Hi Wayne (and everyone)...
Can you share how long your rebound lasted when you got off a PPI? Sorry if this is posted elsewhere! Anyone else care to share how long they suffered rebound after tapering off a PPI?
Thanks!
Wayne - how long was your rebound?
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Hi Suzy,
The only time I've ever used a PPI was when I was recovering from emergency abdominal surgery. When the doc in charge finally allowed me to eat some solid food, I choked on a piece of chicken or something, and coughed up a respirator tube that was still in place. The doc insisted that I would have to either have the tube reinserted, or take a PPI so that I wouldn't "suffocate/drown in my own vomit". The poor guy actually believed that a PPI prevents acid reflux.
So it's no wonder that so many doctors think they are helping patients by prescribing PPIs. They don't understand PPIs at all. The fact of the matter is that PPIs cause acid reflux because they destroy the clinching strength of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Anyway, because of that doctor's ignorance, I had to take a PPI for 2 or 3 days, until they released me from the hospital.
And sure enough, those 2 or 3 pills were enough to weaken my LES. While I was recovering at home, I had acid reflux problems for the first time in my life, thanks to those damn pills that I was coerced into taking while in the hospital. It only happened while I was lying on my right side, so that's when I learned to never lie on my right side. After about 6 months to a year, I eventually regained the ability to lie on my right side without having reflux, but I still try to avoid lying on my right side while sleeping.
But I didn't have a rebound effect, because it's usually necessary to take a PPI for a couple of weeks or more in order to set the stage for an acid rebound effect.
Tex
The only time I've ever used a PPI was when I was recovering from emergency abdominal surgery. When the doc in charge finally allowed me to eat some solid food, I choked on a piece of chicken or something, and coughed up a respirator tube that was still in place. The doc insisted that I would have to either have the tube reinserted, or take a PPI so that I wouldn't "suffocate/drown in my own vomit". The poor guy actually believed that a PPI prevents acid reflux.
So it's no wonder that so many doctors think they are helping patients by prescribing PPIs. They don't understand PPIs at all. The fact of the matter is that PPIs cause acid reflux because they destroy the clinching strength of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Anyway, because of that doctor's ignorance, I had to take a PPI for 2 or 3 days, until they released me from the hospital.And sure enough, those 2 or 3 pills were enough to weaken my LES. While I was recovering at home, I had acid reflux problems for the first time in my life, thanks to those damn pills that I was coerced into taking while in the hospital. It only happened while I was lying on my right side, so that's when I learned to never lie on my right side. After about 6 months to a year, I eventually regained the ability to lie on my right side without having reflux, but I still try to avoid lying on my right side while sleeping.
But I didn't have a rebound effect, because it's usually necessary to take a PPI for a couple of weeks or more in order to set the stage for an acid rebound effect.
Tex
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