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Months of Chest Pain - Please help
Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 24, 2022 | Replies (296)Comment receiving replies
Hello everyone again.... just to give you a reminder of my story I started experiencing left chest pains in May I finally went to the doc and after telling her all my symptoms she told me it’s most likely acid reflux so she prescribed me omeprazole 20 mg I took. It until the prescription ran out in 30 days so just this past weekend I stopped it. It did eventually stop my chest pains after about 4 weeks of taking it. But now that I stopped I have been experiencing more of the constant swallowing constantly clearing my throat and now In the past 2 days my voice is hoarse and a little sore and sounds like I’m losing it! Has this happened to anyone after stopping this medication? Or could it be something else... thank you in advance !
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I was also on Omeprazole also. When you stop taking a PPI you will experience rebound symptoms. When I stopped my Omeprazole when it ran out I experienced really bad reflux symptoms. Dr said that was a rebound effect from stopping the med. Please call your dr and let him/her know what’s happening now with you.
@lisa1030 Hi Lisa I see Nexium is mentioned in a post. I wanted to tell you about my experience with Nexium. Long time ago in the 80,s I had an ulcer . The Dr. put me on Nexium for along time cant remember how long but it cleared up my ulcer. When I didn't need it anymore she told me to journal food and see what started to hurt my stomach I did and found out the types of food that started the burn. I stay away from those foods mainly spicey foods fried food which are,nt good for you anyhow. Also when my burn started I hit the milk which took care of it. Just my experience .
@lisa1030 I am on omeprazole daily, have been for a number of years due to Barrett's Esophagus. I have heard that if you discontinue, which apparently is not something I can do, there is a rebound effect. The doctor started me on a high dose for a month and then reduced it.
Good advice to keep a diary of what seems to bother you. My only real problem before Barrett's was that I was hoarse all of the time! When I mentioned this to the PCP I had at the time she just sort of sloughed me off a few times.
As you said, dark coffees do have less acid because the longer roasting burns it off. Someone on here did recommend the low acid coffee on Amazon and I just recently got some. It's OK but I have grown to like the more robust flavor of dark roast. I used to have a wonderful gastroenterologist, one who is a Barrett's Esophagus expert, and when I asked him if I could drink lower acids coffee or decaf he said if I really enjoy my coffee to have a cup in the morning. My Barrett's is not severe and maybe if it was that would not be his response. I go for an endoscopy in September to check on it. I wish it was with the same doctor, I really liked him, but he moved from Mass General to NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia in New York City because his wife changed jobs. I liked him so much I have even thought about going to him there since I could stay with my daughter, she lives in NYC. If anyone in that area is looking for a gastroenterologist, I highly recommend him. https://www.columbiadoctors.org/chin-hur-md
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I’m no doctor but I’ve had acid reflux basically since I was 12 (40 now) and this sounds like very typical acid reflux to me. May have to stay on a PPI longer than 1 month. Maybe try Nexium since that’s supposedly proven to help heal the stomach. Your diet could also be causing these problems. Google foods to avoid with acid reflux. That’s my best guess! Good luck