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If we had doctors like Dr. Chris over here, life would probably be much better for a lot of us

I hope doctors see that video so learn

25 years I have been on them, they turn off stomach acid, then stomach makes more acid cells. If you try and stop you get double acid in stomach which is agony.

Excellent video and very informative.

Some doctors the don't give a fuck about oder people suffering

I was just prescribed this medicine by a gastroenterologist. She wants me to take 20 mgs. for the rest of my life due to finding my biopsy indicated Barratt's Esophagus (non-dysplasia). I don't have any serious 'gerd' problems but came up positive for an at home color-guard test and have another colonoscopy/endoscopy scheduled for 5/21/24. I don't think I want to take Omeprazole for the rest of my life. What are the risks if I don't take it?

Where can we buy the magnet links ?

I’ve been back and forth to the doctors for stomach issues since 2009. Had my gallbladder removed. The reflux was terrible. Come to find out after many tests later, barium swallow, gastric emptying etc, I have severe GERD with LPR, and gastroparesis. Life has been utter hell. My entire life revolves around my reflux.

This was great! Could you do a video on functional dispepcia epigastric pain syndrome?

Anyone lost their appetite after using omprazol

Outstanding;!!

I have been on PPI's for 30 years thought they were harmless..no warnings on packet..i have stopped taking them cold turkey..still suffering 3 months later..going to have to go see doctor for help..greetings from australia

I'm so disappointed with the Drs never mentioned my issues of malabsortion from this medication. Gone for iv transfusion for severly low iron. 25 years on this med . I had stopped completly taking the med and don't advise as acids are flooding up to your mouth non-stop . Do it slowly. It's been 2.5 months and still with issues with some days worse than others . I tried Pepsid for 5 weeks but it caused issues with kidney and bladder so I went back to nexium but lowered from 40 to 20mg . Hes right your muscle becomes weak and doesn't open and close properly. What a battle to get off this med. I totally lost faith in the drug companies.

Great scope of info. Thank you Dr. We need more of you. ❤

I have been on these since 2012 I now have heart problem and osteoporosis if I would have only known

Dr. Chris Smith should B made a St.😂

Thank Dr. Smith for explaining in detail about reflux. This has been most hopeful, as I had reflux for the last several years and only recently began taking PPI medication in the last couple of weeks, which has reduced my symptoms. I will check further in correcting reflux issues.

was prescribed esomep for 30 days and still thinking about buying it

Thanks for this video. My doctor prescribed Pantoprazole as a preventative drug to counteract any side effects from arthritis medication!

I’ve been prescribed a PPI for 14 years! Only recently did I learn they’re for short term use. I’ve tried so many times to get off them by weaning down and every time it fails. And it was likely a weak LES from pregnancy that caused the GERD. And that’s fixable. There’s no reason for me to be on these meds. But nobody ever decided to figure out the cause of the GERD. I’m so sick from these meds. IBS, SIBO, malabsorption, iron deficiency, etc.

I've been taking PPI's for more than nine years and ended up with irregular heart beat ,lower immune system , and fatty liver , and probably resulted in sepsis when I had a minor infection !

I had a healthy gall bladder removed when all the time I was an undiagnosed coeliac. The endoscopy should in my view have included a small intestine biopsy.

It really is a big issue with doctors working in water tight compartments these days and not joining up the dots. Something I have said for a long time.

Help i want to come off ppis but have Barrett s 😢 , can you help

Why would a gastroenterologist prescribe me 40 mg for 1 year? I was supposed to take 1 each day but I couldn't bc my food wouldn't digest. I ended up taking 1 every 3or4 days and I thought I was fine. After one and a half years now, I've been diagnosed with stage 3 kidney failure. I failed to read the warning of this med. I normally check it.

Why would a gastroenterologist prescribe me 40 mg for 1 year? I was supposed to take 1 each day but I couldn't bc my food wouldn't digest. I ended up taking 1 every 3or4 days and I thought I was fine. After one and a half years now, I've been diagnosed with stage 3 kidney failure. I failed to read the warning of this med. I normally check it.

I have been using PPI for about 6 weeks at advice of my doctor and it has started causing GERD due to weakening the LES. What is an alternative for this?

they ARE a Godsend - meaning no one has to endure vagotomy and pyloroplasty with all ITS side effects. Get a life! I have been taking 20mg omeprazole daily for over 31 years with NO side-effects - it completely revolutionised my health and life.

This video is old but is the most informative and real honesty video i have seen to date on reflux! When he said there was a link with heart arrhythmia and low magnesium due to the PPI, the penny dropped for me! I have been on the PPI between 1-2 years but have recently been diagnosed with heart arrhythmia. Couldn't understand where it came from as no history of heart problems in family. Tried operation to treat but could not treat it and have been advised that it is quite common for it to return, even after a successful surgical procedure to treat. Now I'm on 2 sets of different meds to treat the arrhythmia and may need more if the current meds not manage it? My reflux problem had slowly gotten worse to the point that it came up my throat constantly through the day, leaving a fowl green taste at back of mouth and started to change my voice and irrigate it. Hugely anxious about coming off the PPI (in case of severe rebound) and how to go about it? I've gone and seen a specialist, and have had the camera placed down throat in to my stomach. He couldn't give any explanation for my reflux problems and would only dismiss my concerns about being on PPI long term. Wish there was a specialist near me with the same professional care, honesty and understanding as the specialist in this video!

This guy looks a right honest caring guy

Thank You , good to be informed about soo many different possibilities

Too scared to take these, i have a hiatal hernia causing reflux, so did some research and decided to lose weight, 18lbs, as the weight came off the symptoms subsided and now with careful dieting things are much better

I'm doomed! *DOOMED!!* I tells Ya!

Surgery might work. Meds 100% do. IL take the price. 34 years and zero issues.

ORGANIC APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

CIDER VINEGAR is the best food to lower stomach acidity . Use diluted with water and caution . SINGING gave me the best relief whilst suffering worst times . YOGA ,Meditation etc . Anything conducive to relaxation will help . Best Wishes

I had Barrett’s esophagus, very severe. Linx device installed 9 years ago. Reflux was good for a while but they did not fix my 3 cm hiatal hernia at the time ( California Doctor consulted with my Ct. Doctor I was first in Ct to have the surgery) consulting Doctor said they don’t do that. Now years after reflux again now on rabeprozole 20 mg 2 times a day, also taking B12 shots. If I don’t take the meds I get severe rebound reflux. My Doctor advises I need this med for life. Any help from anyone would be appreciated I hate being on these meds.

He just want people to do surgery

Pro game in a clever design and company fashion style 😉 imaginary head top and imaginary trading view 😀 and they wonder why i be so heated

I never felt mine. They were wonderful now I have a date to get my surgery done July 11, 2023 Dr.Kimsey is doing mine

I got lupus from upper zone. I’ve been so sick and not the doctors or the pharmacist or anybody stopped me from taking that drug. Now I don’t know what to do and my body is so broken. My hands are deformed from the flares and nobody wants to talk about the lupus. The pharmacist told me today. Well, it’s so rare. I let them know months ago that I got diagnosed with lupus five minutes after I started taking omeprazole nobody stop me from taking it 1:44 Thank you for the information about quitting the omeprazole because my ass it has been 100 times worse than I ever was in my whole life and I went cold turkey five weeks ago and I’m still sick with acid reflux

I controlled my reflux by diet, that's it, no surgery no nothing.

It’s criminal surgery to forever disable digestion because of your lack of discipline. Btw digestion is your shield for good health.

Good read , I didn’t know about how it can arm me taking PpI long term .I have been on PpI for over 20 years and now going to get surgery because it’s getting worse . I now have a small hiatal hernia , keeps swallowing all the time , get acid that will go up my mouth , and nauseous all the time . I had rectal cancer 7 years ago and was concentrating on that as it turn out I need med a colostomy and with that I got a parastomal hernia . I will get my parastomal fix in a couple of months then I’ll recuperate from that then will get my Gerd and hernia fix in a year . That’s how long it takes here in Canada to get appointment.

Absolutely true! And doctors prescribe it like candies!!!! I had a bad experience!

I'm 42 and have just come off my PPI after 9 years. I'm two weeks in. Along with adjusting my diet to remove as much sugar as possible and taking one dose of magnesium indigestion liquid before bed and I've never felt better in years. I would wake up and immediately feel discomfort in my stomach on ppi. Then throughout the day I just didn't feel right and I became determined to get off them and fix the route of the problem if I could. It does annoy me though my GP would be happy to give me them indefinitely and almost all of my family and friends, especially the men, take PPI long term.

I had the privilege of working with Maty Beth while at UPMC Shadyside. Always a smile, always showed the utmost care for her patients. A wonderful PAC, but an even better person. Best of Luck, Mary Beth!

Thorough and excellent

It affects absorption of iron, leading to anemia!

Wow. I’m seeing this after taking Nexium every day for 15 years straight….