Burning in stomach-help appreciated!

[Dreamingofhealth 223]

Hey guys!

I hope someone can help... I have been having a burning sensation in my stomach for about 6 days.

It comes in waves you could say, it's a cross between an empty stomach hungry feeling and intense burning.

I have finished my 30 day supply of Prevacid(sp?) And the burning and heartburn feeling started after that. I'm just wondering if any of you have experienced this and what I can do. I can't seem to get a hold of my surgeon at the moment.

I have tried tums so far as I can only have chewables at the moment. I am 5 weeks out.

Thanks for your help

Sheena :-)

[FrankyG 1,450]

Tums won't work as well for what you're probably experiencing; Prevacid24HR is available over the counter at most pharmacies so you could just go get some of that (or ask the pharmacist - they are extremely knowledgeable and great with helping on this stuff). I was told as long as the pill was smaller than your pinky finger's nail you can take it at any stage, but I would think at 5 weeks out, you'd be fine taking pills now.

[Elode 8,093]

I second what @@FrankiesGirl said! You should be fine taking a over the counter med until you can get ahold of your surgeon. I know the one time I forgot to take my PPI it was not pleasant. My surgeon has my refills set up for 3 month Increments, maybe yours will do the same?

[Dreamingofhealth 223]

Thank you for your replies. I'm just hoping it's stomach acid issues and not something more serious.

I did buy pepcid AC yesterday and it helped a bit but I had to take another one later in the and it says on the bottle not to exceed 2 in a 24 hour period... When really I could have probably used 2 more. It helped just for a short period of time.

Hopefully I can get a hold of my surgeon today! Thank you! !

[Elode 8,093]

Hopefully you can get ahold of someone today. I think the prescription med is WAY better!