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Prilosec/other PPI's - length of use

Hello all,

I was prescribed stomach stuff by my doc in Mexico but have run out of it and am starting to get what might be acid symptoms. I was thinking of trying Prilosec or the Cosco analog, which is cheaper, but both of them say to discontinue use after 14 days. It seems like a lot of folks post-sleeve just use these every day as a fact of life. Is that safe, or is there something I need to do to balance that? I am already taking Multivitamins and calcium citrate.

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Oops, sorry guys, meant to post this to the post-op forum. If an admin sees this, will you delete it? Am going to repost in post-op.

I have used Prilosec and Prevacid. I prefer Prevacid because it just seems to work better for me. It is only effective for a certain length of time, though, then I suppose your body builds up a tolerance to it. I'm 3 and a half months out and I've switched them out. I have a follow up appointment tomorrow and my doctor is probably going to fuss that I'm still using them (2x a day!)

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