3 Days Post-Op, Can I Take A Crushed Tums Or Mylanta?

[justmeandmysleeve 91]

My heartburn is horrible. My doctor prescribed prevacid but not until a week post operative. I am unable to sleep or keep Water down. Can I take Tums (crushed) or Mylanta?

Thank you!

[Iliana82 84]

crush the tums if its really bad. I would follow up on monday with your doctor

[Thinwithin 3]

I TOOK THE PREVACID DAILY It helped

[DreamLife36 6]

No way!!! Call your dr. ASAP

Better safe than sorry.

[Iliana82 84]

oh hold on, you had surgery this week??

umm call your doctor

[Iliana82 84]

ask if you can take the prevacid earlier, I took prilosec right off the bat, per doctors order.

[notime 340]

I took Pepcid right away. Maybe your doctor will prescribe that or the Prilosec Iliana says she took.

[lollyfidy1965 402]

I agree with this who said "call your surgeon". Don't take anything over the counter without first checking with your surgeon. Prevacid and liquid Zantac have worked wonders for my heartburn. Best of luck!

[justmeandmysleeve 91]

I spoke with the doctor on call this morning and he said to empty the prevacid capsul into a ounce of Water or Protein shake....so far it has helped!

[notime 340]

Hooray! So glad you found relief.

[Thinwithin 3]

That's great news !

[ImprovedDreamerGirl 2]

Tums are chewable so u can take that. The paper from my doctor suggests Tums for the Calcium benefits too.

[clk 3,519]

Prevacid is crap in my opinion. A few people here and there like it but many of us have posted that it didn't help one bit. I was able to take Nexium immediately post op and switched to generic omeprazole (Prilosec) within a month or two post op.

If you need immediate relief Tums smoothies (the ones that turn to powder almost immediately) will be fine, but they will only treat the symptoms until you're on a PPI.

~Cheri

[prisytomboy 24]

Try walking...its hard to believe how much better you feel & faster you heal!

[justmeandmysleeve 91]

Prevacid is crap in my opinion. A few people here and there like it but many of us have posted that it didn't help one bit. I was able to take Nexium immediately post op and switched to generic omeprazole (Prilosec) within a month or two post op.

If you need immediate relief Tums smoothies (the ones that turn to powder almost immediately) will be fine, but they will only treat the symptoms until you're on a PPI.

~Cheri

Cheri-

How will I be able to tell if the prevacid isn't working? So far I have been heartburn free, but I definitely want to keep a close eye on it.

Thank you!