Trying to come off Omeprazole.

It sounds as though you basically need to come off the aspirin. Talk to your GP about other types of anticoagulant that do not burn your stomach.

I’m on Famotidine, prescribed, as I can’t take take Omeprazole (low sodium), I’m surprised you haven’t been offered that or similar.

Aspirin is irritating to the stomach - Lucky girl is right .

I have to take Omeprazole if I do a lot of bending over in the garden .

I reduced my omeprazole to just taking it as and when needed, I didn’t realise this could be done and had been taking it daily and there’s absolutely no need,well not in my case anyway
I did speak to my doctor and he said it was absolutely fine to do this. Consequently, I may take one week 🤷‍♀️

I suffered from acid reflux for years - used to take a lot of Rennies. I had a gastroscopy and apparently have a hiatus hernia. I was prescribed Lanzoprazole (similar to Omeprazole) but had bad side effects after a month and stopped taking it. I took ranitidine sometimes (now off the market but famotidine works in a similar way) and continued with Rennies as needed. I discussed with GP and he was fine with how I was controlling symptoms. Like Shinamae I take omeprazole occasionally.

Gaviscon - liquid or tablets - is often recommended by doctors. I'd suggest trying it or some simple antacid. The pharmacist is correct to be cautious - acid reflux can cause chronic inflammation which is not good. Your GP may have assumed that you would take a simple over the counter antacid.

Famotidine works in a completely different way to omeprazole, so suggest you ask GP about it. It acts more quickly than omeprazole, but effect doesn't last as long. It doesn't have all the negative side effects of omeprazole or other ppis.

My GP also prescribed Gaviscon Advance, to be taken before bed.

Thank you so much for your help. I have an appointment to see my doctor to discuss what is to me done about my beta blocker withdrawal. That is in a weeks time. My platelets are too high so definitely need the aspirin. She knows about me wanting to come off Omeprazole and has removed them from my repeat prescriptions. I will ask her to put them on again and use them occasionally. I was going to use gaviscon but it says not to be used with aspirin. I am wondering if I can take Gaviscon at night when I need it. I went into the pharmacy to get some kind of antacid but he didn’t suggest anything as I thought he would. He seemed reluctant to suggest anything as he wanted the doctor to decide and he is the local pharmacist to the surgery. Thank you again

The people pharmacy which seems a reliable site on net have an article about coming of omeprazole
Helped me on numerous occasions

I believe the ‘enteric coated’ aspirin are less harmful to the stomach.

You should see ypur GP again. You were offered other meds but refused them. A GP can't force you to take a medicine but can advise.

Post having my gall bladder removed I was advised by my consultant to take gaviscon before bedtime to help with acid reflux.

I am on Omeprazole daily. Have tried to reduce to every other day over a period of time but does not work as GERD symptoms appear and I can go into atrial fibrillation because of the acid reflux ( An increasing evidence indicates that GERD induces the initiation and the perpetuation of AF. This is caused by the autonomic nerve influence, mechanical compression, and propagation of local inflammation due to proximity of left atrium (LA) and lower esophagus.' See what works for you but taking Omeprazole may be the lesser of two evils. Good luck.

Complicated. Get off the asprin if you possibly can - horrible for the gut. I find a flat teaspoon of www.naturesbest.co.uk/your-goals/build-power-strength/glutamine-powder/ is enough to keep me pain free (was diagnosed with rolling hiatus hernia & IBS). Some good reading points here:- www.google.com/search?q=l+glutamine+for+gut+health&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB880GB880&oq=L+GLUTAMINE+FOR+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBCjEwNzA4ajBqMTWoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

It's really worth looking into dietary changes. I struggled with acid reflux for years (with hospital 'specialist' eventually telling me it was just something middle-aged women had to put up with!) and then discovered it disappeared - completely and within 24 hours! - after taking an antibiotic for something else. That started me off looking into idea of gut bacteria. Thereafter have cut out gluten and cut right back on sugar, and my gut has made a remarkable recovery - not quick but slowly and surely. I also tried the paleo-keto diet for a almost a year. Surprising side-effects were that, in addition to stopping the acid reflux, this also seemed to stop lower-back pain and reduced stress incontinence.

Don’t stop taking oneprazole.
Stop the aspirin. I stopped aspirin on doctors advice. Ruins your stomach

Your GP may not realise you are struggling as sometimes people can come off Omeprazole with no problem as what has caused their acidity has stopped. Just speak to your GP for a solution. I feel your pain, I can't stop either without pain. I've tried cutting my dose to half but it doesn't work for me.
I realise you would like to come off these type of tablets but it is important to keep as acid free as possible. The incidence of oesophageal cancer goes up significantly if untreated, especially if you are a smoker. As to an antacid, the best I have found (although you might not be prescribed it) is Gaviscon Plus. Our GP prescribes a generic brand which is not as good.
I have to take Voltarol but can't take it by mouth because of the pain it causes. I take it in suppository form which bypasses the stomach. You can take aspirin in suppository form but you may find the dose it too high. Maybe talk to a different pharmacist who has time to do a complete medication review. They are far more knowledgeable about these things than GP's.

An increasing evidence indicates that GERD induces the initiation and the perpetuation of AF.

Yes, my daughter suffers from this. It makes her feel really ill and she has been rushed off in an ambulance on more than one occasion.

'Healthcare professionals' go by the book. It's the doctor's job to be more holistic (makes me laugh when I see that term used for a practitioner who rejects the main body of medical knowledge). Go with the doctor's advice.

I can't help much here, only to say Gaviscon was a life saver when the stress of teaching messed up my stomach.

Take a notebook into the GP and have your questions written down on one side of the pages and leave the right hand side blank for answers. Better still, take someone with you.

My husband was on Omeprazole for a long time. When he was found to be Type 2 diabetic he went on a low carb diet and the need for it disappeared. The main culprit for his digestive problem was pastry products which he gave up completely..

I have been taking the mini dose of aspirin with my breakfast since having my first heart attack about 5 years ago. I was also prescribed Omeprazol to protect my stomach from the aspirin but after about a year I reacted with bad diarrhea. Then this was changed to Famotidine and that was fine for slightly less than a year until the diarrhea started again. Then I had Lansoprazole which I reacted to during the first week. Ten months later I am still waiting for my system to calm down.
I think I must stop taking the aspirin as I have recently started to get acid reflux. Rennies seems to calm it down bit I think me and aspirin simply do not get on.

Thank you for this thread.

For LovetoPain -- several different Prazoles in that drugs group, I'm now on Lanso, got switched to it from another (already forgotten!). I'm also now on ATORvastatin (re cholesterol), having been switched from SIMVAstatin (the quack should know all about Statins, & Prazoles, as it seems about half the country is on one or both?!).

I ALSO take one of the little aspirins, but that isn't the cause of my acid reflux, which appeared first by several years. I take the aspirin last thing, and you can indeed get the coated ones, for exactly the 'upset' reason stated. Lay it all on your GP, but sadly not all GPs are on the same page!

I was on aspirin …result two stomach ulcers …now off the aspirin and on clopidogrel ….and lansoprazole for the ulcers …for life . No side effects and been on them 6 years!