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Acidic stomach

I had sleeve surgery this past December and all in all its been a pretty smooth process. The one issue that started a couple weeks ago was acid reflux. I'm great during the day but find I am waking up in the middle of the night with the most awful burning in the back of my throat. I still take my daily omeprazole. I have now stopped eating 2-3 hours before bedtime to see if that will help. Spoke with medical office today and she said to try taking omeprazole before bed instead of in the morning so I will start that tonight. Anyone else?

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  • JamieLogical
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    I'm 19 months post-op and I am still taking omeprazole (20mg) twice a day. Once in the morning and once before bed. The few times I've tried to cut back, I was in the same situation as you... burning

  • I was on the omeprazole 20 in a.m. And 40 in p.m. And was still having issues at six months out. Dr switched me to Nexium 40 mg at night and problem was resolved. If taking it at night don't help you

  • we have the SAME surgery date! well I was the 17th.. I've had to start talking the Omp 40mg bc of acid, never had it before.. how are you coming along? my weight loss have definitely sloooowed down, I

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I'm 19 months post-op and I am still taking omeprazole (20mg) twice a day. Once in the morning and once before bed. The few times I've tried to cut back, I was in the same situation as you... burning in the back of my throat.

I was on the omeprazole 20 in a.m. And 40 in p.m. And was still having issues at six months out. Dr switched me to Nexium 40 mg at night and problem was resolved. If taking it at night don't help you may need to change meds.

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we have the SAME surgery date! well I was the 17th.. I've had to start talking the Omp 40mg bc of acid, never had it before.. how are you coming along? my weight loss have definitely sloooowed down, I'm new to this site, but I've already been reading up on the dreaded stalls!

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Thank you for taking the time to respond! I switched the omeprazole to evening a few days back. It helped but still awoke trying to choke on acid. Today I added ranitidine in the morning to morning omeprazole and will take both again tonight before bedtime. I'm desperate for a full night's sleep. No acid would be a bonus.

The dr office is giving me a few days to see how this goes. Next on the schedule is an upper GI if this goes t work.

Have a great evening!

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