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Getting Off of Omeprazole: Share your success stories please.
Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 17 8:19am | Replies (566)Comment receiving replies
I hesitate to write this because i am absolutely not an expert and am an experiment of one. With that said I will tell you my experience.
i was on Prilosec (prescription) for years and then there were a series of events and I stopped taking it. Surprise. NO problem. Then I had an endoscopy (for other reasons) and asked the doctor if he thought I should be taking Prilosec and he said he saw no reason. So I have not gone back to it.
What I did do was adjust my diet and stop eating citrus, tomatoes, and other items - i actually forget now because it is all in the past. I DO eat yogurt, cottage cheese, other cheese (not cheddar) peanut butter, meat, cooked (and non cruciferous) vegetables, yams, berries, bananas, other stuff. . I have a whole list somewhere if you want it, just PM me. I created the list by trial and error - if something gave me GERD, out it went.
One take away I came to was the gastroenterologists do like to prescribe Prilosec. If you have something it will probably fix it. I have other problems but Prilosec is not fixing them, still the GI doctor wanted me to take the Prilosec. . All medicines have an affect on our kidneys and livers. I have a sense Prilosec is not a bad medicine any more than any other (I went back to the original research and found it not compelling) ..it is just that all medicines have problems.
BTW - that vinegar. Yikes. NEVER or as Jackie above called it - "acid"
Best to you and good luck-
Val
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I can tell you to avoid completely ; coffee-caffeine will cause more acid production; no chocolate- (cocoa bean) which has caffeine; no soda since the carbonation will help promote acid production; avoid spicy foods; avoid fried foods.. learn to live with a bland diet.
@kozlo52 What you have said is so true! A bland diet might be a bit boring, but when it helps you feel so much better it is certainly worth it. Thanks for reminding us that we have some control over how we feel.
Teresa
You're absolutely right- just give up all the foods and drinks that you love and your acidity will decline!
@shahnaz Not sure if you seen this article on The Healthy Gerd Diet? https://www.gerd-diet.com/
I also find that drinking Aloe and Coconut Water helps settle my stomach.
No I haven't seen this article.Will do so now.Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot just read the article which contains a lot of useful- hopefully-information.Bless you!
@marlaxyz I would see your list of goods that you do not eat. I have Barrett’s esophagus and I was told to not have much citrus, tomatoes, coffee, and I forget what else. So far my Barrett’s has remained stable and is not bothersome. The only symptom I had prior to diagnosis was hoarseness. I will be having my yearly endoscopy in the fall and will want to speak to the doctor about whether or not I really need to continue taking omeprazole. I take one 20mg a day.
Thanks.
JK
Thanks! I am seeing an osteopathic doctor now and goi g to stop taking Omeprazole and see what happens. She is ok with me trying this. I found out almost 3 years ago I have a sliding hiatal hernia and the GE started me on the oneprazole just a 40 mg in the morning. Wish me luck because like most folks, every food on the “bad” list is what I like to eat.
I am sorry you are having his problem, sounds much like what I am going through but mine won’t go away and I started on Omenrazole a PPI which hasn’t completely relieved it.
Now having voice evolvement with sore throat.
Have you tried the cider vinegar?
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Please please give me the list of foods you avoided . I also suffer from GERD and want to take fewer medicines.Gratefully....Shahnaz.