Take the PPIs before endoscopy or not?
Hello! I just got back from my GI doctor. My allergist believes I could have EoE, the NP at the GI office I saw seemed to think it was bad acid reflux. I have an endoscopy June 3rd. The NP said to take a PPI (I forget what it’s called). I asked if taking the PPI now will affect any results from endoscopy biopsies, she said no, she believed I needed a PPI immediately.
The lady who scheduled my endoscopy said no I should not be taking any PPI before the endoscopy.
What should I do? lol thanks! My symptoms are fairly bad… burning in my chest and back as food goes down, burning in upper stomach (under breasts), excessive burping, I can feel food going down… in my back, pressure in my chest kind of like I have to burp but can’t…. So my symptoms are fairly bad.. which is why she said take the PpI now, but I don’t wanna mess up the results.