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Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis has many underlying causes, from infection with the bacterium H. pylori, bile reflux, or excessive consumption of alcohol or certain foods or drugs like aspirin.

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How to wean off PPI's

loufromgermany
loufromgermany
I am thinking about weaning myself off the pantoprazol I have been taking since July now. Not sure how fast I should do it. At the moment I am at 80mg.

Do you think this scheme is ok:

40mg for 7 days
then 20mg for 7 days

Or is it too fast? Any recommendations?
fusion85fc
fusion85fc
i am in the same predicament. I am currently on 40mg Nexium and need to get down to 20mg per doctors request. Thinking of taking my night dose every other day then slowly going to every 3rd and so on and so on.
loufromgermany
loufromgermany
Would you let me know how it goes and which protocol works for you? I still haven't started reducing pantoprazole ... so I would be thankful for any advice!
amaye7
amaye7
You should talk to your doctor. I am on PPI's for my third time, the last two times I just stopped when my script ran out and was fine (as I didnt even know what they were for until this time around (got them at walkin clinic)) This time I suspect I will be on my PPI for another month to 2 months (4 months total) and will be tapering off of them with the advise of a doctor.

Do not stop any medication without the advice from your doctor or a GI specialist. you will get a rebound effect. if you do stop however i heard the the rebound should only last 5-7 days which is much less time then the pain from chronic gastritis lasts. If you feel 100% again then tell your doctor they will lower you gradually. (80mg a day is a lot) I had sever gastritis and only take 20mg twice a day and almost feel completely better after just 7 weeks aside from trouble eating more than small amounts at a time. - hope this helps (always discuss with your doc when it comes to prescriptions )
loufromgermany
loufromgermany
Yes 80mg is a lot .. but 20 and 40mg did not work for me.

My doctor knows I want to reduce it. I have weaned myself off PPIs in April and switched to sucralfate and was fine. The problem was that in summer I got overacidic again and had to return to the PPI ... we had an oversea move and I had lots of stress so I had to stay on them for a while. Now things are settled and I want to switch back to sucralfate as I am suffering from bile reflux gastritis and PPI only work for acid ...

So my idea is this one now: 60mg for 7 days, then 40mg for 7 days, 20mg pantoprazole for 7 days, then 75mg ranitidine twice for 7 days, then 75mg ranitidine once for 7 days, then stop. Takes 5 weeks but I really really hope to avoid overaciditiy.

Do you have any diet recommendations which help avoid overacidity? Lots of potatoes I think. Not so much eggs, chicken and oil. And small meals, of course. Any other ideas?