Nexium
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starryGal09
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Always good to speak to your doctor.
Have there been follow up tests given that determine changes in your digestive system? Vit B12? Are you experiencing any new symptoms with diarrhea, abdominal pain, bowel irregularity, constipation, anemia, vitamin B12 deficiency, and changes in weight?
If there are side effects that trouble you are you taking supplements/vitamins to counteract those? Are you taking any digestive enzymes/probiotics to help?
It may be time that your doctor gets all of your nurabers in with new blood tests and makes sure everything that you are concerned about is taken care of.
Have you tried any other means of handling the issue yourself?
Are you one to make more acid than necessary? Stress? Has your doctor explained to you why you need to be on long term meRAB? What did he/she find in your test results? Is there another med more beneficial?
Hope this helps (HTH).
Have there been follow up tests given that determine changes in your digestive system? Vit B12? Are you experiencing any new symptoms with diarrhea, abdominal pain, bowel irregularity, constipation, anemia, vitamin B12 deficiency, and changes in weight?
If there are side effects that trouble you are you taking supplements/vitamins to counteract those? Are you taking any digestive enzymes/probiotics to help?
It may be time that your doctor gets all of your nurabers in with new blood tests and makes sure everything that you are concerned about is taken care of.
Have you tried any other means of handling the issue yourself?
Are you one to make more acid than necessary? Stress? Has your doctor explained to you why you need to be on long term meRAB? What did he/she find in your test results? Is there another med more beneficial?
Hope this helps (HTH).
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Ambra75
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First of all, try to follow a sheme while stopping Nexium in order not to get acid rebound.
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rosebloom
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Hi Alex:
Unfortunately, one of the side effects of all PPI's is that they cause acid rebound when we stop them. The acid rebound is worse if we stop them suddenly, but you will likely experience acid rebound even if you wean yourself off the PPI.
I have been off my PPI for now close to three months. I started a thread in January that you may want to read through titled "getting off PPI's and acid rebound" I have been posting about my journey. I have had some very rough days and have used a lot of remedies and other medications to try to stay off the PPI and eventually be on as low a dosage of medication as I can.
But you may have to slowly wean yourself off your medication and start taking an H2 blocker and antiaciRAB to stave off the heartburn. You will also likely have to modify your diet.
You should always discuss your decision with your doctor and get his/her opinion before you get off any medication. But getting off the Nexium will entail a big commitment to wean yourself off and then wait out until the rebound goes away which can take up to three months or more.
Good Luck!
Unfortunately, one of the side effects of all PPI's is that they cause acid rebound when we stop them. The acid rebound is worse if we stop them suddenly, but you will likely experience acid rebound even if you wean yourself off the PPI.
I have been off my PPI for now close to three months. I started a thread in January that you may want to read through titled "getting off PPI's and acid rebound" I have been posting about my journey. I have had some very rough days and have used a lot of remedies and other medications to try to stay off the PPI and eventually be on as low a dosage of medication as I can.
But you may have to slowly wean yourself off your medication and start taking an H2 blocker and antiaciRAB to stave off the heartburn. You will also likely have to modify your diet.
You should always discuss your decision with your doctor and get his/her opinion before you get off any medication. But getting off the Nexium will entail a big commitment to wean yourself off and then wait out until the rebound goes away which can take up to three months or more.
Good Luck!
Not necessarily. I have found in the past that GP's are not particularly insightful or as intelligent as many people make them out to be. There is also a vested financial interest in the doctors keeping me on the drug as its prescription only, and who do you think regularly prescribes the medication after an expensive consult?
There haven't been any changes in years, and the drug never caused diarrhea, ab pain, or irregularity. I have been over weight for years now though, and perhaps that it part of the solution as excess abdominal weight can cause acid reflux.
I take a multi-vitamin everyday, and have tried probiotics in the past with no noticeable difference.
I have already engaged this enemy and was sent running for the hills each time
My goal is to eliminate Nexium from my life altogether.
Agreed.
Since Christmas I have begun extending the dosage, 20mg which on average I can extend to 32 hours instead of 24. I have been keeping a log since New Year's Eve.
Longest stretch between doses has been about 45 hours, although usually 32 hours is the norm. I must adjust my diet to get rid of soft drinks and coffee I think. I have never heard of an H2 blocker before.
I wish I could take the journey with you, but for now I am happy just to take less radical steps than total withdrawl.
There haven't been any changes in years, and the drug never caused diarrhea, ab pain, or irregularity. I have been over weight for years now though, and perhaps that it part of the solution as excess abdominal weight can cause acid reflux.
I take a multi-vitamin everyday, and have tried probiotics in the past with no noticeable difference.
I have already engaged this enemy and was sent running for the hills each time
My goal is to eliminate Nexium from my life altogether.
Agreed.
Since Christmas I have begun extending the dosage, 20mg which on average I can extend to 32 hours instead of 24. I have been keeping a log since New Year's Eve.
Longest stretch between doses has been about 45 hours, although usually 32 hours is the norm. I must adjust my diet to get rid of soft drinks and coffee I think. I have never heard of an H2 blocker before.
I wish I could take the journey with you, but for now I am happy just to take less radical steps than total withdrawl.