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Diagnosed w/mild antral gastritis & mild gerd waiting 4 h pylori results-take prilosec bid & carafate-still experience burning, tight stomach, reflux?

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Dr. Scot Lewey answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

Call your GI doc: Get back to your GI doctor. Follow up on h pylori results. Try Gaviscon 1-2 chewables for possible bile gastritis/reflux which Prilosec won't help though carafate (sucralfate) may.

Answered 9/11/2020

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