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Can Prednisone Cause Severe Heartburn

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Dr. Anshul Varshney MD

I have really bad heartburn due to weaning off doses of prednisone . I am on pepcid but still have the heartburn. Should I take the antacid OTC before my meals or after for better relief or prevention?... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anshul Varshney ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Suma Parinam MD

Started w terrible heartburn that won't go away? Also very itchy skin that reacts in hive like manner when scratched. Hives pop up, then subsides. Heartburn and bloat persists? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suma Parinam ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Arnab Banerjee MD

prednisone (two tabs before the scan) later that day I was in the most heartburn pain I have ever been in. it ... levels during severe heartburn were no lower than 6) I have been to mass... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee ( Critical Care Specialist)
Dr.  Priyanka MD

heartburn ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Priyanka ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

Hi my name is XXXXXXX I am a 52 year old women who has been having lots of heartburn . For the passed week my heartburn has been really bad. I wake up in the middle of the night throwing up and I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)

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Dr. Srilatha Myaka MD

I am pregnant and have terrible heartburn! Anytime I get heartburn the back of my neck (the bone at the top of spinal cord burns and throbs during the heartburn. It stays sore as well during the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Srilatha Myaka ( OBGYN)
Dr. Harsh Rai MD

Hi Folks..... We all have acid in our stomach, which is needed to digest food. Heartburn occurs ... associated with heartburn. Heartburn is caused your stomach acids reacting to the foods you eat.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harsh Rai ( Homeopath)
Dr. Harsh Rai MD

Heartburn is the symptom of a condition called gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, in which acid ... oesophagus causing a burning sensation. What contributes to a heartburn? * Fatty and spicy foods delay ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harsh Rai ( Homeopath)
Dr.       Dorina Gurabardhi MD

I was on prednisone for a month due to having h1n1 virus. I now have a horrible problem with heartburn which is causing me to have bad coughing fits to the point of gagging and coughing along with loss ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

my fiance has heartburn that is so severe it wakes him up at night. He is to the point that he cannot eat hardly anything without heartburn. Even water gives him heartburn. The only thing that... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)