View Full Version : Stopping a PPI - acid rebound?
lisams
04-17-2009, 03:33 PM
I've been on Protonix (a proton pump inhibitor/PPI) for 6 weeks for gastritis following a horrible stomach bug. It started working within a few days and I had been feeling great. So at my 6 week follow up the dr. said I could stop taking it. Within 4 days of stopping Protonix I had horrible acid rebound so I started it up again and am now looking for a way to stop taking it to minimize the acid rebound. Any ideas? Thanks!!
hellbennt
04-18-2009, 08:53 AM
I know about for infants, lol! (see my sig)
but you could do is cut the dose in half and do that for a week
and see how that goes
then the next week give that half dose every other day
then try not taking it...
lisams
04-18-2009, 10:41 AM
I know about for infants, lol! (see my sig)
but you could do is cut the dose in half and do that for a week
and see how that goes
then the next week give that half dose every other day
then try not taking it...
Thank you so much for your reply! So cutting the dose in half is what you do for infants? I just wasn't sure if it was safe to do since it's an extended release kind of med. I'll give that a try and see what happens.
Thanks again for responding!
hellbennt
04-18-2009, 03:31 PM
good thought about the meds- you mean the pill itself is extend? I know with infants you can cut a prevacid solutab in half and you can open a capsule and seperate the beads inside...not sure about other forms of the med...if it's another form of med, maybe then just take it day every other day then...
lisams
04-18-2009, 04:19 PM
good thought about the meds- you mean the pill itself is extend? I know with infants you can cut a prevacid solutab in half and you can open a capsule and seperate the beads inside...not sure about other forms of the med...if it's another form of med, maybe then just take it day every other day then...
It's not a caplet, it's a pill, so I don't think I can take it apart like that, too bad because that would be easy.
I was going every other day great so then I just stopped thinking I was ready and on the 4th day off the acid came back horrible, like 10 times worse than before. So I guess I need to take it slower. Do you have any idea how long it might take to wean off of the meds?
Thanks again, I appreciate it!
hellbennt
04-19-2009, 08:06 AM
I would think 2 weeks?
like every other day for two weeks? then the 3rd weeks try taking it
sunday, wednesday, saturday for a week?
it's hard.
not sure what else to recommend...
you could try something otc like pepcid chewables
or even tums to help get you off the PPI...
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