Re: Cooking for Gastritis

Lin wrote:
pavane wrote:

BTW the original Prilosec was 20 mg which the OTC is today; the
current prescription med is Nexium which is effectively a 40 mg
prilosec with added magnesium to aid stomach/esophagus erosion.
Nexium came on the market just as the patent for Prilosec ran out,
what a coincidence. Nexium is one of the drugs used as an example
of drug companies making minor modifications to existing drugs and
marketing them just as the patent on the original expires; sort of a
back door patent extension. What a world we live in.


I'd been on the Prilosec OTC (not religiously) for GERD. Current doctor first put me on Protonix, then Nexium -- with a horrendous co-pay -- but it was still cheaper than full price. I got worse on the Nexium (I can't explain why). I told him that the Prilosec worked fine, I just needed to take twice as much. So, he switches me to the generic of Prilosec with a co-pay of $7/month in the dosage I require. Still, the generic price for most people that don't have drug plans is quite high.

Anyway, the GERD settled waaaaay down but I still purchase the prescription Prilosec. Stockpiling I suppose.

--Lin (better living through chemistry)

I do that too, re-filling my and the kids' allergy prescriptions religiously, even though their allergies are, for the most part, seasonal.

My daughter claims we have enough Nasonex, itchy eye drops and inhalers to see the entire clan through nuclear winter. I am less concerned with nuclear winter than global warming. My primary worry, however, is loss of prescription drug benefits.

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