where did you get the info that prevacid does not cause dementia, alztheimers, kidney damage, or osteoporosis? i just had a visit with my surgeon on july25,2019 and he said that this is true (he has never told me where the data is on this subject). my visit was to talk about my latest results of esophagael manometry and barium swallow. these test results indicate there is a parameter called " distal contractions integral-" DCI". the range is 500-1500. 500 means your esophagael muscles are weak; 1500 means they are strong. before the 360 degree fundo my DCI was 517.1 (weak). now 2.5 years later it is 398.3 . this means my esophagus are much weaker because there is more resistence to push the food thru with the fundo. i have trouble drinking water and getting it thru because it hangs up before the fundo. i don't believe this fundo is fo everyone. i have a supressed immune system due to my rheumatoid arthritis and that doesn't help. the test result also indicated that the food in my stomach might not be getting thru fast enough. The surgeon wants me to do the egg swallow test (with radioacive tracer) and take pictures to see how long it takes to get the food thru y stomach. It probably will show that it is a very slow process since i am also on oxycodeine due to my RA. if it does they may want to inject botox into the exit pyloric sphicter of my stomach (with endoscope) to help the stomach empty quicker. the theory being that the more residence time the food is in my stomach the more "esophagus sensitivity pain" i am feeling . i dodn't have any acid reflux from the fundo (by testing). i am experiencing esophagus pain . this is called hypersensitive esophagus . Now you know why i am asking for your source of why antacids are not causing those great dibilatating systems these doctors are worried about. if the info says this is bunk then i might as well get the fundo reverder and be able to swallow again. prior to the fundo i was on 60 mg of prevacid as well as 4000 mh of sulcrafate. one month before surgery i had no heartburn . that wa the first time in 18 years i did not have heartburn. i hope your RFA's don't cause you any additional problems such as swelling of the esophagus causing difficulty of swallowing drink or eating...best wishes!......kozlo52

@pdilly I know it, really. He would have a great interpreter along. My husband would "throw me under the bus" and go without me if he could! We have been two times and loved Italy. We would love to all go, my daughter and her husband too. She took three years of Italian in college so she could help too. My son and I are both foreign language dunces.
I have no idea what caused my Barrett's. I complained of hoarseness to the PCP I had back then and she basically paid no attention for a few visits, then she finally sent me to a gastro. She was a really terrible doctor, I got rid of her fairly soon after that, and then a missed diagnosis.
JK