prostator
12-13-2003, 07:01 PM
Anybody here have experience with taking a PPI that works for them and then just inexplicably stops working? Thanks.
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Harry
12-14-2003, 01:56 AM
We are not all the same and sometimes PPIs don't work the same for any length of time. I had one that never did work and the doc change me to Prilosec.
Also, my wife was changed because of the side effects with one first one she took.
So, I guess it is not that unusual??
Also, my wife was changed because of the side effects with one first one she took.
So, I guess it is not that unusual??
suzyshop1
12-14-2003, 03:34 AM
Yes i was on zantac in my early 20s ,and in my middle 40s it started to not be as effectve as it once was.Then they switched me to prevacid,which seems to be workng fairly well.
russ60
12-14-2003, 11:45 AM
Zantac is not a proton pump inhibitor of course it works differently. The common PPIs are Prevacid, Prilosec, Aciphix and Nexium.
gillian30
12-15-2003, 02:10 PM
My doctor has had me on Aciphex for the past 3 months. The other day I asked him if it was safe for me to continue taking it and my other drug, Bentyl, because it had already been all those months, and he replied that it was ok "for the rest of my life." This is totally different from everything else I've read on this board concerning PPIs. How safe/dangerous are PPIs, anyway? the doctor said Aciphex has been studied in people who've used it for years without side effects being reported. I don't know what to believe.
suzyshop1
12-15-2003, 10:57 PM
Russo i didnt mean to infer that zantac was a ppi.What i was trying to say only, is that i had been on a med for gerd going on 25 yrs and that it stopped working.I guess if a med like zantac can stop working after 25 yrs,probably ppi's can too.Matter of fact im am on the ppi prevacid.And im wondering if it will stop working after a long period of time
suzyshop1
12-15-2003, 11:02 PM
Gillian30 you mentioned you take bentyl.What did the doctor prescribe that for?The reason im asking is because that is the med that my last gastro doctor just prescribed for me.I forgot to ask him what it was for.Thanks for any answer