More Ant Acid

[chrisrob]

A man diagnosed with the potentially pre-cancerous condition, Barrett’s Oesophagus, is prescribed Omeprazole.

A few days later, he returns and says the drug makes him hallucinate and he keeps seeing leprechauns.
“Do you hear them as well?”, asks the doctor, “and has anything like this ever happened before?”
“No”, says the man. “Never.”
The doctor prescribes Lansoprazole instead and tells him to come back in a week. When he does, the doctor wants to know how he’s getting on with the new pills.

“Great”, says the man. “No problem at all - Tom reckons I should stay on these but take a higher dose because of the Barrett’s.”
“Who’s Tom?” asks the doctor.
The man replies: “The oldest of the leprechauns - he knows everything…..”

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(Ant Acid is a regular space filler in the newsletter of Barrett's Wessex, a patient support group for anyone with acid reflux problems.)

[tonyav]

Another groan. lol