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melanie blair
06/03/08
melanie blair
Category:Acid Reflux Medication

why does PPI's make me extremely hungry? Is there something else i can take?

i have a hiata hernia and gerd, i have tried zantac, prilosec, protonix and now i'm trying prevacid.  So far all of these seem to make me extremely hungry.  I am constantly needing food every hour and if i don't eat the hunger over takes me & i become very grouchy until i eat. I...

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