I have been taking prevacid for a couple of years now. Recently I have heard that prolong use of this drug will cause depletion in vitimin B's, as well as lower your blood sugar levels.
Has anyone experience this or know of this by using Prevacid?
I'm not sure about blood sugar levels, but I have heard that all acid reducing (not just Prevacid) meds have the potential to cause lower levels of B vitamins (and not sure if it's all B's, but definitely B12)...something to do with lack of acid of stomach and intrinsic factor, etc...( I don't know all the details...) Somebody recommended to me that I take sublingual B12- the methylcobalamin form- since I was taking a PPI. NOW Foods makes a sublingual B12 that is cherry flavored.
Thanks for the reply....appreciate it. I will look into the vitamin B strips or something like that
Would anyone like to take a stab at the lowering of blood sugars by taking Prevacid. I never had this problem before I started taking Prevacid, and I am wondering if this could be the contributing factor.
beau---i would be surprised if it lowers your blood sugar as I have been taking prevacid for years and was dx with diabetes almost 3 years ago. so it doesn't work in my mind.
I am diabetic controlling via diet/exercise only and took Prevacid for 2 years but it did nothing to lower blood sugar.
On Dec. 26 I stopped taking Prevacid. Had rebound effect for about 2 weeks and then things settled down, no longer had the feeling I needed to take something. The early morning burning stopped. Wonder whether Prevacid was keeping symptoms going rather than a real need for it.
I wonder how many times we take meds long term when we really do not need them, kinda like getting hooked or addicted to them.
I was put on Prevacid after taking Actonel for osteoporosis that caused big time problems with stomach and esophagus.
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