heart burn

[hateopiates]

i am on 17 days and i have had heart burn the whole time is this normal i am sick of taking tums

[LongerDays]

I didn't have much heartburn, but what I did get was a chronic dry cough that turned out to be caused by reflux. So though the reflux didn't cause the cause heartburn, it apparently was the underlying cause of the cough, but no other more typical symptoms (like heartburn). I started taking a PPI & the cough has mostly gone away.  

[hateopiates]

thanks i will stay 3 days behind u umustbdreaming and ga guy thanks for the info i will talk to my doc about it or see what he says to do my next appointment is the 19th so i guess i will stick it out until then with tums and pepto lol this site has been such a big help i hope i can encourage others like i have been helped by just posting and reading i do check the site about 50 times a day some times more i know there has been such great help from others on me so i hope even if its just 1 person who listens to what i write that it can help them i really think im going to go back to school and become a conseler spelling stinks but i would love to help people and make a career out of it i think that would be such a great job seeing people get better rite in front of me at least someone cant say to me u dont know what i am going threw i can just laugh about that on the inside because i do know how it feels been there done that.and again thank u all lets keep up the good fight no lets keep up this awesome fight

[GA Guy]

My rehab facility put just about every opiate addict going through withdrawals on Prilosec OTC for about 2 weeks. Worked wonders. Plus, it's nonaddictive and perfectly safe.

[umustbdreaming]

perfectly normal i had zero heartburn, and zero rls!!! Mainly cravings and anxiety.  Im still 3 days ahead of you and great job on staying 3 days behind me still!!!! My day 17 was kinda bad but overnight it was 1000% better for some reason. My day 20 was the first time i actually felt like my old self and its getting better everyday!

[hateopiates]

thank u yeah i am thinking that its a new problem since i quit using i will have to talk to my pain management doc when i see him he knows i quit the opiates and he said next visit he will work on any problems i might have he is a great docter and he knows why i wanted out so he is doing what ever he can do to treat me without pain meds he told me he wished all his patients were as honest as me it all started with a work injury and bam i couldnt get enough i here so many stories about other docters just black balling there patients when they tell them the truth about abuse so thank god my docter helped me

[christos24]

each individual reacts different to wds, to each medication, basically everything, so it is quite possible that the wds could have some effect on the heartburn or could be part of the cause. It is also day 17 though, I guess it could possibly be lingering effects, but it really shouldn't now have to do with actually wds. Like I said the wds could have played a role in starting it or adding to it, but since its far enough along without opiates, you may want to just keep an eye on it. If it gets worse I would maybe have a doctor take a  look. I dont know if you have tried anything else, but I have been told by many and I myself find it to be extremely helpful for that exact problem, but Tagamet (Cimitedine) can be bought generic or brand name OTC at any Walgreens, CVS, etc.. I hope it goes away and you can truly enjoy seeing and living your life sober and clean, its amazing