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3rd Trimester
bjlucas1
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anyone taking Omeprazole for reflux?
bjlucas1
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I am 7 months pregnant and have avoided taking anything for reflux, besides drinking baking soda + water occasionally (which tastes gross but has helped). At my last checkup the MD told me it was okay for me to take Omeprazole. He gave me a long-winded discussion about how although it is a class 3 drug it really is that only because it is so cheap (15 a month) and drug companies are not going to do a lot of studies because there isn't a major financial incentive. He said Omeprazole is essentially the same thing as some accepted class 2 drugs that are more expensive.
Long story short, last night I woke up choking on my gastric contents and need to can't take it any longer. I was all set to buy Omeprazole today but the student pharmacist made me nervous at CVS and said he doesn't know of any pregnant people who ever took it and that I should just take tums.
Do any of you take it? Would you recommend Zantac instead? Help please!
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Re: anyone taking Omeprazole for reflux?
I've taken Omeprazole in non pregnant life for reflux and I"m currently now doing Zantac. They work in different ways, just FYI. People have different ideas of how effective the Zantac/ranitidine is...the pharmacist scoffed at it and my OB said it was fine. Omeprazole can also be bought at Costco, just FYI. If your doc recommends it, I would think it's fine because they went to school for a long time to learn about these things....or failing that call them and give them your concerns and ask their advice. It may also be that since you are looking at taking this short term (depending on how far along you are in your 3rd tri) it might not be a big deal.
Good luck!
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There is new research out showing that Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI's) like omeperazole and pantoprazole are causing cardiac/lung defects in babies--a friend's daughter recently passed away b/c of this.
I would take something more along the lines of tums, papaya enzyme, or just eating plain papaya. If those don't help--try zantac 150 once to twice a day.
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Lurker here from 2nd trimester- I have GERD and have been taking Omeprazole for about 2 years and all the OBs in my practice as well as 2 of the pharmacists at my pharmacy have given the green light for me to continue taking it. I haven't had heartburn issues yet this entire pregnancy but I know it would be a different story if I couldn't take the Omeprazole. Heartburn sucks so I hope you find relief soon!
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Did the studies indicate what trimester the PPIs were taken in? There are some drugs that are not safe in first tri but are fine in third or second.
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I was going to say something along the lines of this. The other one's PP's are mentioning like Pepcid and Zantac are H2 blockers and as far as I've seen are the first line before PPI's are prescribed.