[Susan]

Hi, just be very careful with Prilosec, Somac as these are Pump Proton Inhibitors & once you start taking them you can not just stop taking them after taking them for 3-6 weeks…One vet prescribed Patch Losec & Patch was doing green sloppy poos, licking & licking his mouth & looked worse, wouldn’t get out of his bed for his walks, so I stopped the Losec on the 3 day, I saw another vet & he explained to me how the stomach works & PPI’s are no good to take for long periods, Pepcid & Zantac are better to give & can be stopped whenever also after 2 years I’ve just learnt about Hypochlorhydria… Hypochlorhydria is lack of stomach acid & we have the same symptoms, acid reflux, gas, heartburn, nausea etc & Doctors will just prescribe an ant acid meds & what I have found Patch got worse when he took the ant acid meds, so now I just give him some Mylanta when needed & I’ve been leaving him be, no more drugs….I’ve been feeding foods that don’t give him his acid reflux & keeping a diary of what foods were good & what foods didn’t work also slippery elm made into a slurry is suppose to be good for lining the stomach……sounds like your on the right track with the cook books……