Re: GERD meds that DONT inflame the prostate? (Prilosec isn't working...)

"YO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have been struggling with CP for three years and I have been taking
> prilosec for seven years. This is the first time I hear about this
> connection. I see my urologists monthly and he knows I am taking omeprazole,
> so I wonder if this claim have any veracity. Prevacid, protonix, nexium are
> in the same family of drugs as prilosec (proton pump inhibitors), I might go
> back to ranitidine just to see if it makes a difference in my symptoms.
> 
> Yo

Well this is all really strange...I am not 100% sure about the
connection.

I had one prostate infection 4 years ago, and ever since then I have
been fine (except when I took dramamine, forgetting that
antihistamines cause inflamation for me).

I just started taking Prilosec 5 days ago, and then 3 days into it I
have a bladder/prostate infection. I have no real evidence that this
was the cause, but in Prilosec's PDR the following is listed:

Urogenital: Interstitial nephritis (some with positive rechallenge),
urinary tract infection, microscopic pyuria, urinary frequency,
elevated serum creatinine, proteinuria, hematuria, glycosuria,
testicular pain, gynecomastia

Here is a link to the PDR entry.
http://www.schoolasthmaallergy.com/2002-2003/sections/medications/PackageInsert/03802428.HTM


I plan to ask my Dr. about this on monday.