PPI's are the only thing which works for me now. I used to be on those H2 blockers and antihistamines due to my many allergies and GERD. about 20 yrs ago they put me on PPI, after a few yrs I developed stomach polyps (not intestinal but stomach) apparently PPI's cause that. So they made me stop cold turkey and only take H2 as needed. But after 2 yrs I developed severe esophagitis, doctor did all kinds of test as I was also having troubles swallowing. The G scope showed severely inflammed esopagus, she even did biopsies back in 2018 as it looked the same color as a type of cancer, fortunately it was not cancer, but it meant I now had to go back on PPI's twice a day. PPI's affect your magnesium levels also which is why I have severe hypomagnesemia, we tried reducing the PPI to even stop it again, but esophagitis came back, so now I will need PPI's for life and Magnesium, but I was able to bring PPI down to once a day at night time to reduce acidity production while you sleep lying flat, I always had acidity issues when waking up and not during the day, so taking at night has helped me a lot. My kidney functions have so far been at 99% even while taking PPI's since 2018. I have IBS, GERD, the first 53 yrs of my life since birth I had chronic diarrhea, since 7 yrs now I have constipation issues due to Gastroparesis. I have had in my life time several episodes of gastitis also. I was born with GI issues and am now 60 yrs old, yet my kidney functions so far have been good, only in my teens due to medications I was on at age 15 for juvenile rheumatoid arhtitis, they had caused my kidneys to almost fail by age 17, to the point my GP was considering dialysis, but instead they reduced and eliminated those medications, it turns out I am severely allergic to NSAID's (which they had tried so many different ones over a 2 yr span before realizing my allergies) which caused the kidney issues, once switched over to steroids and all NSAID's stopped my kidneys recovered and have been good ever since. But for some people PPI"s can cause long term kidney damages. PPI's were never meant to be used yrs on ends, but for some like me, without them I would have developed ulcers or cancer. I will only have access to my blood tests around end of sept online, but my GI doctor did not mention anything else then magnesium levels and FBS and A1C, which is what interests her. Also I was on an injection for 8 yrs which caused chemical menopause and I had to take extremely high dosages of tums as in 6 extra 1000 mg per day along with Vit D to prevent osteoporosis, which also messed up my GI tract.

@A DiabetesTeam Member Good luck with that, Joyce.

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Yes. My doctor ordered me to stop taking omeprazole. I still have GERD and I take Tums as needed.