Weaning of Omeprazole

Andre...I dont want to give any advice about weaning off of Omeprazole...

I am on it for the first time in my life for 30 days..ends Monday. However, I have done some of the stuff below and plan to continue when I'm off of Omeprazole:

Simple Steps for Gastritis cure, Acid Reflux, Heartburn, or Gerd:Keep fast for 2 to 3 days using only liquid diet of milk, soy or almond milk, and buttermilk (Only if your medical condition and body strength allows) Note fasting gives time to inflammation in your stomach to subside and cleanses your system of toxins

Drink coconut water. It is an excellent natural food remedy for gastritis. It gives the stomach necessary rest and provides vitamins and minerals

After fasting or if you can not keep fast, take smaller meals and in between take milk or plain yogurt drinks (buttermilk)

Take 500mg of turmeric with each meal up to 4 times in one day

Take fresh fruits like apple, banana, all berries, and grapefruit separately (not with milk or meals)

Take only steamed and cooked vegetables with cilantro or mint and ginger

Drink 60/40 combination of carrot juice and spinach juice

Last meal should be taken at least 2 to 3 hours before bed timeContinue the above regimen till you see improvement in your gastritis cure. Gradually lower the turmeric to 1000mg per day and take 1000mg of Triphala after the last meal before bed time with warm milk.

Herbal Support: If you have occasional indigestion, use herbal formula Aci-Balance to promote balanced digestion.

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Simple Steps for Gastritis cure, Acid Reflux, Heartburn, or Gerd:Keep fast for 2 to 3 days using only liquid diet of milk, soy or almond milk, and buttermilk (Only if your medical condition and body strength allows) Note fasting gives time to inflammation in your stomach to subside and cleanses your system of toxins

Drink coconut water. It is an excellent natural food remedy for gastritis. It gives the stomach necessary rest and provides vitamins and minerals

After fasting or if you can not keep fast, take smaller meals and in between take milk or plain yogurt drinks (buttermilk)

Take 500mg of turmeric with each meal up to 4 times in one day

Take fresh fruits like apple, banana, all berries, and grapefruit separately (not with milk or meals)

Take only steamed and cooked vegetables with cilantro or mint and ginger

Drink 60/40 combination of carrot juice and spinach juice

Last meal should be taken at least 2 to 3 hours before bed timeContinue the above regimen till you see improvement in your gastritis cure. Gradually lower the turmeric to 1000mg per day and take 1000mg of Triphala after the last meal before bed time with warm milk.

Herbal Support: If you have occasional indigestion, use herbal formula Aci-Balance to promote balanced digestion.

Mastic gum resin

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Good luck

Theresa

What problems are you experiencing form being on omeprazole?

And what underlying condition are you taking omeprazole to treat?

20mg omeprazole is a low dose. It shouldn't be causing the hypochlorhydria related problems that many associate with the drug. (I took omperazole for 15 years in increasing doses to 80 mg daily over the last few years prior to fundoplication surgery which has left me medicine free.)

Normally one steps down gradually to prevent rebound effect of stopping quickly but on only 20mg that's unlikely.

If your problems are intolerance of omeprazole, you could try a different PPI (eg 30mg lansoprazole is equivalent).

If you'd rather not take PPIs at all, you could ask for an H2 blocker (eg ranitidine/Zantac) instead. It's not as effective at reducing acid hypersecretion and you would probably need 150mg or 300mg daily dose.

To come off medicine altogether would require identifying why you need it and removing that cause.

I took 3 different PPI meds over 4 months. The last was protonix. Due to HORRIBLE and somewhat debilitating side effects I just stopped! I did take Pepcid for about a week after. It's been about 3 weeks and I still feel crappy but better, and stmach pains are returning..grr.(mild gastritis). I'm changing my eating habits. The stomach pain is more bearable than the side effects. Felt like I was going crazy!!!! Best wishes.

I haven't been using omeprazole as long as you but I have recently started weaning off of it. My dosage was 40mg, 20mg in AM and 20mg in Pm. I've been taking the dosage for about 8-9 weeks before starting to taper off. I found out online that Omeprazole comes in 10mg so I asked my Doctor if she could prescribe it  for me which she did. Then I started weaning down beginning with the evening dose. My GI recommended removing the evening 20mg dose first for 1 week. I wanted to go slower so I took the 20mg in the am and 10mg in the pm for 1 week. Then this past week I went rather quickly to the point where I am now at 10mg in the am every other day. On the days I don't take omeprazole I use 1 40mg of Pepcid AC. Today is the pepcid today but I'm going to quit starting today and only take the omeprazole every other day. If I'm ok today and tomorrow, then I will go to every other day and then just quit.

You have been taking this medicine for way longer so you will probably need to take a longer time tapering. I have an article that I will send you privately.

 

I took omeprazole for just 8 weeks and I got terrible acid rebound when I stop. I went to naturophatic Dr. And she help me to stop. She gave me DGL plus, aloe vera, mucosagen and ortobiotic. I took all those supplements while I reduced the Omeprazole. I past 4 weeks of pain, acid, regurgitation, difficulty swallowing, etc. First two weeks were terrible. The next two I really felf relief from aloe vera and dgl plus.

In my case omeprazole was terrible. I was feeling palpitations, dizzy, blurry vision. And a lot of burning (I thought that the burning was because of my acid reflux but now I can tell it was from a bad reaction to omeprazole) I almost could eat because the food was sitting on my stomach like forever. 

Now palpitations, dizziness, blurry vision and difficulty swallowing are gone!!! I still fell burning every day but nothing like before. The worst part of being on omeprazole was how difficulty it is to stop that medication. I think Drs. should tell their patients about that possibility. My Dr. told me take the pill for 2 months and if the symtomps return you can take it again. He told me that was safe to take it for life and mentioned that he has patients taking it for 15 years!!!!

 

Its not going to be easy but in my opinion its the first step for a recovery. What its the point of taking sush a powerfull drug if we are still felling acid reflux plus other symtoms?

Be strong its never too late to make a change. At the begging I wasnt sure if aloe vera was working but when the acid rebound calm (after a month) I notice how goog it was.

Good luck!