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I AM an active 78-year-old I have a hiatus hernia and for woman. I am, however, years have been taking woken every night with pains Lansoprazole. I understood in the knee area. I dread that this was intended to going to bed as I know it will alleviate the symptoms but be a broken sleep. When I that nothing was available to take a pain relief tablet things cure it. Is this right? improve. Is it safe to continue A hiatus hernia occurs using them in the long-term when the stomach slips slightly and, if so, what do you from its normal position under recommend? the diaphragm up into the

The first step would be to chest cavity. As a result, food see your doctor to have your and acids are not securely knee assessed if you haven’t held down and tend to already done so. The most regurgitate. The symptoms likely diagnosis is osteoarthritis. are heartburn and reflux. This is a bit of wear which Lansoprazole is one of a roughens the surface of the group of pills called bone and causes pain and proton-pump inhibitors. They stiffness. Often, soreness reduce acid production and occurs after the knee has are particularly useful for this been stationary for a while condition. If this kind of pill

proves insufficient, but a lot of people find that

sometimes taking an once they get moving it gets

antacid with an better. Taking a simple

alginate in it is painkiller like paracetamol is beneficial. It’s completely safe as long as important not to you stick within the over-eat or move recommended dosage. If this too quickly after is insufficient then you should meals. MY wife hurt her definitely discuss other options back last year. She with your doctor. I HAVE suffered from a takes painkillers, which

dull ache, spreading from my WITH regard to another reader helps her cope, but she is

buttocks down the back of having difficulty swallowing looking for a deep heat kind

my leg to my knee, for the pills – I thought everyone was of cream. I should also point

past eight weeks. It’s worse aware that if you put the pill out that she is allergic to

when sitting or lying in bed on your tongue and take a ibuprofen and lanolin.

and can wake me up if I have swallow of a fizzy drink you’ll been sleeping on my left side. There isn’t a huge amount not even know that you’ve It’s not tender or painful to of evidence that deep heat taken it. Is this all right to do? touch. creams work. They aggravate

Unless the instructions It sounds like you have the surface of the skin and supplied with the medication sciatica – limitation of the tend to disguise the pain a state otherwise, it is usually OK sciatic nerve in the back. You little. Anti-inflammatory to swallow your tablets with a should see your GP. It does medicines, on the other hand, fizzy drink. There are some pills usually settle with time but it’s do offer temporary relief from that are recommended not to important to check there is no arthritic or injury-type pains. be taken with milk. Always weakness from nerve You can buy these over the read the leaflet. damage. counter.

Unfortunately The Doc can’t directly reply to individual letters. When in doubt speak to your GP