I have Omeprazole that I was taking and it was the the point, it was not helping it and it was prescription based.
You can get it over the counter but my doctor wrote it out for me and I did not have to worry about it.
Recently, I ended up having to go back to the hospital for burning of the top of my stomach and nothing I was doing helped it. I even took the Omeprazole and Sucralfate which is a stomach coater and nothing helped.
The doctor ended up giving me a GI cocktail which is full of medications to help with antiacids, pain and to also coat the stomach and that didn't help. He ended up giving me Esomeprazole (Nexium) and diagnosing me with ulcers in which I had them before.
He also said to get Mylanta as a better coater because the Sucralfate was no longer working nor helping with what I have so the Mylanta is a stand in to go with the Nexium to help my stomach heal.
This stuff worked almost instantly. Yes it was a delay release but it ended up coating my stomach and helping with the burning, tenderness and the heat I was feeling from my stomach. This stuff can also be OTC in which is great. It stopped every single pain I was having and it got better before I even left.
If you have Gerd and can take this, I highly suggest it since it helps great. It is best if you have this flair up to not take any Nsaids, aspirins, or anything like that because well NSAIDS are going to trigger it and make it worst and the compound in the medication can conflict with aspirins.
