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When you take prilosec it changes the flora in your gut. if you stop taking prilosec does the flora in your gut go back to how it was before?
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Bacterial overgrowth: in the stomach and duodenum has UNKNOWN clinical significance in health people. This effect has only been described in very ill Intesive Care Unit patients. This change in bacterial population quickly reverses when the proton -pump inhibitor (egf Prilosec) is discontinued! Hope this helps! Dr Z
Answered 10/31/2015
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