Moderator EMEDPA Posted May 13, 2018 Moderator Share Posted May 13, 2018 Anyone heard of this? apparently aloe vera juice does well in a study head to head with zantac or omeprazole: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254627215301515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 I wonder how it does against stopping what provokes GERD in the first place...like my old SP used to say, "Modern biochemistry allows people to continue living the crappier lives they've accustomed themselves to, longer". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted May 13, 2018 Administrator Share Posted May 13, 2018 Really small sample size, no control group, and either they have a typo in table one or the patients they put on Aloe Vera are HUUUUUUGE. Worth studying further, better. Nothing at this point that would change my clinical practice--around here, the non-pharmaceutical folks will have already tried any such remedy on their own before coming to an allopathic medicine provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted May 14, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted May 14, 2018 I have a patient who was diagnosed with laryngeal reflux disease, a subtype of gerd: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15024-laryngopharyngeal-reflux-lpr They said it helps. just wondering if this is a one off, or there really is some efficacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnedintoamartian Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Doesn’t appear to be blinded and no placebo. Add in the noted sample size along with 2 and 4 week follow up end points with symptoms as only outcomes measured and this leaves a lot to be desired. I was surprised to see in their conclusion that they recommend this as a treatment based mostly on this weak study but then I saw it was an open access Chinese medicine journal and it was less surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWR Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 I agree with most of the above but the key word in the article for me was "safe" Ever have a patient that did not get relief from various GERD meds? I would try it off label with explanation to the patient. I am sure it isn't expensive. PS: works really good on burns and sunburns. Why not GERD?? IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 2 hours ago, TWR said: I agree with most of the above but the key word in the article for me was "safe" Ever have a patient that did not get relief from various GERD meds? I would try it off label with explanation to the patient. I am sure it isn't expensive. PS: works really good on burns and sunburns. Why not GERD?? IMHO With regard to PPIs, I've found that the most common reason for failure is improper dosing (instructions on how to take it aren't made clear, aren't given at all, or the patient fails to take it correctly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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