Acid battle.. Advice?

[theother_onefoot 122]

I'm almost 2.5 months out, and before surgery I honestly didn't have acid reflux much, so it sucks that after the hiatal hernia repair and sleeve I'm having it almost all day every day..

Probably a month ago I called the surgeon's office telling them I was having AR issues: they said to try pepcid complete. It worked for a while, but eventually I was having to take one in the morning and one in the evening.

The past couple of weeks the AR has been getting worse between the two pepcid tablet doses so I called the doctor's office again. They recommended I try nexium but the pharmacy I went to was out so I talked to the pharmacist who recommended zantac because it would work faster.

It worked for fast relief but not long-term. Should I follow through with giving the nexium a chance? Or tell my doctor I need something stronger?

When I get hungry the acid really starts acting up and I can't always eat right away. But then when I go to eat, I can only manage one or two bites before I feel nauseous and unable to eat. I'm not full but I don't feel hungry, just sick for a while. Then the hunger eventually comes back and the acid is torture all over again!

It's a miserable cycle, so I'm open to all suggestions at this point.

[Mom26 313]

i take 40mg of omeprazole -- and it does the trick.. I'm hoping my AR doesn't get worse after the sleeve because it's fully manageable now.

[anna9/15 93]

I take 40mg pantoprazole daily..its kinda hit and miss when i have a flair up i chew a few tums and that helps a little

[magtart 603]

Omeprazole works for me. If I have breakthrough issues a few tums does the trick.

[theother_onefoot 122]

@@Mom26 @@anna9/15 @@magtart

Thank y'all for responding

So it's looking like it might need to be handled with a script? Or are any of those over the counter, besides the tums of course?

I'm so hungry at this point. But the AR is so bad I can't eat, and it feels like I'm completely just going to vomit now. Ugh...

[shellyd67 198]

That's terrible and I sure hope you find some relief. I also take 40mg of omeprazole and it does the trick.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

You can buy omeprazole OTC as the generic name or the name brand Prilosec. I would recommend touching base with the doctor. It might be less expensive to give a script for omeprazole or something similar.