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Originally Posted by RainMaker
My biggest concern is how bad the acid reflux will get without Prilosec. When I've missed a few days in the past, I could start feeling it coming on strong. Has anyone had experience with Zantac?
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I found out the hard way that I can't take Prilosec - it made every muscle in my body ache and I didn't even have the strength to turn a door knob. So, I switched to Zantac and now take the generic form of ranitidine. Unlike Prilosec, Zantac for me has been something to take only when I'm symptomatic. It mostly does the trick, but there's still that period before it kicks in when you have to deal with the discomfort. I've gone weeks at a time when I've been able to manage the problem strictly through diet and exercise and haven't needed to take a pill. Then there are months like this one, where stress and some bad eating have made me a daily consumer.