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How many months after irritated stomach lining seen on egd is repeat egd done to check for response to ppi. mine was 4 months ago. feel no better?

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Dr. Robert Kneece
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Talk to Gi: If you been on the PPI and was just gastritis with no ulcers with no improvement in symptoms,the GI or primary would change the therapy by going up on med or adding another med such as Zantac.Mske sure not taking anything such as NSAIDS-ibuprofen ,caffeine etc that would aggravate it
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