Lansoprazole

paddyw

Hi every-one Hope you are all feeling good to day,--- well as good as it gets! Can you help me please i have been on Lansoprazole for six months now,I dont always have to take lbrufen for my RA,but do take other pain killers.I just wonder if you can take these for a long time do they harm you? Many Thanks Paddy w

stickywicket

I've been on them, or omeprazole, for more years than I can remember. When I put that question to my GP he told me they were a very safe med and risking a stomach bleed was a very unsafe thing to do. Having said that, I think - but do check this out - that it would be OK only to take them if you're also taking the NSAIDS.

earthspirit

if i can just add my tuppenceworth. i dont think that its good to take lansoprozole long term if there is no actual reason for taking it. reason? well its suppressing the production of normal digestive juices etc and so would affect lots happening in the stomach and gut that are a normal natural part of human digestion.

just saying cos you dont take a pain killer if you dont have pain so why take lans if there is no medical need???

loovechocolate

Ooooh do you know I hadn't thought about it that way, I've been on Lanz for 10 years + and always chirp on about take them to protect the tummy but I hadn't thought about the other stuff - good point food for thought thanks

skezier

Hi Paddy,

Long term use hasn't done me any harm though I am now on nexuim and have a lot of problems with the top end of my digestive track via the crohns.

Why not only take them if your having pain and have to take the pain meds? They should be an hour before but are instant and not accumulative. I would do that but just check with the gp its ok to take them that way. Cris x

villier

Hi Paddy I am also a member of a neurological forum and there is a lady moderator there who has a medical background and has great knowledge of medications and I am sure I read that Lansoprazole taken long term can sometimes cause B12 deficiency I would check it out if I was you hope this is of help.........tc.......Marie

salamander

Why not check with your GP?

hileena111

Hi
I can only put my own personal opinion forward. I've been taking them for a few years now but also take naproxen and would rather chance the side effects than an ulcer !!!
Check with your GP

Love
Hileena

earthspirit

villier - your comments are genius inspired this morning to my ears!
my mum takes a huge amount of tablets, some needed to live and others for things she worries about. she is a lansoprozole loyal and despite her multiple qualifications in health and nutrition she was struggling to understand what i was trying to tell her about them causing suppression of natural gut processes. however, she does have a b12 deficiency which is just recently diagnosed and is in a bit of panic about this as both her mother and her aunt had pernicious anemia. i did not know about lans being a possible cause of this. thanks for adding those few words so that i can now do a bit more checking and let her know. she doesnt actually need the lans as the pills needed for a lifeline are not damaging to her stomach and she takes an excess of the others because i think there is a bit of an addiction going on

salamander

villier wrote:

Hi Paddy I am also a member of a neurological forum and there is a lady moderator there who has a medical background and has great knowledge of medications and I am sure I read that Lansoprazole taken long term can sometimes cause B12 deficiency I would check it out if I was you hope this is of help.........tc.......Marie

I've looked this up and read that over two years is long term. As I've been taking it this long am going to ask for a blood test to check my levels. So thanks for this villier.

stickywicket

NHS Guidelines on Vit B12

Adults need approximately 0.0015mg a day of vitamin B12.

If you eat meat, fish or dairy foods, you should be able to get enough vitamin B12 from your diet.

If you take vitamin B12 supplements, do not take too much because this could be harmful.

Taking 2mg or less a day of vitamin B12 in supplements is unlikely to cause any harm.

RitaW

Hi,I have been on this medication on and off for years,but this last episode (about 6 months) I was having major toilet problems (thought it was the IBS)I stopped taking them and my bowel returned to normal.I was also found to be Folic Acid deficient and am now taking Folic Acid daily but my vit B12 was normal.x

earthspirit

although you should get vit b12 from food if you are of normal health that is ok. however if your system is compromised, you are older or taking something that prevents absorption of nutriets (lansoprozole) then you may not get adequate amounts of b12

paddyw

Thanks all of you.Think Ive open a can of worm here.I have vit D deficiency, wonder if Lans has anything to do with that? I will ask Dr when i see him,but its good to chat to you all here ,Thanks once again Paddy w

arfaitis

I have been taking Lans for 13 years, 2 per day, 0ne at night and one in the morning. I was put on them after being rushed in for a stomach hemorrhage, and Barratts esophagus, No side effects whatsoever.
I do eat for my heart, which is all the right things, I take folic only a a supplement, I do eat tuna 4 times a week though.
I think they are safe as houses, but always bear in mind, we are all different.

Arfa

stickywicket

arfaitis wrote:

I have been taking Lans for 13 years, 2 per day, 0ne at night and one in the morning.

As a matter of interest, arfaitis, is that full strength lansop? I ask because when I needed more than one a day I was transferred to omep on the grounds of 40 mg of omep was OK but 60 mgs of lansop wasn't. (It more or less does the trick for me.)

arfaitis

stickywicket wrote:

arfaitis wrote:

I have been taking Lans for 13 years, 2 per day, 0ne at night and one in the morning.

As a matter of interest, arfaitis, is that full strength lansop? I ask because when I needed more than one a day I was transferred to omep on the grounds of 40 mg of omep was OK but 60 mgs of lansop wasn't. (It more or less does the trick for me.)

I take two 30mg. per day.

Arfa