Re: [RC] Ulcer Treatments//To Scope or Not to Scope - Beverley H. Kane, MDI encourage you to feel confident with the diagnosis of common conditions without having to spend hundreds of dollars on invasive testing. For something as common and, in early stages, as low morbidity and mortality as ulcers, the history and symptoms are pretty straightforward. Omeprazole is a benign enough treatment so that a symptomatic trial, along with stress management, can also be diagnostic. Let's hear it for the good vets and other docs who rely on their experience and clinical skills and don't automatically lean on expensive testing for common conditions. "You don't do a brain scan for everyone with a headache." In the old days we didn't have ultrasound, MRI, fiber optics, CT, PET, electrolytes, Polartec, biothane, or spandex. Beverley =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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