Rebound when stopping Prevacid??
Question:
Everyone’s body/condition is unique. You have to trust your own insticts, and your doctor. If you think your doctor is "full of crap" you should find a doctor you trust more. Your health is at stake if you don’t. My mother had gerd, and was only on prilosec for four weeks, and hasn’t experienced it again. (She had no rebound effect) Me? I’m still on prilosec after months with improvement, but not nearly enough. So, now he is starting me on something different. My advice to anyone confused is this: Try to tune into your own body/symptoms. If you experience rebound, then you do. If you don’t, then you don’t. Everyone is different. Andrea – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > you were possibly given a load of crap by your doctor. I had a nasty > reboound effect from prevacid when I stopped it last year and I have > read the postings of several others who have experienced the same > thing. However, I have had some bad days this year even though I am > back on prevacid and up to 30 mg/day. > -JG >I asked the gastroenterologist I consulted about a rebound effect when >stopping the medications and he said it didn’t exist also. I don’t know >if that’s what they are told to say or what. He said the feelings of >increased discomfort are due to having to get used to a certain amount >of discomfort that is "tuned out" by the body when it happens all the >time. He said it was like you don’t feel your rings after you wear them >for a while. I don’t know if I accept this explanation or not but I’m >afraid to start on any medication due to fear of rebound if I found I >couldn’t handle side effects that might occur and then had to face the >rebound. I know I couldn’t handle going through that. >If there is documented evidence in literature about rebound, I would >appreciate it if you could tell me where I can read about it. Thanks so >much. -Chris >> I think your doctor needs to dig a little deeper inot hte research. This is >> accepted by most GI docs presently. This rebound effedt does disappear in a few >> days, however. Been there done that several times. >> Greg >> > I did a search and found that >> >someone else had this experience which they attributed to a "rebound" >> >effect. I asked my doctor about this, and she said there is no >> >rebound effect and I would have had the acid if I weren’t taking the >> >Prevacid. I am still doubtful about this. Has anyone ever stopped >> >Prevacid and lived to tell about it <g>? I hate being totally >> >dependent on it like this.
Response:
you were possibly given a load of crap by your doctor. I had a nasty reboound effect from prevacid when I stopped it last year and I have read the postings of several others who have experienced the same thing. However, I have had some bad days this year even though I am back on prevacid and up to 30 mg/day. -JG – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I asked the gastroenterologist I consulted about a rebound effect when >stopping the medications and he said it didn’t exist also. I don’t know >if that’s what they are told to say or what. He said the feelings of >increased discomfort are due to having to get used to a certain amount >of discomfort that is "tuned out" by the body when it happens all the >time. He said it was like you don’t feel your rings after you wear them >for a while. I don’t know if I accept this explanation or not but I’m >afraid to start on any medication due to fear of rebound if I found I >couldn’t handle side effects that might occur and then had to face the >rebound. I know I couldn’t handle going through that. >If there is documented evidence in literature about rebound, I would >appreciate it if you could tell me where I can read about it. Thanks so >much. -Chris > I think your doctor needs to dig a little deeper inot hte research. This is > accepted by most GI docs presently. This rebound effedt does disappear in a few > days, however. Been there done that several times. > Greg > > I did a search and found that > >someone else had this experience which they attributed to a "rebound" > >effect. I asked my doctor about this, and she said there is no > >rebound effect and I would have had the acid if I weren’t taking the > >Prevacid. I am still doubtful about this. Has anyone ever stopped > >Prevacid and lived to tell about it <g>? I hate being totally > >dependent on it like this.
Response:
I had an interesting experience recently along this line. I had to have the 24 hr. pH monitoring and manometry. You have to stop prevacid for 7 days prior (but you can take H2 blockers and antacids). I thought I would probably catch on fire as I’ve been taking prevacid 30 mg 2x daily for 2 years. Anyway, it ended up that the pH monitor broke and I had to stay off the prev for another week, off h2 blockers for 4 days prior and antacids for 24 hrs. The first few days were bad (like rebound effect) but after that it was kinda like I always am, some symptoms, some reflux, etc. It made me wonder if when you take these meds that you become somatic, that is , any little symptom scares you because it may lead to the really bad symptoms, so you take more medication and on and on it goes. It made me realize that 30 mg per day is probably enough. Dick Swenson – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hi – I’m wondering if anyone has experienced this. I ran out of >Prevacid on a Thursday and through miscommunication wasn’t able to get >a refill until Tuesday. Meanwhile, I developed the most ungodly >heartburn I have ever had in my life. I did a search and found that >someone else had this experience which they attributed to a "rebound" >effect. I asked my doctor about this, and she said there is no >rebound effect and I would have had the acid if I weren’t taking the >Prevacid. I am still doubtful about this. Has anyone ever stopped >Prevacid and lived to tell about it <g>? I hate being totally >dependent on it like this. Thanks. –Anya Clancy
Response:
I asked the gastroenterologist I consulted about a rebound effect when stopping the medications and he said it didn’t exist also. I don’t know if that’s what they are told to say or what. He said the feelings of increased discomfort are due to having to get used to a certain amount of discomfort that is "tuned out" by the body when it happens all the time. He said it was like you don’t feel your rings after you wear them for a while. I don’t know if I accept this explanation or not but I’m afraid to start on any medication due to fear of rebound if I found I couldn’t handle side effects that might occur and then had to face the rebound. I know I couldn’t handle going through that. If there is documented evidence in literature about rebound, I would appreciate it if you could tell me where I can read about it. Thanks so much. -Chris – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I think your doctor needs to dig a little deeper inot hte research. This is > accepted by most GI docs presently. This rebound effedt does disappear in a few > days, however. Been there done that several times. > Greg > I did a search and found that >someone else had this experience which they attributed to a "rebound" >effect. I asked my doctor about this, and she said there is no >rebound effect and I would have had the acid if I weren’t taking the >Prevacid. I am still doubtful about this. Has anyone ever stopped >Prevacid and lived to tell about it <g>? I hate being totally >dependent on it like this.
Response:
Hi – I’m wondering if anyone has experienced this. I ran out of Prevacid on a Thursday and through miscommunication wasn’t able to get a refill until Tuesday. Meanwhile, I developed the most ungodly heartburn I have ever had in my life. I did a search and found that someone else had this experience which they attributed to a "rebound" effect. I asked my doctor about this, and she said there is no rebound effect and I would have had the acid if I weren’t taking the Prevacid. I am still doubtful about this. Has anyone ever stopped Prevacid and lived to tell about it <g>? I hate being totally dependent on it like this. Thanks. –Anya Clancy
Response:
I think your doctor needs to dig a little deeper inot hte research. This is accepted by most GI docs presently. This rebound effedt does disappear in a few days, however. Been there done that several times. Greg – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I did a search and found that >someone else had this experience which they attributed to a "rebound" >effect. I asked my doctor about this, and she said there is no >rebound effect and I would have had the acid if I weren’t taking the >Prevacid. I am still doubtful about this. Has anyone ever stopped >Prevacid and lived to tell about it <g>? I hate being totally >dependent on it like this.
