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@thewitchdoctor
Thanks for posting that. I've been feeling bad for a while, and I was thinking it could be low vitamin D. I hadn't made the connection with the PPI. Google says PPIs can also interfere with B12, calcium, etc. I suspect I also have a problem with B12.
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@jeff97
Neurologists are obsessed with Vitamin B12 levels. Neurologists monitor Vitamin B12 closely because its deficiency causes significant, sometimes irreversible, damage to the myelin sheath protecting nerves. Maybe that explains my peripheral neuropathy and some of my neuropathic pain.
I took a PPI for the entire time I was on Prednisone as a prophylactic. I'm not sure it was ever necessary. However, I fell into the high risk group:
High Risk (PPI recommended)
Concomitant use of NSAIDs, anticoagulants, or aspirin
High-dose steroids (>30mg prednisone equivalent)
Longer duration of steroid therapy (>1-2 weeks)
Advanced age (>65 years)
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In retrospect ... maybe the PPI worked because I never had a stomach ulcer.
My PPI was another one of the many medications that have been discontinued since I tapered off Prednisone.
I got a chuckle when someone claimed that prednisone side effects are "easy to manage when you know how." The problem is ... no medical professionals seem to know the best way to manage all the side effects. I wondered how a non medical professional person learned how to manage all the side effects.