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I HAD MY GALLBLADDER REMOVED ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AGO. THAT IS WHEN MY PAIN STARTED. I HAVE HAD ALL TEST DONE,I HAD ERCP THREE TIMES EACH TIME MY PAIN GOT WORSE. I SUFERED FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH SPHINCTER OF ODDI DYSFUNCTION. I COULD ONLY EAT FAT FREE ICECREAM, CRACKERS AND MILK. AND ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO MY FAMILY DOCTOR PERSCRIBED DARVACET. AND IT WORKED, I TOOK ONE OR TWO DARVACET ADAY AND A PROTON PUMP IHIBITOR-PRYOSEC AND I FELT LIKE MY LIFE HAD BEEN SAVED. I COULD DRINK COFFEE EAT SPICY FOODS I FELT LIKE A NORMAL PERSON AGAIN. IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 I FOUND OUT THAT DARVACET WAS BEEING PULLED FROM THE MARKET , I ALLMOST CRIED. MY PAIN CAME BACK WIHT A VENGENCE , NOW I HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN, AND FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT THEY STILL DON’T HAVE ANYTHING THAT WORKS VERY WELL FOR SOD. I TRIED CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS NO HELP, ANTISPASMATICS DON’T WORK. I READ ON THE NET THAT THEY STARTED CLINICAL TESTING LAST YEAR AND IT WOULD LAST ABOUT THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO IT COULD BE SEVERAL MORE YEARS BEFORE THEY EVEN HAVE A DRUG OR ANYTHING TO HELP US. I AM GOING BACK TO A GASTRO DOCTOR TO SEE IF MABEY I COULD BENIFIT FROM BOTOX OR MABEY ANOTHER ERCP. I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE. I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED IF I FIND ANYTHING .