Hi

I received a prescription for Protonix to take prior to surgery and morning of surgery, then 30 days after. I see many people are complaining about gas pains so should I purchase the gas strips or antacids in addition to the Protonix?

Thanks

Hi

I received a prescription for Protonix to take prior to surgery and morning of surgery, then 30 days after. I see many people are complaining about gas pains so should I purchase the gas strips or antacids in addition to the Protonix?

Thanks

I am curious about the GasX strips.... anyone out there use them ???

Yes, they helped me alot. I take aciphex and took the gas X strips for a wk or 2 after surgery for gas pain. I don't need them any more, but they were a life saver for me at that time. Good luck with your surgery.

Will do, thanks.

I didn't need Gas X...and they don't help at all with the pumped in gas that surgeons use to make the surgery easier. (And a GOOD surgeon can remove most of that; mine did)

Gas X (simethecone) just breaks gas up so you can burp it out, and I had NO trouble burping! LOL but it helps some people.

However I'd check with the doc to see if s/he recommends it first.

From an interaction/safety standpoint, yes, you can use both. (I'm a clinical pharmacist.) It's true that the simethicone won't help gas that's outside the GI tract, but it could ease other pressure. Good luck!

I didn't need Gas X...and they don't help at all with the pumped in gas that surgeons use to make the surgery easier. (And a GOOD surgeon can remove most of that; mine did)

Gas X (simethecone) just breaks gas up so you can burp it out, and I had NO trouble burping! LOL but it helps some people.

However I'd check with the doc to see if s/he recommends it first.

Yes, my surgeon is awesome, I have a single incision, and he pumped all of the gas out. Aside from the tenderness around the port/incision, I have been great. So I only take the protonix, I had my followup yesteday and they are ready to do a fill in July. I told them I would like to wait a couple of weeks, at least until the tenderness goes down.

I think you're smart to wait on the fill until you have healed. Good luck to you! :thumbup: