bad reflux with 80mg omeprazole

Please tell me what pepzin GI is .

Hi Carmel,

Pepzin GI is a mix of zinc and amino acid. It is used in Japan to treat ulcers, but it helpful for gastritis as well and maybe other stomach problems. It protects and helps the stomach lining heals. The way it works is a bit complicated, the easiest thing is that you google it and read for yourself. You can look at the reviews on amazon too. I have taken both. It has helped me greatly and it still does. It took it for two months in the past and it made me feel normal again, then I stopped and some of my symptoms came back a little bit, so now I am taking it again and feel better already.

Thanks for this info.  Presumably this is same as pepsin?  I did read somewhere  that some people take pepsin with something else - Bromelain or something, for such things. Does this make sense for you?  Glad you are on the mend.

Hi Carmel,

No it is not the same as pepsin, pepsin is some digestive enzyme, bromelain too. I don't take those, I am afraid they hurt the stomach. PepZin GI is a mix of zinc and amino acid. There is a Z in pepZin GI. You can find a lot of information on internet on it.

Th is is one of the reasons Ihesitate . People are quick to say take this and that and it hurts and its wasting more money, it can cost a fortune.  I have multivitamiin tablets with zinc in surely I could take those to get the zinc?

You are right to be careful, I do read a lot of things on the internet too. Everybody has its own little recipe, some make sense, some don't and some are just hurtful. This is why I suggest you do your own research on this supplement, I am not sure it applies to your case but you can figure it out by reading reviews on amazon and the information on the internet. This is the supplement that helps me most and give me long term relief. I take DGL licorice, evamore water and slippery elm as well but those give only short term relief.

I don't think eating multi-vitamins is the same thing, even though zinc has been proven useful in itself. There is something special about this formulation. I personnally stopped taking multi-vitamins as it was giving me stomach pain, vitamine C for example is very acidic, B vitamins car cause pain too in high doses, check webmd for side effects of vitamins. Moreover according to an article I read on the New York Times there is no scientific proof that vitamins are helpful if you don't have a clear deficiency and eat healthy, and they can be hard on the stomach. But I do understand if you worry about B12 and calcium deficiency because PPI can make it harder for you to assimilate them, just be mindful of what you feel when you take them to make sure it does not do more harm than good.

I got a tablet crusher to break down the vitamin pills before I took them,

The thing is that everyone says take this and that (pay for this and that) and if you listened to them all you would have to sell your house to pay for it all.

Some is just a waste of time others can be harmful. And people tend to talk about their own experiences so I find that if I tell people I have silent acid reflux they say oh yes so have I you should take this and that and ignore that we hvae different syhmptoms and I dont need some of the things they suggest because I dont have the symptoms those things help with.  Have read about dgl licorice and can see what you mean about the rest.  I started to take the vitamins because of the ppis and having a bad stomach and thinking I had to top up to make it up. Someone suggested melatonin to me recently for gerd and acid reflux yet when I researched it although this was mentioned it was mostly about sleep.  Mind you it might be a good idea to get more sleep because when you are in pain it is hard to get to sleep.  In the UK where I live most people just go to the doctor and listen tl him and rely on medication and if it all goes wrong they still listen to him - how daft is that?

I am not sure pepzin GI is what you need, it is more for gerd with gastritis or ulcer. If your stomach lining is not damaged, it might not be helpful. I don't know. But from everything I read, the low-acid diet from the book "Dropping acid" should be helpful, or at least worth trying.

Thank you ever so much for your thoughts on this. My problem is either gastritis and/or ulcer(s) with silent acid reflux.  Doesn/t it get annoying that we try so hard to read and learn about these things and get it right when other pople eat rubbish, smoke and drink and are seemily ok?

I agree with you, it is upsetting. My doctor said that I am lucky to have those problems because it forces me to eat healthy, and I won't get all the diseases that go with a bad diet. But then I read about Jeanne Calmant, the oldest recorded woman on earth. She was eating 2.2 pounds of chocolate per week, had wine port every day (in moderation) and was smoking 1-2 cigarettes per day. Some are more lucky than others. I hope you get better soon.

Hope you feel better too.  Have ordered that book from the library, thanks for that.  Can see what the doctor means about being forced to eat healthy but one of my pleasures is food, I love a lot of the foods which are unhealthy like burgers and chips and could never give them up 100%.

Maybe you can find healthy alternatives that you enjoy. With time you might enjoy them more and not have desire for unhealthy food anymore. Taste and habits change hand in hand. I do miss a good (healthy) pizza though! I have not touched a tomato for 6 months.

But I see what you mean. Before I got sick I was taking french cooking lesson, experimenting a lot in the kitchen, using butter and lemon a lot. I had bought also an indian cookbook and a israeli cookbook and was cooking a lot of spicy and delicious food. Now I am eating bland and boring but at least I feel better.

I find that eating tomatoes etc makes no difference.  But I understand what you mean.  I started to have a salad every day either with boiled eggs or sardines or whatever and quite enjoyed it, just dont feel well enough to get it ready or go to the shops. now.