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Hello!
I cannot really help you, but am going through a similar thing. I'm on my 3rd GI trying to find one who is willing to work with me on getting OFF the meds. I've been on some sort of acid blocking med for almost 10 years! ugh. Anyway, this new doc, who is kind of an expert in GERD said she needed to do an endoscopy to find out more. It showed chronic gastritis and an inflamed esophogus. Because of this, she doubled my dose. (So not what I was hoping for!). The way she explained it is that without the meds I would burn my esophogus which is way worse than staying on the meds. She said the only long term effect is possible polyps in the stomach that are easily removed and much less dangerous than the acid erosion.
So I know I'm not helpful, but just wanted to share my story. I'm planning on getting pregnant in 3-4 years and went to her to get off these meds b/c I was so worried, but she said even pregnancy now is OK with some of the meds.
I still personally feel that if you've only been on it 3 months you might be able to ween off....It's certainly worth a try! Good luck!

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