PPI's and H2 Drugs... - Digestive Disorders Message Board

djtech · 08-07-2002, 08:22 AM

Greetings,

I have tried absolutely all of the PPI drugs. Aciphex made me VERY bloated and numb, and could not get a lower dosage as apparently they don’t make one. Protonix just plain made me feel like crap all over. Nexium worked ok but made me feel quite nauseous. Prevacid seems to work the best of all of them probly because number one, I can take the lower 15mg tablet and so I don’t get too much bloating because of too much acid block during the day. I do sometimes feel the stomach discomfort but do not know if it’s the prevacid or just my stomach acid stuff. Now I have tried some of the H2 blockers. People and the pharmacist recommended Pepcid, I tried it and was latterly wired and felt very strange. Next I tried Zantac and it seemed ok. A bit nauseous after first taking it but not too bad thereafter. But when taking it RIGHT before bedtime sometimes I would get VERY strange and overly realistic nightmares. Almost hallucinating type. So here I am. Have been thoroughly checked out by my gastro specialist. Endoscopy biospsies revealed nothing big. She claimed gastritis. I am extremely lightweight as a man and getting a lot of food in me is important but feeling the bloating feeling constantly makes it VERY difficult to keep shoveling if you catch my drift. Any other H2's that anyone can recommend other than Zantac that has heard good things about? I need to lick this thing before I get too damn thin. Preferebly an H2 with VERY low if any side effects. Thanks!

DJ

Jay Tor · 08-07-2002, 04:18 PM

If you have lost weight since being diagnosed and since taking the PPIs and H2 channel blockers, it may mean that you have some other undiagnosed condition.

A friend had some of the symptoms associated with GERD but was subsequently diagnosed with pancreatitis and prescribed digestive/pancreatic enzymes to stablize the condition. What finally made the physician consider another diagnosis was the weight loss; most people with GERD seldom lose weight from their condition. Worth discussing with your doc.

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