12/16/09 Heartburn Relief?

Girl...I love your posts! So colorful and honest!

I hope it works - this half pill idea. I can't wait to read what happens next...

Thanks, I hope it works...they really need a pill cutter for capsules! -BG

Good Luck I really hope it works for you.... I have a question for you Im newbie so i would like to know what the papaya enzymes that you talk about are? And wr do you buy them? Thanks.

Instead of l/2 pill, how about 1 pill every other day for a while. That's what I had planned on doing when I taper off.

Nexium is encapsulated to make it a sustained release medication so it's effect should last the 24 hours until you take another one. If you cut or open it...you are getting all the med at once or half the med (if you are taking half a capsule) at once which is meant to be slowly released over 12 hours...probably better to just taper off with something else that is not sustained release like some over the counter Zantac or equivalent...something that requires more frequent dosing. Pepcid or even Tums or the mixture of same ...keep at the bedside. I do however admire your inventive spirit on the pill cutting!

Oh my god, this heartburn is killing me! I feel like I want the band OUT

This is about taking half a capsule....Take the capsule apart.... take a tiny piece of bread and stuff it into the open end.... then take the pill...it goes right down.....