Omeprozole

[MrsAitchbee]

Hi everyone Suffered IBS for years. Been given omeprozole for GERD as I have a hiatus hernia but since being on these tablets fir the past five months my ibs is so much worse . My GERD symptoms. Are better but the IBS is worse . Anyone experienced this? My gastro says he doesn’t think it’s the tablets. Anyone been given an alternative that works ?

[RozB1]

Unfortunately, omeprazole is notable for making IBS symptoms worse. I find I can take it for a couple of weeks and then my bowels go completely haywire. You could ask your doctor for a different PPI which may suit you better.

[olivemay]

Hello.Yes I had the same problem with omeprazole made IBS worse. I'm taking ranatadine but the omeprazole was better for hernia . You can't win .

[asbayford]

When I took omeprazole it actually caused me to get SIBO which then gave me IBS symptoms. I saw a functional medicine practitioner and she said my gerd/ acid reflux etc was actually too little stomach acid - not too much! So when I went on omeprazole it was lowering already low stomach acid and let the baddies in. We're working now to make me produce more stomach acid at meal times. Hope this helps you! Good luck with your journey x

[nomoreibsc in reply to asbayford]

Oh wow. Always wanted to find out if I had too little acid as feel so unwell on PPIs. I'm in the UK. Can you get functional medicine practitioners here?

[asbayford in reply to nomoreibsc]

You sure can! I love in UK too all I did was Google search 'functional medicine near me' then got in touch with a herbalist 10min away who specializes in sibo!

[nomoreibsc in reply to asbayford]

Thank you...will be googling x

[Mazzie68]

I was the same on omerprozole, I’m now on lansoprazole, 15 mg , and so much better.

[JBaird1952 in reply to Mazzie68]

Hi there I’ve changed to lansaprazole , but am a bit sceptical are you still feeling better?