I know there are people that have more important and serious questions, but I am puzzled. A few months ago, I lost my appetite. That is no small feat for me. I am a big woman and I enjoy my food. All I was able to eat was a piece of toast in the morning, and that was only to keep my strength up so I could work. If I ate anything else, I became nauseous. I waited about a week and a half to go to the doctor, as I figured my appetite would come back. But it didn't. She made me take Prilosec OTC, (I had to buy the pack with a 14? Day supply), and said that my appetite should start coming back with in a week, but I had to finish the whole pack (1 a day) even if I did feel better. It did help and I did get my appetite back slowly. I went back to the doctor after the first week. I asked her what it was that made my appetite go away and what the prilosec did to help, but she didn't answer me, just told me to make sure I finished the pack. I'm totally puzzled. I obviously wasn't sick. I have no clue what the Prilosec did. Was it just in my head that I was sick so somewhere in my head I thought the Prilosec would help? Any body have any clue what the heck happened and can explain to me?

Thanks

Daisy

Wow, that's something new to me. LOL

Apparently you may have had a digestive upset that the Prilosec helped with. Without specific lab tests I can't tell you what made your appetite go away. Prilosec is used, as you know, to treat heartburn or GERD, so she was treating your upset nausea with that.

Good to hear that you have finally gotten your appetite back. I wish I could give you a better response, but you could do well to call your pharmacist and ask what the drug did to help. They are better with the chemical components of the medication and how they work on the systems of the body.

Thanks for the answer. I know it was an odd situation, so getting a specific answer was unlikely, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to try. Asking the pharmacist is a good idea, though. I didn't think of that.

As noted by J9, prilosec is used to treat gerd/ indigestion / heart burn, peptic ulcer disease, esophagitis. These conditions tend to reduce appetite, as you noted.

When the underlying condition that reduced your appetite, or at least made it difficult to eat normally, is treated your appetite returned to normal.



There is nothing in the PDR about prilosec increasing appetite.

Prilosec works by reducing stomach acid.