A couple of weeks ago I started having occassional indigestion/heartburn which gradually got worse. Went to GP last Monday and she prescribed tablets. I have been on Warfarin since February and she seemed to think this or maybe Bondrant (taken for 3 years)or combination of taking both maybe the cause.
Symptoms have got worse, violently sick, burning pain from stomach to throat. I started eating scrambled egg, plain yoghurt and custard (not together) and taken Remegel which seems to have eased things.
Today GP has advised me to stop taking Bondrant for 2 weeks (can’t take me off Warfarin) and is going to contact my onc to see if they will prescribe something else instead of Bondrant. Does that mean I maybe changed to pamidronate?
She did say the break may help my stomach etc anyway and in 3/4 days should try gradually introducing more food into my diet and see if symptoms start again.
Abit concerned stopping Bondrant, but she said it would be ok for 2 weeks. Is that right?
HAs anyone else had to do this or similar. Any advice or comments welcome.
Hi Lynne
I have only been on Bondronat for about 6 months, prior to that I was on Pamidronate for a year but changed due to bad veins and to get a break from hospital. I had no problems at all on Pamidronate but on Bondronat I often get really bad wind. It goes up rather than down - for which I am grateful - but I constantly burp, some days more than others. I am sure the change to tablets is the cause, I also think it’s listed in the side effects. Is it worth keeping away from dairy for a while to see if it calms down? This because some of the other bisphos tablets advise not having dairy within 2 hours of taking the tablets especially as they must be reacting with calcium if they are strengthening the bones? Also I have been told that the bisphos don’t go away from the body that quickly so I would think a couple of weeks off would be OK. After all ( and I forget this sometimes) they strengthen the bones rather than treat any BC cells so being off it for a week or 2 shouldn’t effect any progression of BC.
Don’t know if this helps, if not I hope you get some better answers either on here or from your onc. Good Luck
Nicky x
I’m not on either medication - it’s zometa for me but thought I’d reply and hope it may be of some help.
I started getting heartburn when I was on chemo, never having had it before. When I went onto bisphosphonates 12 months ago, my onc put me on IV Zometa as long as my veins will stand it as it’s supposed to have less heartburn/acid reflux side effects than the others. I still get it although it seems to have lessened recently and drinking water while the drip goes in is also supposed to help. Sometimes it has been bad and I’ve coughed so much I’ve wanted to be sick. Some foods are off limits now - acid things like grapefruit, some salad stuff and spicy/garlic stuff and some rich pastry things. I have slippery elm tablets from the herbalists to chew when needed and they give virtually instant relief.
As far as timescales are concerned, I have my drip every 4 weeks but this time it will be 5 weeks as I’m away on hols and onc said that was absolutely fine and won’t adversely affect me.
Thanks for the replies. I’ll see how things go. Symptons were alot better until today. I’m at my sisters in Surrey and we went out for drink last night, really suffered with heartburn today, Gaviscon been hit hard, hopefully things will have settled down tomorrow for travelling home.