Getting Off of Omeprazole: Share your success stories please.

do you have barrett's or a precursor to barrett's? If you do have barrett's then you woll will to get RFA (Radio Frequency Ablation) to get rid of the bad cells. Radio waves are used by a thoracic surgeon to burn out the cells. It is not pleasant, and does cause a bit of throat swell. I had been told after a detailed endoscopy that i had a precursor to barrett's since i had cell changes that were questionable. I chose not to have RFA because of the above side effects. i had a 360 degree fundoplication which has been nothing bu, t problems for me for 2.5 years: gagging svndrome; burning sensation of the esophagus ( not acid reflux, but been diagnosed with "hypersensitve esophagus"; terrible gas and flatulance; i've had 3 dilations, because of food getting stuck in th LES; I have problem drinking cold water, since it seems tonor properly drain thru the esophagus. My thoracic does not know what to do next;. Does anybody out there seen any data on the effect of antacids on people that give them either dementia, altheimers, osteoporosis, kidney failure? I have not seen such data. For 18 years i was on 60 mg of prevacid and later supplemented it with 4000 mg of sulcrafate. All the testing post op done on me does lead to a possiblly too tight fundoplication. I am not sold on the 360 degree fundoplication process. If i were to go to a 270 degree fundooplication i would have better motility but a 25 % chance that gagging and swallowling would still be a problem. i control my "burn" with atavan (AMA recommendation for hypersensitive esophagus- use of antidepressants. yYpnosis did not work for me.sorry i got so wordy with my response. best wishes in your fight with heartburn and reflux.....kozlo52

I know these are real diagnosis and pain. I had bad stomach problems they couldn't find so I started on my own journey of healing myself. I slowly started essential oils and found one called Digize for gut problems. I drop 3 drops in a capsule and that was two years ago. I haven't had any heart burn, up nausea, pain, etc. since I've started that one. I missed a few doses and then a few weeks, never noticed I didn't need it like I did.
If your willing and the doctor says its ok for you, Its worth trying. I buy Young living oils for the Digize.But I use Dr. Axe's oils because they are organic. Take a look, I get nothing, just wanted to share because it works for me.
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I'm surprised that you have Barrett's and haven't heard of the RFA procedure. If you have Barrett's you will need to be monitored so it doesn't turn into either low or high dysplasia. An RFA is an endoscopic procedure that burns off the top layer of . Good luckBarrett's cells. You might be lucky and after one procedure you no longer have it, but in my experience you would need more than one RFA. Even if you no longer have Barrett's you will still need monitoring to make sure it doesn't reoccur. It's questionable if you will be able to go off a PPI, that's a question for your Gastroenterologist. Good luck

@kozlo52 I do have Barrett’s but have never heard of treating it with RFA. My Barrett’s is not very troublesome but I would love to get off of omeprazole. Once a person has this procedure, I presume they no longer need to take a PPI, correct?
Thanks
JK

Barrett's is no joke. I had 8cm for over 24 yr and was always told I'd have to stay on PPIs because no acid should touch it. When my 1st GI moved out of state his partner took over my care and at his at his 1st endo he found low grade dysplasia. That was in 2015.
So 3.5yrs and 5 esophageal ablations later, I have only 2 cm left just above the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). This area seems to be refactory to the ablations (laymans term: burn & scrape).
My LES was wide open and I was constantly refluxing despite being double dosed on prevacid, zantac and using over the counter antacids. I pushed to have the LINX procedure and have a re-repair of a hiatal hernia so that this area of Barrett's would have a chance to respond to future ablations. I really don't want esophageal cancer.
So far since my surgery on Jan 22, 2019 I have had no heartburn for the 1st time in over 25yrs. YEAH!!!! I've stopped the zantac and over the counter antacids. I've weaned the prevacid from 60mg a day to 30mg.
I've decided to stay on 30mg until the last of the Barrett's is eliminated just as a precautionary measure. My GI in San Diego said I need to wait 6 months to 1 yr after my surgery to have another round of biopsies and ablations. My saga will continue in Houston.
The take away is don't let a Dr downplay Barrett's. It's a serious cancer risk.

Barrett's is no joke. I had 8cm for over 24 yr and was always told I'd have to stay on PPIs because no acid should touch it. When my 1st GI moved out of state his partner took over my care and at his at his 1st endo he found low grade dysplasia. That was in 2015.
So 3.5yrs and 5 esophageal ablations later, I have only 2 cm left just above the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). This area seems to be refactory to the ablations (laymans term: burn & scrape).
My LES was wide open and I was constantly refluxing despite being double dosed on prevacid, zantac and using over the counter antacids. I pushed to have the LINX procedure and have a re-repair of a hiatal hernia so that this area of Barrett's would have a chance to respond to future ablations. I really don't want esophageal cancer.
So far since my surgery on Jan 22, 2019 I have had no heartburn for the 1st time in over 25yrs. YEAH!!!! I've stopped the zantac and over the counter antacids. I've weaned the prevacid from 60mg a day to 30mg.
I've decided to stay on 30mg until the last of the Barrett's is eliminated just as a precautionary measure. My GI in San Diego said I need to wait 6 months to 1 yr after my surgery to have another round of biopsies and ablations. My saga will continue in Houston.
The take away is don't let a Dr downplay Barrett's. It's a serious cancer risk.