I have been on Pantoprazole for 15 years and stopped it last year, and I am really surprised how this "Doctor" just blows off the side effects. I had a constant b12 deficiency and D3. Now at 59 diagnosed with Ostropenia as a result of the PPi preventing the absorption of these vitamins. This doctor is so typical of how doctors think. Go on to Medscape and read the side effects.
I have been taking PPI for several years, not sure how long , and also have B 12 deficiency. Also I think it has caused a chronic over-growth of yeast in intestines.
eat more crucerficious vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower these have protective effects against H.pylori and heal gut lining but they are also Antifungal and PPI's feed candida look up the powerful effects of sulpherane on your health, I use to be on PPI's but were doing too much damage they also block calcium and cause magnesium deficiency as well.. should see some of the crappy additives/binders they use in PPI's, polysorbate 80 is one of the worst ones and that was in my Omeprazole Activas PPI.
Nobody warned me about osteoporosis. I have been eating PPI's for 6 years and now I have low bone density. It's not osteoporosis yet, but close to it. I never trust doctors again. I should have read about it more, but all the medicine has huge lists of possible side effects, I didn't know this was one to be taken seriously, well now I learnt. At least I stopped using it before the situation got even worse, but I wish I would have never started it. So stupid of me to trust doctors.
It's informative to see how your mind works. Thank you for your presentation on the Side Effects Denial Syndrome. I'm not going to discuss the vested interests which lead to your rationalisations unless specifically asked to.
I have been using at least 40mg ppi.s daily for 20 years I am still alive they are probably keeping me alive because I have Barretts and hiatal hernia. 63 years old
I can only speak regarding my own experience. I am a very long-term PPI user (over 20 years!) Because of this fact my physician recently ran a complete analysis of my nutrient levels, did a bone density scan, basically everything he could do to see if there was any evidence of negative effects of my PPI use. Everything came out within normal limits. I do take a quality multivitamin including D3/magnesium/potassium, etc. All results perfectly normal. I am so relieved because now I have been diagnosed with Barrett’s Esophagus so I will remain on PPI’s indefinitely 😉
but thats only reason your tests return normal, taking a multivitamin was probably counteracting it and stopping it depleting those things, its proven taking PPI's just for 3 months lowers magnesium levels.
Been taking 40 mg pantoprazole every day for the past few years. If I don’t take it I literally throw up stomach acid non stop. The only things I’ve noticed since taking it is weight loss. I literally can’t gain any weight no matter what I eat. If I don’t take it I notice just a few hours later and the throwing up starts.
I just started using omeprazole (otc) a day ago after using the h2 blocker pepcid for a year (started out great eliminating reflux and other gerd things but it is a bit ineffective now). Just in one dose it's like I don't even suffer from this crap. Pretty pleased so far. What do you think caused your weight loss? Does it reduce your appetite? How long before you noticed you were losing weight?
You should look at getting help from a functional medicine doctor. You obviously have a reason why you are in misery unless you take a ppi. Might as well get to the root cause.
There is a rebound effect when stopping a ppi. More stomach acid is produced than normal. Have you tried tapering off them? Your situation sounds uncommon
cause its stopping you from absorbing vitamins and other nutrients hence the weight loss, get off this crap and just eat more vegetables like Broccoli and Cauliflower 2 of the best for gut health and combating H.pylori which causes ulcers in first place, cut out coffee but if you cant then add almond milk to it to reduce the acidity.
I've suffered for 10yrs+ a myraid of digestive ailments. My quality of life is terrible because of it. Everywhere online you read about how bad PPIs are and i've never taken them for more than a week or two because of it. They never really got rid of my symptoms either. Despite that I am going ot introduce them because of your video because this burning right now is too much! Fed up with this constant mucus in my mouth and bad breath on top of shortness of breath.
