#heartburn #ppi #Omeprazole
Heartburn Meds Are Great Until You Try Getting Off Them

https://www.menshealth.com/health/a43066845/getting-off-proton-pump-inhibitor-heartburn-meds/

#heartburn #ppi #Omeprazole
Heartburn Meds Are Great Until You Try Getting Off Them

https://www.menshealth.com/health/a43066845/getting-off-proton-pump-inhibitor-heartburn-meds/

So I had a lengthy discussion with my doctor about #Omeprazole and #PPIs and here is what I got from it:

News about medical studies have to be taken with a grain of salt and consulted with a physician.

Yes, PPIs can have adverse side effects.

However, it is important to note that most of the adverse effects mentioned in the media are associations which have their basis on low-grade evidence and observational associations rather than clear causation.

Every so often youtube bombards me with news about how bad #omeprazole is.

About how it may lead to gastric growth or gastric cancer, how it may cause kidney/liver disease, how may cause osteoporosis and hip/spine fractures.

And every so often I freak about it and speak to my doctor about weaning me out of omeprazole only to return to it a few month later because of the relentless acid reflux that is killing me.

Acid reflux that turns out may cause esophageal cancer.

FML. It's catch 22.

1/1/2021 updated #corona drug cocktail:

all phases:
#Famotidine
#Indomethacin
#Spironolactone
#Ivermectin
#VitaminD
#VitaminC

Mild:
#Bromhexine
#Omeprazole/ #Nitazoxanide
#Fluvoxamine
#Aspirin
#Naproxen

Moderate:
#Remdesivir
inhaled #Interferon
#Colchicine
inhaled #Ciclesonide + #Mometasone
#Dipyridamole
JAK inhibitors such as #Baricitinib / #Tofacitinib

Severe:
#Dexamethasone/ #Methylprednisolone
#Cyproheptadine

cc @noorul@quey.org @stux
https://nitter.net/Mareeswj/status/1344748390001774593?s=20