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Omeprazole withdrawal can it cause hip pain?

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helen_69456
helen_69456

Trying to wean myself off omeprazole and ive hit a road block. I have hip pain and throwing up

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  • marcia30041
    marcia30041 helen_69456

    Posted

    perhaps you can talk to your doctor.  there is a way to slowly reduce the milligrams .  it's called titrating your dose.  i have done this with other meds and it is less violent to the system.  i wish you the very best.

  • Carol_Christine
    Carol_Christine helen_69456

    Posted

    So, do you think the Omep. is causing hip pain and throwing up and that is why you are trying to come off it?  Your post is a little vague.
    • helen_69456
      helen_69456 Carol_Christine

      Posted

      Yes, I am tapering off Omeprazole. I have been on 40mgs for 10 years. When I started to hear all the bad press about PPIs i decided to taper off.

      Hit a block wall when I reduced it to 10mgs. I started getting real bad hip pain with throwing up. Has this happened to anyone?

    • Carol_Christine
      Carol_Christine helen_69456

      Posted

      ok, now I understand.  I can't see that tapering could cause hip pain, but I don't know for sure.  I would say that being sick could be related because I am going through the same thing as I am tapering very slowly.  I keep a bottle of tums or even take a Zantac to get me through.  Zantac, supposedly doesn't have the warnings that Prilosec has.  I would say the hip pain could be caused by something you are doing physically.

    • mike22989
      mike22989 helen_69456

      Posted

      What size steps down were you taking? 10mg. The capsules can be opened. I am trying to adjust to 20mg. If I can get level on this dose I will slow down and just take a few granules out of the capsules each week. I have read that the last 20mg can take months to taper off.
    • Carol_Christine
      Carol_Christine mike22989

      Posted

      I think that's right.  From what I've heard anywhere between 4 to 8 months.  Right now, I'm on half tab one day and half and fourth the next.  I do that for 2 weeks and then I do a half for 2 weeks.  That seems to be working for me with minimal discomfort.  I really don't care too much for having to cut a half tab in half tho.  It's tricky.

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