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Trying to get OFF Prilosec / Omeprazole been on it 30 years

Digestive Health | Last Active: May 30 8:52am | Replies (36)
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@drsletmedown

My Gastro tried to convince me that it's the Over the Counter PPI's that are ONLY for 14 days ? That the studies people quote either were BLIND or not BLIND studies whatever she was trying to say but that my Colonoscopy & Edoscopy show NO signs of damage ?

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rozy288 | @rozy288 | May 15 1:34pm

So frustrating!! I’m sick of being so sick 🤢 every single day and getting worse, 11 years now .
Drs just can’t figure this out .
I feel for all of us that have been dealt this hand .

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pb50 | @pb50 | May 15 7:02pm

@drsletmedown
Remember the OTC PPIs that are only recommended for 14 days started out as Hospital IV only. The research studies were obviously double blind - pointed out probably just to emphasize it was credible research. Or perhaps the research to the market was not double blind and she is saying it deserves to be discounted and dismissed. . In any event it was modified to pill form and put on the market initially as prescription only in the 80’s.
As one who stayed on Prilosec or Nexium for FOURTEEN YEARS and am paying the price now with microscopic colitis. And my colon didn't show damage either. Until I got symptoms and biopsies of the colon proved to be collagenous colitis.
Ive weaned off Both Ibuprofen and PPIs since both are
medication triggers for
Microscopic colitis - a horrendous condition. I was successfully treated with a colin-specific steroid but it still flares from time to time. I take pepcid for reflux.

So I’m a traveling preacher now, screaming to get off drugs that have a shelf Life of 14 days. 🙂

I hope thats useful.

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