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Getting Off of Omeprazole: Share your success stories please.

Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 17 8:19am | Replies (566)
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@musicflowers4u

So glad for you. Can you tell me why ranitidine is a better choice than omeprazole? I have tried the switch but ended up back on omeprazole. Thanks.

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JK | @contentandwell | Oct 6, 2018

@nightngale1998 I am interested in musicflowers4u's question also. I am on omeprazole for Barrett's esophagus. I know it can cause some problems for people who are on it long-term. Is ranitidine not that way? When I had cirrhosis but was not yet diagnosed I started on omeprazole and had trouble with it. My doctor tried two other PPIs but they were even worse. When you have cirrhosis everything changes -- things are supposed to get filtered through your liver but apparently it is not processing things as usual so medications can cause problems that they would not otherwise cause. If there is a better PPI, that doesn't cause problems for people who are on it for a long time, I would be interested in hearing about it.
Thanks.
JK

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