I take flecainide twice daily, atenolol beta blocker once daily, rivaroxaban once daily and gaviscon advance. I am careful not to take gaviscon advance within two hours of other meds. Gaviscon instructions say it to take within one hour as it can affect other meds.
Being extra cautious I leave two hours before I take gaviscon. I found PPIs exacerbated my afib but that probably is just my experience. I dont take them anymore for that reason although I suffer badly with acid reflux. Best wishes.
Thank you so much for your reply.That's really helpful i wasn't told if there was any timings i needed to watch in considering when to take meds and gaviscon 👍
That's interesting , I need to have a conversation with my G.P and the new cardiologist i have acquired recently .On being discharged from hospital with my new meds,they also gave me my lansoprazole and gaviscon advance liquid.Thank you for your thoughts on this and taking time to reply
Well Bob my GP prescribed an intensive course of Gaviscon 4 times a day for 6 weeks when taking double doze of omeprazol.What I really needed was an hiatus hernia repair.
that’s very interesting. My agib episodes often happen for no reason in the morning. That’s when I take my letrazole. I wonder if it’s connected. Going to try and take it less
l take PPI’s and Gaviscon if needed. You can take both as it was prescribed by my gastroenterologist, after meals and at bedtime. I think others on here do as well. I only take the Gaviscon if l am having a bad flare up of symptoms, which can happen with stomach issues. I always think it sensible to not take two medications at the same time, PPI’s are usually taken in the morning, so l would leave a couple of hours before taking Gaviscon.
I take broadly similar medication to you and have LBBB, similarly. Your tablets can be taken together as prescribed. Gaviscon will have no effect on them at all.
Plain Gaviscon (which is identical to the far cheaper generic sodium alginate mixture) forms a frothy thick-ish layer that is said to float on top the stomach contents. It has no drug effect, but is an attempt to create a physical barrier to hold back acidic stomach juices and stop them from flowing into the oesophagus (food pipe). It should be taken after meals and before bed. It seems to help in some cases but did nothing for me.
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