Heartburn medicine question

megaddie · June 2014

Obviously, I will be talking to my OB about this but I wanted to know what you guys had heard...my heartburn was initially helped by Pepcid. This stopped working and my OB told me to try Prilosec. Prilosec is a Class C med so I tried to do without it but, alas, the heartburn was too much. My GP recommended Zantac, a class B med. I took it for two days but I emailed my ob office to ask if it was ok and the nurse responded that "pepcid was a better choice."

My question is why? Both are class B and widely, it seems, recommended to pregnant ladies.

Lauren1184 · June 2014

My OB said Zantac was fine to take. I get heartburn almost every day, but I've been trying to ignore it or control it with Maalox and Tums, Zantac is my last resort. It's not as good as the prescription I was on before, but it'll have to do for now.

Emerald27 · June 2014

You can get some great specific information from the Infant Risk Center at TTU. They take calls regarding taking medications while pregnant or breastfeeding during normal business hours: (806) 352-2519

https://www.infantrisk.com/

DreadGamerWife · June 2014

I have been on Prevacid for years. My OB didn't blink an eye at it and said to stay on it (as it is only going to get worse). None of the others work well for me.

I think most OBs have a list of their "favorite" drugs and turn to those first.

bumpuser10309732 · June 2014

I have fun acid reflux also. She said Zantac and Prilosec were both ok to take and if it persisted I need to go back on the Nexium. In my experience Prilosec won't help you unless you take it like clock work. Same time every day and it takes 2-3 days to kick in.

megaddie · June 2014

Thanks, ladies. The nurse got back to me and said the doctor on site today said that Zantac was fine, since Pepcid was no longer working. It seems to be working for me so far. Fingers crossed it keeps working! Heartburn/ acid reflux is no fun.

megaddie · June 2014

Tums do nothing for me whatsoever at this point. I might as well be eating chalk. Everything gives me that horrible burning feeling--even things that normally wouldn't. The only non medication thing that seems to give me any relief is chewing gum, as weird as that is...

meggiev123 · June 2014

megaddie said:

Tums do nothing for me whatsoever at this point. I might as well be eating chalk. Everything gives me that horrible burning feeling--even things that normally wouldn't. The only non medication thing that seems to give me any relief is chewing gum, as weird as that is...

Ha! Tums did little to help the HB with DD, but I kept taking it anyway because I figured the extra calcium wouldn't hurt!

I second the recommendation of the infant risk center. I called them a few times while breastfeeding and thought they were awesome.

Maggie6424 · June 2014

I use tums or Pepcid complete chewables. Every obgyn seems to be on a different page about what's ok and what's not. Kaiser is kind of a "cya" agency, and just says no to everything. Last obgyn said I can take up to 4 Pepcid complete chewables daily. I only use them when tums aren't cutting it.

atraveller · June 2014

Lauren1184 said:

My OB said Zantac was fine to take. I get heartburn almost every day, but I've been trying to ignore it or control it with Maalox and Tums, Zantac is my last resort. It's not as good as the prescription I was on before, but it'll have to do for now.

My OB said the same - also that Pepsid was okay too. but I like Lauren1184 try to control with Tums or Maalox and only go to the others if it just gets so bad - I often take the maximum Tums they say to take in 24 hours but manage. I never had acid reflux before baby, so this is new to me. I figure. a few more months and I'll be done, so I just chew my tums and try to not eat super acid-inducing food and eat smaller meals. Also - I'm not much of a milk drinker, which I hear helps with acid - so each evening, I do a glass of chocolate milk - satisfy my sweet tooth and it does help quell the acid quite a bit.

ladolcevita25 · June 2014

Hello!! My obgyn immediately said to take Zantac 150. It works wonders definitely try it!! Tums was basically chalk for me too unfortunately. Hope you feel better-the acid reflux and heartburn is awful!!!

Someone with a lot of hair is baking in there!!!

KatieCC08 · June 2014

What exactly does acid reflux feel like? Would love to put a name to what I'm feeling these days!!

megaddie · June 2014

like you are going to barf up lava?

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