? about Prilosec

[luvmygsp]

Can you take it @ night? I've been waking up in the middle of the night w/heartburn....
The instructions say to take it in the morning...but my Md (just saw her today) knows my issue has been in the middle of the night & didn't specifically tell me not to take it @ night...but she also didn't say to take it in the am!

I mean, it makes sense to me that I would take it @ night since thats when my problem has been happening. Why take it in the am when the issue isn't sparking up till like 12hrs later.

[sadlebred]

You sure can! You could also ask her about taking it twice a day.

If Prilosec doesn't do it for you, ask her about another med. I take Nexium but add on Xantac for the times when my GERD is really bad.

[luvmygsp]

Jun 7, 2012 21:38:34 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

You sure can! You could also ask her about taking it twice a day.

If Prilosec doesn't do it for you, ask her about another med. I take Nexium but add on Xantac for the times when my GERD is really bad.

Thank you! Oh yeah, she did tell me I could take it 2x a day...Omg, DUH that would mean I could take it @ night! Haha I am such an idiot!! ::sigh:: Its been a long day!

[Brit]

My DD was on Prilosec for a little while. Her doctor told us that it is something that has to build up in your system over a period of time to eventually reduce the amount of stomach acid that you produce. Because of the mechanism by which it works, I wouldn't think that it would matter what time you took it, but the dose would probably make a difference. Taking it twice a day might put enough of it in your system to give you some relief. We were told that it could take up to 10 days for it to work for DD, so, if you just started it, that might be something to keep in mind.

[shauni27]

I take my prilosec at night with the rest of my pills.