hello
welcome to hcm
well,i m afraid that your doctor is not giving you the correct combination of medicines to cure your underlying disorder and moreover,giving
rabeprazole for 1 long year does'nt make any sense and it might cause more harm than benefit to keep on giving rabeprazole without giving the other essential drugs to cure your disease....if i were your treating doctor,i would have advised you the following combination of drugs for 3 weeks as its the standard and clinically proven treatment for curing
esophagitis along with gastritis--
(1) CAPSULE PANTAPRAZOLE once daily before breakfast,as soon as you get out of bed in the morning
(2) TABLET RANITIDINE 2 times a day after meals i.e 1 after breakfast and 1 after dinner
(3) TABLET
DOMPERIDONE 10 mg 3 times a day after meals
(4) TABLET
DICYCLOMINE 3 times a day after meals
(5) SYRUP DIOVOL-LA 4 teaspoons 3 times a day after meals
(6) SYRUP
SUCRALFATE 2 teaspoons 3 times a day after meals
i would have also advised you to STRICTLY AVOID SPICY / PROCESSED FOODS / FRIED STUFF / SMOKING / ALCOHOL atleast till 3 weeks and if possible thereafter too
i hope you will find the above information to be extremely usefull
take care
hcm