Re: Nexium...any luck?
04/13/06 06:05 PM
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ErinB
Reged: 04/11/06
Posts: 49
Loc: Raleigh, NC
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I can't imagine why he'd say to take it as needed. It's not meant to be a treatment for gasto problems when they occur. It's a preventative and a pretty good one at that, so you need to take it on a regular basis. If you take it in the middle of an attack, it's not going to do much b/c that's not what it does. It's not like Maalox or Pepto bismol where you take it during an attack. I think of it kind of like my allergy medicine. I have seasonal allergies and I know if I don't take my medicine daily during that time frame, I'll have sneezing, itchy eyes, etc. If I only take once I feel those symptoms it might help diminish them, but it might not. If I take it daily every morning when I get up, I know I won't have to even deal with them because it prevents them. Make sense? What strength did he prescribe?
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