I was prescribed a PPI, Pantoprozole, because Acid Reflux was damaging my esophagus and causing my throat to close up. It came to a head when my throat closed up for 14 hours, during which time I could not swallow anything, not even water. This lead to an ER visit at 4 A.M.
I’ve been taking the medication for 6 years now. Is it too late for me now?
The study showed the problem clearly at the 5.5 year mark, when more people were already showing official dementia.
I would think taking a different approach and changing off PPIs could benefit the long term outcomes.
I was on Pantoprozole for about 5 years. After I had Covid I was experiencing some issues with brain fog, dizziness, etc. I thought this was long term Covid, but decided to start checking my prescriptions.
When I got to Pantoprozole, there weren’t any warnings about those issues as side effects, but for some reason I went to a page about dosage and long term use. To my surprise, the drug is not recommended for more than one year. And use beyond that period of time brings on a load of side effects such as the ones I was experiencing. I quit taking Pantoprozole and they went away. If you are taking any of these drugs long term be careful.
And you can bet your doctor doesn’t know about this risk of using them for long term since the info is buried way down in the protocols.