxygen, but all I saw around town was one woman with the heavy metal canisters in a cart behind her, and that looked terrible. I moved back to near sea level and put off needing oxygen all day for another seven years, just a Bipap at night.

Finally I was huffing and having to stop every few feet even near sea level, but I still didn't want to be lugging a heavy canister behind me. I ran into an old friend who was always really active, ballroom dancing, hiking, fly fishing in rivers. And there she was with an Inogen in a backpack, doing everything she'd always done!

She showed me all about hers and the total package with machine, extra 8-hour battery, two battery chargers for house and car, carrying case, and extended warranty, was around $3,300!

Finally I saved enough for it and have loved it every minute since. I started on 2 for almost a year but had to go to 3 for every day. I switch to 4 liters a minute several times a day when I still get winded bad, and have gone up to 5 for stair climbing. I worry that I will need to go higher than 5 eventually, but I hope by then there will be sronger machines developed that go higher, though then the $500 batteries only last a few hours before needing recharging, instead of 6-8.

The portable ones now are breath-operated--you have to be breathing into the nose cannula for them to work. And my BiPap at night requires continuous flow, which the big oxygen machine Medicare covers provides, so I need both machines. Some day they may all be continuous flow and still portable.

There are cheaper, refurbished units available from the Inogen factory, too. After 1 1/2 years mine started sending strange messages and I called the factory and they sent a new one out the next day! I sent them the old one back no charge. So I am pleased with service, too.

Hope this helps you accept your machine. I am so, so happy I got mine and wish Medicare paid for everyone who needed one.(I understand in a few cases they will pay for one now, but not my particular Cigna Medicare Advantage plan.)

I bet when you go to your reunion you won't be the only one on oxygen! And everyone will be so old! The ones who are already dead and not there are the ones to think about--how many of them had COPD? Fourth leading cause of death in the US before Covid, so now we're fifth. Be glad for all the help you can get! I hope you have a wonderful reunion!

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@Thakera Yes, even on Medicare it was $400+ a month. My Pulmonologist arranged for me to get it with no copay from GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, you can look up their assistance program at https://www.gskforyou.com/ Hope it goes okay for you, I am just in the process fo renewing mine for next year.

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