Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Forrest | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/forrest/activity/ Activity feed for Forrest. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:48:03 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d9d79a3829130b62fa4b8970f50c269e Forrest replied to the discussion Indigestion & Acid Reflux in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/indigestion-acid-reflux/#post-15631 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:28:50 -0600 Reply to Indigestion & Acid Reflux

I have a question perhaps the form people might advise me on.  I have been diagnosed with IPF since May of 2015 and am currently on oxygen 24/7 at about 2 l/m, and am doing quite well.  Last summer (of 2018) I went through Pulmonary Rehab here in Portland, Oregon, where I live and I would recommend it highly to every IPF patient.  There were 24… Read more

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Good Morning.  I started on Esbriet August 14, 2015 in the usual manor: 3 pills for the first week, 6 pills the second and 9 pills the third  week, the full dosage.  By November I started to notice some of the typical side effects – stomach upset, extreme tiredness, etc.  These effects continued to increase, and by mid-December I had to get… Read more

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