Hi all, What time of day do you take your PPI? Also I am experiencing a strange thing....when I eat well, I don't loose, when I don't eat well....I loose....weird...or is it just my imagination? What do you think? I haven't taken my PPI since a month out from surgery and I don't have any symptoms of needed one but I do get hungrier as the evening wears on? Do I need it? Thanks, Tracy w.

I'm still taking my PPI. I know that it takes about 6 weeks typically. I hate the other filling (of being hungry).

I am 2 1/2 years out and still take a Prilosec every day. I have to take it first thing in the morning, or I have major acid problems. This never happened to me prior to surgery. But, I am okay with it. Having to add one extra pill to my morning regimen is no big deal, in comparison to all the weight I have lost and how much better I feel.

The surgery gave me MAJOR acid issues. I take pantoprazole and ranitidine in the morning, and another ranitidine at night. My doctor actually advised me to take both twice per day, but most of the time I don't need the second pantoprazole.

I take Protonix twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, and I also take Zantac once a day in the mid-morning. I have had trouble with GERD for the past 10 years, and I have Barrett's esophagitis now too so I have to keep on top of mine pretty good. I can tell in the evenings if I haven't taken my medicine though, I get the "munchies"...it's really weird!!!

My surgeon wants me to continue my PPI for the first year. I was originally on omeprazole 20 mg twice daily, but continued to have issues. I'm now on Dexilant in the morning and an OTC Zantac at night - no acid problems at all. As long as I get my protein in, I don't have hunger issues (other than the occasional bout of head hunger).