zegerid and tums

I only get it once in a while right now thank goodness, but a friend of mine got it everyday so bad it would make her eyes water several times a day and she swore by tums. It was the only thing that worked for her. It works for me too!

I am a moderate drinker (for 4 years). I also chew Tums and drink milk which calms my heartburn and calms me from my anxiety (also that second part is probably just psychological). I partly believe that some (or most) of my symptoms may be alcohol related, so I have decided to cut that part from my life. As for the weight loss / weight gain, I am unfortunately one of many who lose weight without the knowledge of how to keep it off.

Hi- I have taken Zegerid and found it to be the best of GERD/acid-reflux med's. They all do take some time, but for me it's the best by a good margin, with Kapidex/Prevacid second. My insurance co. doesn't cover Zegerid as well as they cover Prevacid, but my doctor calls it the "Rolls Royce" of stomach meds.

So far I have tried Prevacid, Aciphex, Prilosec,Protonix, and Nexium. Aciphex gave me bad side effects and Nexium made my reflux symptoms worse. Prilosec did absolutely nothing for me. I was successfully treated for H. Pylori in Nov 07. Since then I have been suffering from Water Brash and now heartburn. I don't know where to turn. My GI now wants me to take Zegerid(isn't this med just like Prilosec with sodium?). Any input will be greatly appreciated.

I get terrible heartburn and I dont know what to do with myself because I take Zegerid EVERY DAY!! This is starting to seriously interfere with my life, and work. I can't do much when I get stomach pains. Why does the zegerid not work sometimes? And how do i get rid of this terrible heartburn? and why do i have to keep taking it if there's nothing specifically wrong with me?

t have any feeling of acid in my throat, it did correlate to my main symptoms of pain, nausea and cough. I started taking Zegerid 40/1100. Then I became sick with bronchitis and needed to take an antibiotic and had to stop taking the Zegerid for about a week. Upon continuing the Zegerid I have had increasing typical acid reflux symptoms, to the point of waking me up at night. So I called my doc and started taking another Zegerid during the day, and taking Gaviscon before bed...

As I read more off this site, I decided to have old rheumo. report and swallow study from by GI sent to neuro. Neuro pa called and said--did anyone ever talk with you about your swallow study. No, only confirmed that I did have esophageal spasms, but not really said anything. (That was 12/09) She told me yesterday that my neuro said there is info on the report about silent aspiration showing, too. That could increase my risk of pneumonia, etc.

I am a moderate drinker (for 4 years). I also chew Tums and drink milk which calms my heartburn and calms me from my anxiety (also that second part is probably just psychological). I partly believe that some (or most) of my symptoms may be alcohol related, so I have decided to cut that part from my life. As for the weight loss / weight gain, I am unfortunately one of many who lose weight without the knowledge of how to keep it off.

i have been that i might have gerd and was put on zegerid ro see it if works.is that what you would have done?

Our GI wanted to give me samples of it for Jenna since my copay went up to 100 for the Protonix and I asked him what it compared to and that is what he told me, needless to say we did not change meds since the Protonix was working fine, I didnt want to risk changing meds.

This is my third pregnancy and I always get brutal heart burn and acid reflux and have tried everything and nothing has worked well other than this. This works much better than baking soda in water and the taste is much easier to get used to! I have read that it has to be this brand because it is natural and organic and such, you need to get it from a health food or natural food store. Other kinds might work just as well but I didn't want to risk getting something that didn't work.

My doc told me to take Zantac once before bed and once when I wake up and to take tums with calcium in between. I also find that drinking a lil bit of sprite helps because it makes me burp and it relieves a lot of the burning and uncomfortable pain.

My SIL also said Maalox, the liquid kind, works really, really well, maybe try that instead of tums? It's OTC and safe to take while pregnant, I think it lasts longer, too. Did tums work for you? They didn't work for me at all.

I also take pepcid for heartburn, way better than eating chalk and it works like a dream! Call your doctor and double check to make sure it's fine for you to start taking it!

I found peppermint gum/mints helped sooo much better and had a longer lasting effect. Actually nothing helped me but that and small snacks.

ve had the morning sickness and heartburn the whole pregnancy. But its gotten so much worse now and idk why.

I'm taking tums for calcium. I take two/day now. I'm thinking of doing two twice a day since I'm not getting much in my diet. Is anyone else taking tums for calcium and how many?

So Im a FTM 37 weeks 4days & have terrible heartburn is it okay for me to eat tums?

What tums do you ladies recommend?

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