nexium and gas/bloat - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

mjcm123 · 05-02-2005, 12:06 PM

Did anyone have gas/bloat from taking Nexium? Do you think Nexium can cause delayed gastric emptying?

Blasterboy · 05-02-2005, 12:18 PM

I found that Omaprozole, which is a similar PPI, caused a frustrating delay in the digestion of my food. If I had a reasonably large meal it could take 3 to 5 hours for noticeable digestion to occur, even if I went for a long walk. In fact delayed gastic emptying was one of my main complaints about PPI's. That and dry skin.

mjcm123 · 05-02-2005, 02:36 PM

Blasterboy, did you find when you went off the ppi that your system went back to normal or did this become a permanent situation? Also, was the delayed emptying a concern in terms of having the fundo?

Blasterboy · 05-02-2005, 04:07 PM

The dry skin seems to have gone, in fact it's only because I'm not on the PPI's and that my skin is no longer dry, that I blame the drugs distintly for that problem.

Regarding the gastric emptying, as I have the "runs" at the moment, it's actually emptying too fast I guess, lol....

mjcm123 · 05-02-2005, 07:07 PM

Blasterboy, clearly the delayed gastric emptying is gone

However, did the surgeon think it a concern before doing the fundo ?(obviously since you had it in the end it was not a concern but did it come up beforehand?)