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I have been on Prevacid for acid reflux for about 13 years now. 30 mgs was my daily dose for aboutthe first 5 yrs. I got vertigo from a virus that I thought caused all kinds of residuals. One of them being gastroeparesis. I was vomiting up undigested food in the middle of the night and no one could tell me why. Even though I had the gastric emptying and was advised it took me 90 minutes to digest what should have been gone in 30 minutes, but never any answer as to what to do about it. I decided to cut the Prevacid down to 15 mgs a day and the gastroeparesis seems to have gone away on it's own.
Now I am having some back issues which is not uncommon at my age, but decided to have B-12 level checked and guess what, it was low! So, after researching myself, seems that the proton pump inhibitors will deplete your B-12 . I am switching to the HCR- Zantac to see what happens next but I have a feeling it won't hurt anything , that's for sure! Why do the Gastro's insist on keeping us on these meds for years ? Don't they know what issues they can cause? I am so mad that I have to find these things out through my own research!
I had to vent in case someone else here has been going through something similar.View Thread

If so, how's it doing for you? I've been on it for a couple of weeks and so far I'm not finding it to be my miracle drug.....................
Also, has anyone had any experience with back and nerve issues in the back causing constipation? I have 3 bulging discs with some stenosis and was wondering if there is a correlation between the two.View Thread



Where does the bile go once you have the gallbladder removed? I'm assuming it dumps directly into the small intestines?View Thread

I think maybe my digestive issues might be this.....View Thread

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Pretty much I have come to accept the fact that my plumbing is older and isn't what it used to be. It is what it is and I've been out of my mind trying to find some solution.
I think I will give the apple cider vinegar a shot also.
I am taking a probiotic and as long as I remember to take it, it seems to help somewhat.
Many thanks to you all for your help. You guys are awesome!View Thread

Don't like this new format! Yikes.
The endo said nothing. She is going to order a blood test for the adrenal gland to make sure there are no tumors, but other than that she thinks that my pcp has done a good job with all my testing. So, back to trial and error.
I am seriously considering talking to the Gastro about removing the gallbladder. Although there is a chance that it might not help, there is also the chance that it might.View Thread
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