Has anyone come off or cut down Omaprazole, what’s your experiences.

Lucca

Shinamae

Itsnell

Hope it goes well Shinamae. I’m cutting down on carbs and any food that’s a trigger for my reflux. I’m taking deglycerised licorice - it licorice with the harmful things taken out, ginger and I’ve bought some probiotics

Let us know how you get on

I also take a shot of probiotic daily, it’s the Actimel mixed fruit one. I did buy the keyfir Because from what I’ve read that is probably better but I thought it tasted disgusting…?

The kefir is nice if you use as a smoothie base with fruit etc

That’s a good idea Lucca as I do make a smoothie every day which is much more fruit than green leaf I can tell you!! But I do think fruit sugar is marginally better for you than added sugars… so I will definitely do that from now on, thank you

Before coming off it, I highly recommend you speak to the pharmacist. S/he will know - probably better than your GP - how to do so safely, and what alternatives might work better for you

Shinamae

Itsnell

Hope it goes well Shinamae. I’m cutting down on carbs and any food that’s a trigger for my reflux. I’m taking deglycerised licorice - it licorice with the harmful things taken out, ginger and I’ve bought some probiotics

Let us know how you get on

I also take a shot of probiotic daily, it’s the Actimel mixed fruit one. I did buy the keyfir Because from what I’ve read that is probably better but I thought it tasted disgusting…?

The kefir is nice if you use as a smoothie base with fruit etc

Itsnell

Hope it goes well Shinamae. I’m cutting down on carbs and any food that’s a trigger for my reflux. I’m taking deglycerised licorice - it licorice with the harmful things taken out, ginger and I’ve bought some probiotics

Let us know how you get on

I also take a shot of probiotic daily, it’s the Actimel mixed fruit one. I did buy the keyfir Because from what I’ve read that is probably better but I thought it tasted disgusting…?

Hope it goes well Shinamae. I’m cutting down on carbs and any food that’s a trigger for my reflux. I’m taking deglycerised licorice - it licorice with the harmful things taken out, ginger and I’ve bought some probiotics

Let us know how you get on

I have been on lansoprazole For over a year and after reading this thread I stopped taking it about a week ago. I have just started to take apple cider vinegar and also have a stock of rennies to hand. I know stopping suddenly is probably not the right way to do it but there it’s done now…?

This is interesting and a bit concerning. I had no idea of a suggested link to dementia.

I've been on Ezsmeprazole for almost ten years now. Together with being sensible about what I eat, it has been excellent in controlling my symptoms, caused by a large hiatus hernia. I took Ranitidine too until it was discontinued.

I feel between the devil and the deep blue sea on this, as I have dementia in the family sadly, however I don't fancy the problems that can ultimately arrive with acid reflux .. Barrett's oesophagus and the rest if the condition progresses.

I will talk to my GP about it and may try to reduce the dose very gradually.

Allsorts. I don’t have Barrett’s oesophagus, as far as I know. How did you come off omaprazole?

If you have Barrett’s Oesophagus, you should not stop, talk to your doctor, see a specialist. I stopped and altered my lifestyle and diet and don’t regret it, but your situation is different.

If I ever do get a break through and get acid reflux I drink a cup of mil, does the trick

Yes I have heard this but also heard not sleep on your left hand side as most of your major organs are on the left and they put weight on your heart. Probably an old wives tale.

One really simple tip I got from my GP is not to sleep on my right side. I don’t know if others will be aware of this, but apparently reflux is much more likely if you sleep on the right side.

AGAA4 I was taking Lansoprazole but had to.come off it as my sodium and folic acid levels went to low. Had to have folic acid tablets for 3 months.

Have you had a blood test to see what your levels are ?

I used double action Gaviscon and luckily that works on my acid reflux.

It really interesting to read your replies. Thank you.
Kissngate I’ve heard about the use of peppermint and aloe Vera - where do you buy your from?
Ekwaniimtee that’s an inspiring story
I have acid reflux and a h hernia and although the omaprazole seems to work for me, I get flare ups where the omaprazole doesn’t seem to help. The longer I’m on it the more aware I am of ailments and aches and pains, I’ve been having an attack of what I think is gastritis for over a week and I’ve several similar bouts in the time I’ve been on omaprazole. I started searching the web and a lot of it can be attributed to long term ppi use. There was me thinking it was old age!!
Im cutting out any of my triggers and carbs and I’m going to take heed of some of your advice for alternative remedies, then start tapering off the omaprazole.

I've yet to see any reason why omeprazole is getting such a bad press from people.
Gps should be doing medicine reviews regularly, or, even better, your pharmacist can do one for you.

I had a heart bypass in 2018 and prescribed aspirin and omeprozole. Recently I’ve been having indigestion type symptoms and my GP upped the dose to 40mg. It’s helped but I’m wondering now if I should speak to them to change or try something else?

I was prescribed Omeprazole years ago, probably when it first became available. I'd suffered badly from acid reflux and heartburn for a long time and had been on ranitidine which was becoming less effective. It was a godsend, it's a brilliant drug. However, I was eventually reduced to the maintenance dose of 20mg and told I would be on it for life. Therefore, when it came up for review every year, my GP merely okayed it without ever seeing me.
Last year, I began to have different digestive problems and losing a lot of weight without trying. When I eventually saw the GP at my new practice, I was fast-tracked through various procedures to rule out cancer. One of these was an upper endoscopy which meant I had to stop the Omeprazole a fortnight beforehand. I was prescribed Gaviscon Advance to take 4 times daily instead. This caused me no problems at all, no symptoms of heartburn or reflux. I discussed not resuming the Omeprazole with the endoscopist and he was amenable to my not doing so and to continue with the Gaviscon. If symptoms reappeared I could possibly be prescribed a different -azole.
I'm still not taking Omeprazole a year on and gradually tapered off the Gaviscon. No acid reflux! My appetite and enjoyment of food has returned though I do have to watch what I eat, nothing fatty or acidic. Omeprazole suppresses acid production in the stomach but as you get older, your stomach often naturally produces less acid. My theory is that the two things together were producing my digestive symptoms...full after a few mouthfuls, bloating, meat meals sitting around in the stomach for ages, presumably because the necessary acid wasn't there to digest it. I also think the weight loss was helpful, no longer the big belly pressing on the valve at the top of the stomach and causing the food to reflux back up.
Incidentally, the weight loss was purely due to the stress of buying and selling a house and my interior seems to be in good working order.

However, we are all different. Definitely do not come off by yourself but only after discussing it with your GP.

I've mentioned my remedy previously in other posts on the same subject. I take a Peppermint oil capsule, an Acidophilus capsule and a small Aloe Vera tablet daily to ward off acid reflux due to GORD and a hernia. I was put on a high dose of Lanzaprazole after an endoscopy quite a few years ago. After six months developed Vertigo and hair loss, Doctor changed to Omnaprazole but had severe headaches within a week so switched back to Lp and did some research. Someone recommended the above on a different forum so started taking them the same time as Lp then slowly stopped taking Lp. Worked perfectly told my GP who was all for it said he'd heard good reports about Peppermint oil capsules before in relation to IBS. Never taken a NSAID since. However I still have to be careful as pastry, onions or leeks can cause issues. Unfortunately can't take ginger as it irritates my gallbladder, (I was diagnosed with small stones at the same time). Hope this helps.

Thanks Lucca , I will try it.

I experienced no side effects from Omeprazole but I have tried not to take a capsule every evening. I think I can miss one evening's dose especially if I don't eat after 7pm. If I eat late , or if I miss two consecutive evening's Omeprazole the acid is bad.

I swallow a lot of Gaviscon liquid, but it doesn't work as well as Omeprazole when the acid is bad at night and I want to get to sleep.

annodomini I take Famotidine since Ranitadine was withdrawn.

Like this ?

Lucca
If you decide to try it, buy a jar of ginger paste ( no need to refrigerate) use about a level tea spoon. Sip it as hot as you can.
I often think it’s the heat dissipating the trapped wind which is causing most of this pain as much as the ginger.
Obviously big pharma don’t want people to know about these remedies ?

Thanks meryl

My go to with any of the problems mentioned is Ginger. Works every time.
westonoutpatient.com/news/the-power-of-gingertorelieveheartburn.