I am almost 3 months out and about to take my last PPI that I have been taking since the day before surgery (as given by my Dr). I have no problem with stopping the pills but did have a question.....when did you all stop taking them (if you no longer do)? How many of you have stopped and then found out you still needed them? Also if you answer, did you have issues with heartburn/acid PRIOR to surgery? Just trying to see what the probability is for me needing another perscription of these pills or if when the 3 months are up I am good to go. Just for the record I have been perfect so far, no issues, never had acid issues before and I am doing good post op! :-)

Thanks all!!!!!!

I'm not quite four months out and stopped taking my PPI at three months. I do still get heartburn on occasion, but it isn't nearly as bad as when I was first sleeved. Now I just take an over the counter med when I need it - which is occurring less and less frequently.

I rarely had issues with heartburn or acid before surgery (just if I ate something spicy too late in the evening). I was given a PPI after surgery & needed it every day, After my PPI ran out, I tried OTC Prevacid but it didn't work well for me. My stomach felt like it was boiling! Not heartburn, just pouch pain. I was up to a pill every 6-8 hours with little relief. I know it works well for many but I had to get a script from my PCP yesterday. Hoping it will work!

I'm five months out and still take mine everyday.

I never had acid reflux or heartburn before surgery. I was taking 2-3 Famotidine (script for Pepcid basically) since I got home from surgery on 8-23-12. It was so bad for weeks. I noticed that it got so much better the week of 10-8-12. I rarely need to take even 1 a day now. I think it's finally done bothering me, thank God. I suppose we are all different, but I still have a month's supply left in case I need it.

Thanks everyone! I am going to go off and wait a few days and see what happens....guess I will go back on if I need to! :-)

As a side note, how long without the Rx did it take you to know that you needed to keep taking it? And what is the feeling that you did feel that told you to keep taking it?

Thanks guys!