OH MY WORD TALK ABOUT BURN!!! Does anyone out there have suggestions on what to do about heartburn? I have it so bad that sometimes I just start puking up the acid (I know gross). I get it no matter what I eat. I seriously always have to have a bottle of tums with me & sometimes the tums don't work either. I will be 8 weeks out on the 24th of December. Does this get better or will I always have this problem? I have never in my life really had experienced heartburn before this. Any help would be appriciated!

Did your doctor give you a prescription for something a little stronger than Tums? I have Prevacid solutabs. They seem to work pretty well. I take one a day. Years ago I had a bad heartburn problem (not surgery related) and took protonix. Worked wonders.

Heartburn is a known side-effect of the sleeve. Take Pepcid or Tagamet for a few days plus omeprazole, which takes a few days to take effect, and then stop the Pepcid/Tagamet. I took omeprazole from the day after surgery up until about nine months out, but studies show that acid comes back in a significant number of people 2-3 years post-op so I'm ready to take it again if I need to..

I just bought some acid controller from Walgreens. I didnt ask my surgeon or doctor. I have seen enough ppl on here say that they take it after surgery. I am 3 days post op and I needed some relief!!

Thanks so much! I have an appointment with my Doctor this week & I will ask her for a perscription.

i take zantac right now. it's otc and works really well the dr prescribed me nexium 40's, but they give me very bad headaches so i'm going to stick to zantac. never had heartburn like this before either.