Prevacid and sleeplessness

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GI says test for ulcer is riky at this stage so he prescribed Prevacid twice a day. I have been taking prevacid for 3 days nows but no relief till now. Has some one gone through endodscopy at this stage? Because of this pain and anxiety attacks, i have never slept for more than 4 hrs in a day for the last 4 weeks and these 3-4hrs sleep is because I am taking Ambien at night.

Carafate for a day Mylanta, Rolaids : no help, Ranitidine: 3 days of rapid heart and still pain, Prevacid: no help and pvc's,pac's My concern is my limited diet and 15 lbs weight loss. I find a banana and peanut butter : no heartburn cream of wheat and white toast : tolerable Heartburn lasts 3 hours and seems to have GERD symptoms as well. I awake with the gnawing hunger pains and after 3.5 months and The G.I. doctor says here are some more pills.

I had fundliplication surgery in 1998. I did fine until about 5 years ago when I had go back to prevacid, at first one a day. About 1 1/2 yr ago I was having chest discomfort (now I recognize as air bubbles in my esophagus) I was treated for h pylori. It was awful. Ever since then I have had frequent recurrences of the air bubbles in my chest. I thought it was the prevacid so I stopped taking it. I have had subsequent EGD, colonoscopy, and barium x-ray. Everything looked normal.

Reflux Yesterday when I went into CHOP for her final appt the wonderful doctors there sat down and went over everything again. The doctor decided to change her Zantac to Prevacid saying that her sleeplessness at night and her moving to the bottom of the crib is probably caused from discomfort due to the reflux. Her morning cough and her lasting cough from her cold is related to Asthma. Asthma goes with Eczema which she also has. She now has a final diagnoses from her episodes.

We went through hell and back with DD and before she was put on Prevacid, we went through lots of sleepless nights (she would scream bloody murder from 7 pm to 4 am EVERY NIGHT!). I hope we'll get more people to join and help them with our experience. I also belong to infantreflux.org. It's also a great forum for moms like us.

Also I seems to be having indigestion problems when I am on this medicine. Sometimes sleeplessness also showed up as well. Prevacid may be lowering your acid level too much for your digestion of food, which can lead to problems in your intestine. What kind of dose are you taking this pill? Try going to less powerful drugs such as h2 blockers or even regulay antiacid if that helps.

Thank you. She is on prevacid and is doing much better. She hardly cries when she eats and her spit up is better at times.

I have been taking Advil and Motrin the past few years because that is what the Navy doctors gave me to take for headaches and pain associated with my surgeries. I also take prevacid 60 mg daily for GERD and vancenase AQ for hayfever and allergies. I have taken salt away from my diet and I am a non-smoker and don't drink at all. I would like to know what is secondary hypertension and what are the symptoms that can bring it on?

I didn't know that about the H2 blockers, but it's very good to know that since I have acid reflux. I'm not taking an H2 blocker but I AM taking Prevacid, a proton pump inhibitor. Is that likely to react with the Klonopin? Incidentally I am tapering off the Prevacid because I think it may be the source of some of my stomach problems. By Monday I should be off it completely. I was going to go with an OTC H2 blocker to take as-needed, but I guess I won't now. I'll stick with Maalox.

He used to spit up a lot but now he doesn't. He's been on everything you can name- pepsid, rice cereal, prevacid, nexium, reglan, mylanta, zantac but nothing seems to work. He is breast fed pumped breast milk (he has always choked on my breast) and I use a premie nipple on the bottle. At around 4 months he started to refuse the bottle (breast milk only) at around this time I also tried introducing him to formula (Isomil soy) but he got so sick that I put him back on breast milk.

I remember going through the same with DD (who's 18 months and has been off Prevacid for 2 months now) but with time it was apparent that she had reflux. I have a 1 month old who's been getting progressively worse in terms of sleeping. He strains constantly (I can't recall DD doing that) and he has bowel movements 1x or 2x a day. He's exclusively breastfed. I hear him swallow and he arches his back when he's screaming.

For reasons which are unclear, some PPI's (like Prevacid and Aciphex) work better for some than others. If twice a day Prevacid for two weeks makes no difference in your heartburn/chest pain symtoms, then is it very likely that GERD is not the culprit and very unlikely that antireflux surgery will work for you.

I have been diagnosed with hypothyroid 1 year, my grandma on my fathers side had it too. I take 50mcg Synthroid. I was having the symptoms for a year before being diagnosed. My Doctor tested me for diabetes he said I do not have that. I have gained a total of 80lbs & still & I eat well. I'm up to 205lbs vs 125lbs I was in 4/2007 I'm only 5'2''. My numbers at last check were fine, but I'm still gaining weight.

, enlarged adenoids or tonsils or some kind lesion) and apnea was not seen during the sleep study, 2) our daughter does exhibit mild reflux symptoms (i.e., occasional gagging, spitting up, choking) and we have tried prescription Prevacid, but this did not eliminate the behavior.

Had my upper endoscopy this rough morning (flat tire on the way there, sleepless night with neighbor playing loud music late, etc.), and it was interesting. My gastro came in and told me that she had removed some small polyps from my stomach which was mildly irritated, most likely from my gastroparesis, and that she had taken a couple biopsies, the results will be back in a week or two. I was kind of loopy from the meds, but got out the words "I have gastroparesis?

I am taking Prevacid every day. So far no major bouts, no more heartburn for sure, But I do get that occassional pain and when it comes You are ready to run for a bathroom..cause its very painful. all my muscles ( feels like my organs are tensing up) in my stomach, back, shoulder, sternum all get spasmatic and it hurts so bad you can't breath through the pain, You get feverish and eventually vomit and all of a Sudden you can breath again and the spasms start slowly going away..

-------------------- As to the antacids you mention -- do not take them within 2-3 hours of your ribavirin dose or the ribavirin will not be absorbed as well. You will not have this problem with PPI's like Nexium, Aciphex, Prevacid, etc; or even H-2 Pumps like Zantac 100, Pepsid, etc.

Our son was diagnosed with Acute Acid Reflux. We were given Prevacid Lansoprazole, and after about a week his appetite had increased. Its been about 3 weeks and he has almost returned to normal. I am not sure if it was the medicine or he finally just got over the fear of eating solid food. We hope this is behind us. His starting weight was in the high 80's and his lowest weight was about 64.

I get bloated and i pass a lot of gas however i am in a lot of pain and have to be absent from work. My feaces contain mucous during this period and i have sleepless nights.After my period i still have a lot of gas but it does not cause bloating neither pain. Gasx has given me some relief from the bloating but i still have the gas. Please help. I will go insane if i have to have to go through this abnormality next period.

Hi, Amy. She's on Prevacid solutabs. We can't put her down right away b/c she spits up and it's a huge mess (gets on her hair, sheets, etc). Plus I can see that she tries to swallow as if it's coming up. That's the problem. I can't tell if she's not in pain anymore. Don't know how long to wait before trying the cry it out method.

EVERYTHING I eat hurts me in my upper chest mainly on the right side. Nothing will ease it. Prevacid just makes me naseuated and causes diarrhea. I hate it. Have been taking Mylanta liquid and tums tablets to make it by. But this is getting old and I've NEVER heard of anyone taking this Long to just "Re-Adjust" from gallbladder surgery.

I am a 75 yr old male. Had By-pass surgery 13 yrs ago with no with no problems until 3 months ago when I started to have problems with swollen legs, water retention, and cannot get my breath. When laying down I get the feeling that I am drowing. I take zocor 10 mg, norvasc 10 mg, aspirin, and my Dr, added zestril 5mg, and lopressor 50 mg twice a day. Is this normal?

, occasional gagging, spitting up, choking) and we have tried prescription Prevacid, but this did not eliminate the behavior.

They decided I needed to treat the H-pylori. They gave me Prev-Pak (heavy duty antibiotics and prevacid) for two weeks. The day of the last dose all my neuro symptoms really began. I was tinglng from head to foot. Electric shocks everwhere. It felt like there were ants with pins on their feet walking all over my body. My skin was burning, my vision was blurred and I could not eat. Off to the neurologist. Brain MRI and a zillion blood tests. Nothing.

She's on meds now (prevacid solutabs) but she still spits up and now she turns on her tummy in the crib in no time and while on her tummy, can spit up easily and get it all over herself so I have to go in and check on her every 5 minutes or so.

I have tried almost everything OTC and prescription (nexium,prevacid,prilosec),and I now take nothing. I am getting better,I only have problem at nite ,and I keep a glass of water by my bedside so when the reflux happens ,I will drink some water. Try not to eat 3 hours before you sleep and drink plenty of water to cleanse your system,keep your bowel moving and if you exercise you should be aware certain exercise is called jarring exercise which loosen the LES.

It is very difficult to get to sleep when you're having 10 to 20 per minute especially when you think you're about to die. I take Prevacid for the GERD and it has really helped, but I still get the PVCs occasionally. I seem to go for weeks (sometimes months) with few PVCs, but then it will flare up and it seems like it will never go away. I really feel for those of you who have to deal with it on a daily basis.

acid reflux so severe he had to go on Prevacid 5. milk protein allergy 6. double hernia and hydrocele surgery 7 more hospital stays for his lungs, lots of worry Now combine that with undiagnosed post partum anxiety/OCD and eventually after a year, depression. Our marriage was severely affected too where I saw 4 lawyers ready to divorce. My DH hung in there and "forced" me into marriage therapy. I couldn't take the emotional roller coaster anymore so I went on Prozac two months ago.

Head and neck and glands all feel swollen and sore and I really feel like I am coming down with a cold/flu. Extreme fatigue, stomach upset, sometimes intestinal upset, sleeplessness and general malase follow. I recognize the signs now and just try to take it easy and really pour on the vitamins...this reaction can lower your immunities and allow you to actually "catch" a virus.

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