Q Once symptoms improve, can I stop the Western medicine? Taking medicine continuously feels burdensome.
A Even if symptoms improve, stopping medication on your own easily causes inflammation to recur. Adjusting Western medicine must be discussed with your attending physician, and it is advisable to reduce it without strain together as Korean medicine treatment stabilizes things.
Detailed Answer
With eosinophilic esophagitis, inflammation and symptoms often reappear if you stop medication, so we do not recommend stopping it on your own just because you've improved. The decision to reduce or stop medication should be made together with your attending physician based on tests and examination.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
As Korean medicine treatment stabilizes the esophageal lining and lowers allergic tendency, room emerges to gradually reduce reliance on medication. However, we recommend gradual tapering matched to symptom and test improvement rather than abrupt discontinuation, proceeding in coordination with Western treatment.
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