What is the best medicine to treat digestive disorders

In fact, there is no universal "best" medicine for digestive disorders. A while ago, I helped my cousin, who is a nurse in a community hospital, organize patient follow-up records. Two people were diagnosed with digestive disorders, and their medication plans were very different. One was a retired aunt who had been constipated all year round and her stomach made a loud banging sound after eating. The doctor prescribed The first one was a prokinetic drug plus fructo-oligosaccharide, and after a week of taking it, she said that her stomach could no longer store food. The other was a girl in the third year of high school who suffered from acid reflux and diarrhea as soon as she took the mock exam. Before, she had taken the pro-digestive drug and had diarrhea worse. So she switched to an acid-suppressing drug plus a small dose of an autonomic neuromodulator, and she no longer had the habit of running to the toilet during the exam in half a month.

Many people have misunderstandings about the use of medication for digestive disorders. They always think there is some panacea, especially with the recent popularity of Internet celebrity probiotics. Many people buy the most expensive probiotics when they have flatulence and diarrhea. I have a friend who has stepped into this pit. He is lactose intolerant. The Internet celebrity probiotic supplement he bought was added with whole milk powder. It was just a little flatulent. After three days of diarrhea, the doctors at the hospital laughed at him for taking medicine randomly. Which medicine is really useful depends on your situation. If you feel congested every time you eat, feel like there is a stone in your stomach, and keep belching after not digesting for a long time, gastric motility-stimulating drugs such as mosapride and domperidone will be more effective for you than any other probiotics. If you usually eat something cold and spicy, your stool will become loose and your stool will not be formed all year round, so you need to have a colonoscopy. If there are no polyps or inflammation, then supplement with some probiotics of the corresponding strain, and prepare some mucosal protective agents such as montmorillonite powder. When you are sick, take it twice and you can quickly suppress it. If you always suffer from acid reflux and heartburn, and your throat feels bitter and acidic when you lie down at night, you need to use some acid-suppressing drugs such as omeprazole. Otherwise, just rubbing your belly and eating digestion aids will not be able to suppress the acid reflux problem at all.

There are still two extreme opinions. One is that digestive disorders do not require medication at all and can be cured by diet and exercise. The other is that digestive disorders must be treated with medication for a lifetime. In fact, both of them are wrong. I used to know a young man who worked in Internet operations. He stayed up late and worked overtime all the time. When he was working on a project, he would suffer from constipation and diarrhea. He also noticed that he ate vegetables and leaves every day and went for a run after work. After half a year of hard work, he still didn't feel better. Later, he went to the digestive department for a checkup. It was irritable bowel syndrome caused by too much stress. The doctor gave him a very small dose of anti-anxiety and nerve-regulating drugs. Within two months, he was back to normal. But there are also people who have transient digestive disorders caused by eating hazelnuts and drinking several heavy drinks recently. They don't need to take medicine at all. They can adjust their diet for two weeks and eat some water boiled with hawthorn malt to relieve the problem. There is no need to take western medicine.

By the way, I also want to mention that even if it is a symptomatic medicine, you should not take it for a long time. For example, acid-suppressing drugs generally cannot be taken for more than two weeks in a row. Long-term use of prokinetic drugs may also lead to drug resistance, which will disrupt your own digestive rhythm. If you really want to find the "best" medicine that is most suitable for you, it is better to go to the gastroenterology department for half an hour and tell the doctor clearly when you feel uncomfortable, how you feel specifically, and whether there are any triggers. If necessary, do a gastrointestinal endoscopy to rule out other problems. The prescribed medicine will really work for you. It is better than searching for other people's prescriptions on the Internet, trying blindly, wasting money and suffering.