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Expert: Dr Alan Galbraith - 10/23/2009


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I have used both  LANSOPRAZOLE and OMEPRAZOLE capsules for to help in my BARRETS OESOPHAGUS condition.

Both carry a risk of causing IMPOTENCE  .  Are there any GASTRO-RESISTANT capsules that will not cause IMPOTENCE ?

Answer
Dear John

Now I am with you. Impotence is actually very rare with both these drugs and I would not be concerned. In the unlikelihood that you did suffer from this one of the erectile dysfunction drugs such a tadalafil would help but I would not be thinking this way just now. There are no real alternatives to this therapy for Barret's Oesophagus.

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Dr Alan Galbraith

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Dr Alan Galbraith

Expertise

I can answer most questions on most drugs. Answers can be given in either technical or layperson terminology. My main areas of interest are psychiatric, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular drugs.

Experience

I have been a university lecturer/head of department for almost thirty years, but am now retired. My research interests were alcohol, smoking and cardiovascular disease.

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Institute of Biology, London.


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Author of "Fundamentals of Pharmacology" 5th Edition published in November 2007 by Pearson Education, Australia.

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BSc(Hons);MSc;PhD;MIBiol; Cert Biol; HECert

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