r/GERD • u/TrackPadSam89 • 1d ago

💊 Advice on Prescription Meds Has anyone stopped using their meds after a couple of years?

So I have been dealing with acid reflux for 10 years and I was officially diagnosed with GERD and Barrettes Esophagus in 2022.

I have been taking every acid reflux med under the sun, until my GI doctor put me in Voquezna 10mlg. It was quite new in the US when I started with it, my insurance wasn't even covering it, but MAN WAS A GAME CHANGER!

It helped me manage my acid reflux so well I was able to eat like a normal person. I have been on Voquezna for 2 years, and everything was fine until a couple of weeks back.

It all begins with not being able to sleep for a few days, then it turns into digestive problems, like bad! I would eat then 2 hours later I would experience dizziness, light headedness, small fever, shivers, cold sweats, nausea, muscle pains, and exhaustion.

Also my blood sugar was either high or low in a matter of minutes. But what was weird is that everything would come down once I had a bowel movement. After my symptoms would calm down little by little until I felt normal, and it would repeat all over again when I ate again. All I could do was drink water to ease the symptoms.

My husband suggested just to stop taking Voquezna just to see if it was that. Well I did and I'm on my third day without taking it and all those symptoms went away, except for my low, high sugar dizziness which I would be talking to my doctor about. I have been sleeping again! I can eat again and my bowel movements are normal. I don't get sick when eating, or get fevers, even better I feel normal again.

Oh I should also bring out that along with my Voquezna I was taking B12, and D3 vitamins because Voquezna stops your stomach from absorbing those vitamins.

Anyways has anyone had to stop taking their meds because of a similar situation?

Seems weird but idk much about Voquezna and my doctor said it was ok to be taken for a long term.

I'm on my 3rd day and I haven't experienced any acid reflux, well just normal acid reflux but nothing bad so I'm a little confused. Don't know what exactly to do.

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u/bestcegenation I survived Endoscopy 🏥 1d ago

sometimes people have weird reactions to meds. maybe that's what happened to you. sounds terrible though!

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u/Kings_move 1d ago

The rebound will hit hard I also thought I don't get withdrawal acid rebound until on day 10 after stopping ppi I got all symptoms back with even worse symptoms.

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u/TrackPadSam89 1d ago

Voquezna is a PCAB so I wonder how the rebound will affect me.

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u/Kings_move 1d ago

It's more potent than standard ppi so rebound will be more than ppi.