• @chemical_cutthroat
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    410 months ago

    Thankfully Omeprazole keeps me from choking on my own acid now, but yeah, that sucks.

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      My wife has GERD but she can only take omeprazole for a certain period of time and has to take time off from it, though I forget the reason for it

      • 🐍🩶🐢
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        210 months ago

        It can tank your B12 and other nice things your body needs. At the end of the day, I

      • @fireflash38
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        210 months ago

        Your bones. It’s not good for osteoporosis IIRC.

      • @chemical_cutthroat
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        110 months ago

        I just take it once a week and it keeps it in check. Before I started, I would wake up every night literally drowning in stomach acid and unable to breathe. When I first started taking it, I was taking it daily, but I always felt REALLY bloated, like I was going to explode. I cut off of it and found that the effect lasted for a week or more, and I started just taking it once a week, and I’ve been fine ever since.