If you look at the side effects listed in the PDR for almost all GI tract meds, hunger is one of them. I cannot take these meds because I cannot even think clearly at my work due to the constant thoughts of hunger and food. I gain as much as one pound a day on stomach meds. I have tried about 8-10 of them with the same results. Discontinue the stomach meds and you will find the excessive hunger is totally gone in 2 days. The problem becomes, "How do I deal with the stomach problems then?"