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I was taking 30 mg of Prevacid which worked very well- had ot take for bleeding ulcers which dern near done me in- anyway- insurance quit paying and demanded i be given omeprazol instead- they put me on 20 mg. long story short- just got out of hospital recently for duodenal ulcer that had me doubled over in pain for almost 2 weeks- couldn’t stand it anymore- and went in- they put me on 40 mg, 1 pill twice a day mornin night- so far it ‘seems to be’ working, but we’ll see-

I went for a blood test on January 15, 2024 for an insurance exam. My gut didn't feel well and a experienced a lot of blood in my stool at that appointment. I immediately ceased ibuprofen and turmeric. On March 15, 2024, I went in for a double procedure. Colonoscopy and trans-oral endoscopy. The trans-oral found a healing duodenal ulcer. The blood test had revealed I was anemic and my liver enzymes ALP and GGT were very elevated. April 10, 2024 was the ERCP that found the adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater in the presence of high grade dysplasia. The lab confirmed it was malignant.

I was fortunate to never experience severe pain from the duodenal ulcer. I did have some excruciating pain in my esophagus. The acid reducer fixed that. Hopefully you are getting better with acid reducer. It's an unpleasant experience.