Hi,
I've been on Actonel for osteoporosis for about 6 months. I take it every other week instead of weekly because of my gerd. Last week about 6 hours after taking the medicine I started to eat and I had a spasm and the food was stuck.
I tried to relax and be calm and the food finally went down. Now I have this raspy feeling from my chest up to my throat. Could this possible be gerd related? I take pepcid about three times a week but it does not seem to be helping the problem. I know that I have to get off of the Actonel but I don't know what else I can do to help this problem.

Thanks for any advise you can give.

Pat

I didn't take Actonel but Fosamax gave me a fit with my GERD. After a month I couldn't take it anymore and my rheumatologist switched me to Didronel cycles for my osteo. It sounds like your doc needs to switch your osteo drug or you need something stronger for your GERD other than Pepcid. If you still have the problems after medicine changes then further evaluation needs to occur.

Shandi