Prevacid Testimonials

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Elizabeth241

I started having reflux problems around 2006, after gaining a substantial amount of weight. (Close to 60 lbs. in a few months, due to medications I was on at the time.) I was having almost constant heartburn/reflux at that time, so I went to the doctor who told me to take Prilosec OTC. That was ineffective, so because of my insurance (medicaid) she referred me to a GI specialist who was asked to do a scope on me, but never did. She ended up trying a two medication combination of Prevacid 2x daily and Zantac 300 mg. at night, to prevent nighttime episodes of reflux. This worked for about a year, so I stopped seeing the GI doc. Then, in late 2007, the pharmacy I use told me I could not keep taking so much of the same type of medication, and started refusing to fill both meds to be taken at the same time. I had to choose, and I chose the prevacid because it is the one I knew was working the best. Everything was fine, aside from occasional breakthrough reflux problems for the next 6 months. In May of 2008, I started having almost constant heartburn again, and basically stopped being able to eat almost everything without being miserable/vomiting afterwards. Once again, I went to my primary doctor, who said, after a hidascan that my gallbladder was barely functioning and that this was probably where my symptoms were coming from. I had my gallbladder removed in late June 2008, and was even able to reduce my prevacid to once a day dosing of 30 mg. before breakfast. In October of 2008, I had too much "breakthrough reflux" and my doctor increased the prevacid to 2x daily again. Up until a few weeks ago, it was working fine. Right now, I am having almost constant burning/reflux again. I do plan to go to the doctor when they open again after the holiday, probably Monday, but until then I am miserable. Whatever I eat ends up causing reflux, including bland foods. I have not gained any more weight, if anything have lost some. I am so sick of this, and I am afraid my primary care doctor will refer me back to the GI, who did nothing for me to speak of. I really don't know why this is happening and I would really like to. My question I guess is where do we go from here? Anyone have a similar story to mine whose reflux was previously well controlled with meds, and now it isn't? The issue with trying other medicines was previously that I only had medicaid (and anyone with it knows that they are notorious for not being flexible.) Now, I have medicare D that covers my prescriptions....will my choices for medicines to try be any better? I would really like to hear others' experiences with this. Thank you, and I apologize for this being so long.

mandymartin

This is the exact regimen I have been on for over 3 years. To be blunt, who the ... does your pharmacist think he/she is ? I am a dentist by the way , so know plenty about pharmacology. This combination is safe.If your doctor gave you the prescription I do not belive the pharmacist can refuse to fill them. Now, your insurance may very well refuse to pay for more than one Prevacid a day, like mine did. You could take 2 of the over the counter Zantac 150mg like I do.

Elizabeth241

Hi there, thanks for the reply. I don't know. The pharmacist told me that the only time they see people taking both meds is when they have an active ulcer, which I don't know if I have, because I swear the GI doctor did not do anything for me but look at me funny.As I said in my previous post, she did not scope me, which was the main reason my PCP did not just handle it herself. The GI told me I did not have to keep coming to GI clinic (since I live out of town and last she saw me the meds were working.) Since then, I have been back to my PCP 2 or more times with reflux issues, so obviously it doesn't work to take just the prevacid. I forgot Zantac was over the counter too, I will try that. As for insurance, my medicare D pays for 2 prevacids a day, but I think my doctor had to explain why I needed the two, and once she did they were fine with it. I do remember that medicaid had issues with it, but what don't they have issues with? Anyway, thanks for your reply.