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What are the long term effects of taking prevacid for 2 years?I take 30 mg of prevacid daily for laryngopharyngeal reflux.
-Linda Jo
I have been taking 30 mg of Prevacid for the last 2 1/2 years for the same reason. I've never had side effects and I did ask my dr. about long term effects, he said none. Hope this puts your mind at ease.
-RetroBlader
Not much at all.
Prevacid belongs in the class of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs), which are among the safest and best tolerated prescription drugs out there.
Specifically, Prevacid (chemically known as lansoprazole) was first approved by the FDA in 1995, so it's been around for a lot longer than 2 years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansoprazole
Millions of people have been on 30 mg a day since it first came out, and there has been no major long-term bad effect known to date.
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I started using Prevacid after several months (actually years) of a condition of acid reflux getting increasingly worse. Tums just wasn't working anymore, and I was crossing more and more foods off the list of what I could eat without getting severe heartburn. After several kinds of tests at a specialist, I was prescribed Prevacid. I couldn't believe how quickly and permanently my heartburn went away. I could even eat onions. There was one side affect though - frequent diarrhea for about the first six months - it really became kind of regular thing, but seriously, it was better than the awful heartburn. After the first six months, it went away and never returned.
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William