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Getting Off of Omeprazole: Share your success stories please.
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I have acid reflux and getting off omeprazole is not an option but I do swallow Priosec in am and zantac afternoon with tums with needed on every third day the others I use zantac morning and evening with tums in between. I feel so much better the days I use the one Priosec(not sure I am spelling right) but I am having a calcium intake problem so I am using doctors suggestion for using tums, zantac and prilosec.
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Have you talked with your doctor about the LINX Augmentation?
I have not; I will be setting up an appt. with my Gastro. doc (likely) at years end as I am dealing with another health matter within our family (unrelated to this). Thanks for your posting, DrRoberts.
If you are interested, you might look this up on YouTube. LINX and Dr. Lipham. He has a thorough video that gives a lot of information. The medications only mask the symptoms, does not cure the cause of reflux. It only gets worse. That’s why I M having the LINX Sohincter Augmentation done in September. It just makes sense.
BTW, my initials are drr. I am not a doctor.
When was the last time you had lab work to test your liver status? That seems like alot of Nexium, generic or not. That is why I had to reduce my prilosec. Lab results were not great but in question. I still need to follow up again on those recent lab results to check again. Acid reflux to include gastroparesis are my stuggle.
My doctor said the way to get off omeprazole/Prilosec if you take one pill daily is to take 1/2 pill daily for 2 weeks, then 1/4 pill daily for 2 weeks, and then stop. I've been at the 1/4 pill level for several months; need to just quit!
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You might want to ask your MD if taking DE would help you with your calcium uptake. I'm taking 2 generic Nexiums in AM and 2 at dinner along with a Zantac at bed time. With D3 my calcium level is fine.