omep

Posted 16 Dec 18:48

Next issue: 12 Jan 2021    Gaviscon

My use is one a week.  Acid reflux as discussed with Dr Partiger.

Request another 2 to cover Xmas please.

With thanks.

Dear Dr Partiger                                                                       6 Dec 2020  

Omeprazole

Two aims.  1: to secure Omepazole tocover the Xmas/New Year break

                   2: provide enough info so that you could reply by quick email - alanfharrison@icloud.com

1. Thank you for prescribing Lansoprazole which I tried for a couple of weeks several weeks ago.  It proved to be unsuccessful. More recently, Omeprazole 20mg plus Gaviscon liquid before bed has has shown success.
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3. On reading the package leaflet, I am aware of long term usage factors.  I reflect on its use about two years ago over a long period concomitant with Citalopram.   Omeprazole side effects as on the leaflet include swallowing problems.  They have been present for several years. (My mother died from such.)
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5. Another side effect is insomnia which affects me say 5/7 but Reynaud toes is the cause.
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7. Given your caution relating to taking Omeprazole and Citalopram in the context of the former perhaps more difficult to replace, is it worth trying another version of the latter, I wonder?
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9. If you decide to prescribe Omeprazole, I hope that sufficient (3 boxes please) will arrive in Charlbury to save reordering a couple of times before the Christmas and New Year period.  I appreciate that if an alternative is prescribed,  it will need a trial.  As I've said before, the azole group has had a hammering sans success.

 

With grateful thanks for your attention.

Alan Harrison.