When WIll I Be Able to Wean off Nexium

[nanci]

The doctor wants me to take two Nexium per day.  I did this for a few weeks, felt great and cut down to one per day (Doctor said I could do this).  After a few days, I started feeling pressure again in my chest, burning, tiredness, etc, just a lousy feelng.
Went back to two, after a few days, felt relatively normal except for some slight burning which I swear I'll have to live with for the rest of my life!  So, took two for a week or so and cut back down to one (I hate taking this stuff).  It's starting again, the pressure, burning, all over feeling of sickness.

I'm scheduled for a scope on the 29th and really wanted be off the Nexium by then (been taking since early May).  I'm also chewing DGL tablets and just started enzymes.

I'm afraid if I take PPI's for too long, I'll have to take them indefinately.

I hate the idea of going back to two but wondering what's the protocol for this - do I take two for months and months and then wean off to one?  How long should you feel good before you start to decrease the dosage?

[Concerned lady]

Dear Nanci,

If I were you, I would try ALL of the following 19 Gastric Reflux Tips, DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD that you are taking the prescribed amount of acid blockers, --try this for at least 2 weeks to a month.

Then, if you can tell that the "tips" are working (meaning helping to HEAL your stomach and esophagus), THEN, KEEP USING ALL THE TIPS, every day, and begin to VERY, VERY, VERY, SLOWLY WEAN OFF THE ACID BLOCKER.

You shouldn't start weaning off the acid blocker, until you have used ALL the gastric reflux tips, for at least 2 weeks or more!

You could try a MORE GRADUAL WEANING SCHEDULE, NEXT EIME, to prevent the "rebound" ACID PRODUCTION, that results in TOO QUICKLY STOPPING OR DECREASING THE ACID BLOCKER!

Please read the very lengthy "tips" part (19 tips), below, and let us know which of these tips you are trying. I suggest trying them ALL, INCLUDING FOLLOWING THE LINKS TO DR. JAMES A. KOUFMAN'S GREAT REFLUX WEBPAGES! FOLLOW ALL HIS TIPS, too!

*************************************** Please read below:

Some GASTRIC REFLUX TIPS (without acid blockers):

GER=Gastro-Esophageal Reflux. (Gastro=stomach. Esophagus=food tube.)

LPR= Laryngeal-Pharyngeal Reflux. (Larynx=voice box, containing the 2 vocal cords. Pharynx=throat, above the larynx. The larynx is above the trachea/windpipe.)

Reflux=acidic or alkaline stomach material that backs up into the esophagus (food tube), causing any of these problems: VCD/Vocal Cord Dysfunction/Laryngospasm attacks, cough, voice problems, asthma, globus (feeling of lump in throat), constant need to clear throat, worsening of sinus condition, sore throat, pre-cancerous conditions of throat &/or esophagus, etc.

SOME GER/LPR CONTROL THINGS WE DO, that we learned from the excellent book: STOMACH AILMENTS AND DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES, by Michael T. Murray, N.D. See page 9, References, in my website: http://cantbreathesuspectvcd.com   and, also see GER/LPR info on page 5, and on LINKS page.

PLEASE READ THIS GREAT BOOK. It may possibly be bought on-line, from Michael T. Murray

[thebuzzard]

dear Nanci

Some big issues here for you.  The thing is; can your body become addicted to acid pump blockers? I have checked the various web sites for reducers and cannot find one reference to addiction.  So the question becomes how to go from two a day to
one a day to none a day. If your doctor prescribed two a day then it must be because he knows that they are not addictive but that does not help you come to grips with your issues. However, I doubt that taking two a day for a month will turn you into a helpless prisoner of acid reducers. And, you will feel good for a while. Then try going to one a day and follow the 19 tips