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Protonix - Jenn!

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Protonix - Jenn!

by nanci, Aug 09, 2002 12:00AM

Tags: gastritis, eating

Jenn, took my first pill this morning - can you tell me what to expect? I ask only because I woke feeling pretty good, slight burning but nothing really bad. I took a pill and within ten minutes, I started having burning. The pharmacist told me that Protonix typically starts working the first 1/2 hr, that's why to take it first thing in AM on an empty stomach.

Can you tell me what to expect - instant or gradual relief?

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by Lynn28, Aug 09, 2002 12:00AM

I was told by my doctor to take it after breakfast. I don't take on an empty stomach. I'll eat and than wait about a hlf an hour or so and "Than" I'll take it, but not on an empty stomach. It's hard to say. I took 80mg for the first two weeks and than 40 for the next four. The burning went away I would say by the END of the second week. What are you eating, say for breakfast and in general? Nothing hard to digest right?

by nanci, Aug 09, 2002 12:00AM

To: Jenn

Really! Both the doctor's office and the pharmacist said to

take it first thing in the AM before breakfast! Huh, wonder if it makes a difference.

I took it at 6AN, around 8:30 I had some oatmeal and blueberries and a cup of marshmellow tea.

by Lynn28, Aug 09, 2002 12:00AM

I'm sure it doesn't matter, but if it bothered you, than maybe taking it a half an hour after your breakfast might help. It did for me. Just give your breakfast a "Little" time to digest, that's all. Either way, I think it will work.

by John W. (RPh), Aug 11, 2002 12:00AM

Hi:

The reason why your doctor and pharmacist instructed you to take your Protonix 1/2 hour before a meal is this:

Pantoprazole is a proton-pump inhibitor ... the catch is that it works best on active pumps (ones that are secreting stomach acid). It does not act locally (like maalox does); it needs time to enter the bloodstream. So taking it 1/2 hour before you eat ensures that your pumps are turned on (i.e. you start digesting) while the medicine is already in your system!

Hope this helps

John W. (RPh)

by Aly, Aug 23, 2002 12:00AM

To: Nanci

I too was given Protonix but deffered to take it, instead learned about eating for my blood type and the importance of Ph balance in our body's system. Acidosis can be a factor. Lemon juice or coffee 1st thing in the morning is what I do to balance the Ph in my stomach, make it make more acid to digest the food. I'm A+ blood type and if I had been eating the foods for my type all along I may not have become wheat intolerant/have Celiac Sprue.

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