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GERD treatment: Diet vs. drugs
Digestive Health | Last Active: Apr 29, 2021 | Replies (49)Comment receiving replies
@bonnieh218 I have Barrett's Esophagus so I do have to take a PPI. I take 20mg of omeprazole in the morning. I hate having to take it, I know it has negative long-term effects but without it I risk esophageal cancer so at this point I think it's the lesser of the two evils.
I would try to see if I could control with diet if that is possible though. I don't have an endo appointment until September so I will definitely speak to him about that, or if there other PPIs that have a lesser long-term effect.
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yes i have esophageal spasms which mimic heart attacks. lots of fun. i took 40 mg of omeprazole and nexium and every other drug and never helped me. what im doing now is the best i have ever done. i understand your concern about the barretts. a friend of mine healed his barrets doing what im doing so i thought it might work for me as i have some severe issues. my gastro doc supports me in what im doing as he was not able to help me and i have been to 10 of them and none helped me as much as what im doing now helped. i heard dexilant is great i took it for 2 days and my stomach felt great but i ended up in the ER with heart arrhythmia, irregular heart beats and tachacardia and they said it was from the dexilant. so thats when i started the regamine im on now. . some docs are for and some against the alkaline diet i think the ones against it are against it because it will help you and then you stop coming to see them. good luck and think about it you have nothing to lose but pain and illness to try the diet even staying on your pills. .