EVERY NIGHT!

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:52 pm

I take my nexium and an hour later I take my meds. 10 minutes later - heartburn, nausea. I feel so bad for about an hour. Then it wears off and I can fall asleep.

I am just about off everything, but there are a couple I still have to take. I thought it was the glutamine, the potassium and the calcium powders so I stopped taking them at night. They don't do it in the morning. It doesn't help.

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:33 am

Lesley, are you sure you don't have low acid? The symptoms can be the same. If you try the bicarbonate of soda test in the AM test, you'll know.

Post by **tex** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:41 am

Lesley,

Check the drugs you are taking on this site to see if they might be causing any interactions with the Nexium:

http://www.drugs.com/drug-interactions/ ... exium.html

Tex

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:32 pm

The only one is ...vitamin D3! Otherwise I am not on any of those.

I take apple cider vinegar to increase acid. I am STILL getting the reaction. It drives me crazy! An hour of misery every night.

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:00 pm

have you tried it the other way around?

take the meds then take the nexium.................

Post by **tex** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:31 pm

Actually, apple cider vinegar is a relatively mild acid. Pure apple cider vinegar has a pH that ranges between 4.25 and 5.0. Normal stomach acid pH ranges from 1.5 to 3.5. Remember, the higher the pH, the weaker the acid. That means that if apple cider vinegar seems to help, then your stomach acid pH would have to be way too high, (above 5.0) and Betaine HCL would probably help.

I agree with Gabes. PPIs interfere with the absorption of medications in general, so taking them first tends to weaken the effectiveness of anything taken afterwards (within several hours or more).

Tex

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:45 pm

Lesley wrote:The only one is ...vitamin D3! Otherwise I am not on any of those.

I take apple cider vinegar to increase acid. I am STILL getting the reaction. It drives me crazy! An hour of misery every night.

Lesley, have you tried the acid testing yet I posted for Monique? That really would be the quickest and easiest way to tell your stomach acid status. I hate to see you suffer for so long.

Marcia

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:16 pm

Gabes and Tex,

Yes I have tried the other way round by default. I forget to take the nexium and the pain forces me to remember. It goes on about the same amount of time, and gives me the same amount of pain.

Marcia, can you repost the link please. I can't find it.

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 7:39 pm

Lesley, it's not a link but it's in this thread:

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... highlight=

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:52 pm

Thanks much!
I have been meaning to get some Betaine for some time now. It would be nice if it works!!