Plavix and stomach pain

• By Threesacharm
• Reply 3472575
• October 19, 2012 at 5:38 pm
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It only stays in your system a day, day and a half, but it takes ten days until your platelets are not impacted by it. Are you taking coated aspirin? I came off protonix, I take Zantac as needed, it will take some time for your tummy to heal. I find eating yoghurt helps.

• By 4slowgirl
• Reply 3473088 · In reply to 3472575 by Threesacharm
• October 19, 2012 at 10:08 pm
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Threesacharm--Thanks for your reply. Nice to get to know you-your name is familiar as I know you have commented to me before on the issues I had from my plavix and bleeding questions I had on the heart health site. I was going to go off the protonix whether my Dr. agreed or not because of the bloody urine and stomach pain. Didn-t have to. He told me to go off once he knew I had blood in my urine. He did tell me to stay on coated asprin and stay on my protonix. I do hope the stomach pains go completely away. Mine feel as though I have just done 1,ooo sit up or like I was just hit in the stomach. Is that how yours felt?

• By Threesacharm
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• October 19, 2012 at 10:50 pm
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Yep, raw. But it gets better. As of today I am three months off plavix. Yeah, I have passed the 90 day plavix rebound phase! When I was on plavix I used protonix and another drug called domperidone, I think it is called motillium in the US but I think you actually cannot get it. The domperidone empties your stomach, the protonix reduces the acid. Protonix is known to become less effective over time though. Now that you are off plavix, there are other PPIs that you can use and perhaps switching to another one might work. I think there is nothing worse than that stomach feeling. I have weaned off the protonix now, but people with a history of stomach ulcers, gerd etc sometimes take it really long term. I still get the occasional tummy pains and I use Zantac for that. Yes, I did reply to your last post. I have been off protonix a month now and things are setting down. That plavix is a real killer on the stomach. I might get tummy issues once a week now but I have noticed that the day i get it I have usually have had very acidic foods. So I am being more conscious of that. Good luck, it will improve, watch your foods for acidity and see of that helps.