Antiacids?

[danielledalton 8]

How many of you take a preventative antacid everyday and what do you take? I really don't want to add one more pill everyday,but starting to think I might need to.

[Kindle 8,667]

My surgeon sent me home with a 2 month supply of prescription strength Omeprazole 40mg with very strict rules not to stop early. Unlike the OTC version (Prilosec), it comes in capsule form with tiny beads inside. I just open the capsule and pour the contents on my tongue and take a drink of Water to wash it down. I take it before bed since reflux often happens when we are lying down, sleeping.

[gomekast 559]

Just about all of us are put on prilosec post op. I'm on month 3 of mine...and plan on keeping it. I actually may need to up it to twice a day. .I've had acid issues at night this past week.

[michelle68 46]

Dont ever stop taking it cold turkey....most doctors dont explain that you can get acid rebound and it will hurt. You have to wean very slowly.

I take mine twice a day...but I am just 2 weeks post op... I do the OTC and mine has the beads in it...But I may ask for a script because its cheaper then OTC for us...my 4 year old is on it...just 10.00 a month and we take the same dose.

[macman 603]

I was told that I would have to take an antacid forever. Thee Surgeon wrote me a 12 month script for prescription qualit Zantac.

[nsharrah 60]

I never had heartburn in my life. I took the over the counter pepcid (for 6 weeks as directed) then stopped. Not to long after that I started getting the worst heartburn, ever I kept a huge bottle of tums by my bed and was chewing them like 15 times a day. I went on prevacid and have been taking it daily. Im 7 and a half months oyt. If I dont take it, I feel ravenous within 24 hours. I think im starving but im not its the acid. I take so many Vitamins I just consider it another Vitamin. Lol, better than wanting to eat everything.