William Teague

I had the sleeve gastrectomy on Feb 20th, 2018. Carafate 1gram pill was prescribed for me shortly after surgery, I was taking 4 tablets a day. Yesterday I became curious about this drug and started searching the web for information about Carafate being prescribed after a sleeve procedure. I found very little except one article that said Carafate should be taken for two weeks only. My prescription instructions said nothing about taking this pill two hours before or after taking other medication because it could interfere with the other medications effectiveness. One article said take on an empty stomach. I was not told anything about the potential inter action that could lessen the effectiveness of other meds. I have been taking this pill for almost 5 months now and I am furious about the lack of information given to me concerning Carafate. I have stopped taking them after finding out Carafate is prescribed for treating ulcers of the upper GI tract and for treating Peptic Ulcer disease. I have found nothing that says Carafate is normally prescribed after a sleeve gastrectomy procedure. gI