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How safe is Famotidine 40 mg ?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Aug 23 11:31pm | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
I got ahead of myself and need to taper off my carafate more slowly. I had a flare up this morning. A dose of carafate really helped. Seems I'm not quite over the rebound but I feel it's right around the corner.
I just got impatient and stopped taking it altogether this morning. Great lesson for me. I was down to two doses of carafate a day and feeling great.
I'm still taking famotidine 40 mg twice a day.
So people, stick to your tapering plan. Wish you all the best.
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So I kept a journal of my day's quitting protonix. I ended it on day 50.
This was not the cakewalk I expected and it took much longer to beat the acid rebound hypersecretion.
I had good days and bad days.
I've been off carafate for three weeks. I am now tapering off famotidine. I was taking 40 mg twice a day for almost 2 months. I am taking 20 mg before every meal for a week. Then I'll skip the second one for a week. Etc.
My problem now is occasional bloating so digestion.
Also I have a endoscopy scheduled for June 12th.
Finally hope to get some answers and a proper diagnosis.
So, more good days than bad. My life is getting more normal. I'm walking every day, working out 3 times a week, seeing friends again.
I think now my only problem is my gut health. It even seems to be recovering.
Light at the end of this tunnel.
Since I've been down this road before. I know that I'll recover completely.
So if your stopping a ppi med or tapering off one. Stick with it. Work with your doctor. Best advice i can give is "Don't doom scroll!"