Anybody take/taken omeprazole for acid reflux?

[permaquandry]

If yes, how long does it take to work and what were your symptoms of acid reflux?

Thanks v much.

[babyjane67]

Thats sounds horrible for yr dp fannyfifer!
Hope the secind line treatment works for him

[eddielizzard]

i've been on omeprazole for years and years. acid reflux for a good 15 years.

my triggers are heavy meals late at night, high carb suppers like pasta, beer.

i've been doing the 5:2 diet for nearly 2 years now and that has enabled me to stop taking omeprazole every day to just the days where i know i've done something that will trigger it.

it's quite amazing really, when my reflux was so bad the acid would go into my mouth if my bed wasn't raised.

ah yes, that's another thing. raise your headboard by at least half a foot. using pillows to raise you up will actually exacerbate the problem as you're bent in half then. it's got to be the bed that's raised. since 5:2 i don't raise my bed anymore.

[Mignonette]

Fanny I have been tested and am clear. I don't get the pain under my ribs at all; all my pain is in my upper GI tract- my epigastrum. I feel a heaviness and pressure under my left breast , sternum and into my thraot, a gnawing too. It goes down my arm sometimes and did masquerade as cardiac at first. Many women misinterpret cardiac pain for indigestion so I had to have that ruled out too.

[Mignonette]

I don't get reflux at all. No 'acid stomach' or indigestion pains per se. It is really weird.

[babyjane67]

Does anyone ever get palpitations&have they ever been connectrd to yr gastric probs?
Im asking cuz i get loads of these&pain/discomfort in chest&am currently undergoing heart tests
Its mainly cuz ive gotta have a gyny op under ga but cuz im having these catdiac symptoms they
ont do it intil ive had tje all clear from cardiologist
Ive already been sent home once after being prepped!

[babyjane67]

Sorry for typos.damn phone!

[Jbck]

babyjane I was on a previous thread where a few of us had gastric probs and palpitations but medics had ruled out connections for a couple who'd queried a link.

My problems started at similar times but I don't recignise a link in severity. My cardiac issues have been investigated an no underlying cause found was told a normal abnormality and to try not to stress.