Advice for vitamin loss after gastritis/PPI meds, best way to increase?
Since around june or so, I've had gastritis. I've been given meds like famotidine and PPIS to stop the stomach inflammation, but with that, I've lost the nutrient absorption. I developed vitamin deficiencies such as Vitamin d, my b12 is almost low (but low enough to be getting symptoms), my dr didnt check for magnesium, and my iron only hasnt dropped bc i was already deficient before and am getting infusions.
I read on here that diet and sunlight are good to help, but the gastritis diet is extremely limiting and is another reason im not getting much nutrients and im so weak from everything happening that i dont go out much. Having gastritis also makes me sensitive to stomach supplements, I think trying iron and vit c supplements before made my gastritis much worse and made me lose my appetite. I read on here though that injections will cause a lot of pain and not be as effective as pills?
As you can see, I got a 25ng/ml a couple weeks ago (that might have lowered even more considering the meds), and was prescribed vitamin D2 50,000IU capsules. It looks like my calcium went up a lot suddenly. I was allowed a B12 shot, but she wouldnt tell me anything about it and said i could get more weekly, and wouldnt test me for magnesium, but i think i can find magnesium glycinate. I'm on my 2nd iron infusion out of 5. I'm just having a lot of bone, joint, and muscle pain, and am afraid of things like osteoporosis. Anyone here that can give me tips how to go about this would be appreciated. I thought injections would be quickest, but apparently not according to here, but also im afraid of the pills flaring up my stomach which is healing (and the longer it takes to heal, the longer i cant absorb nutrients). My symptoms are bone, joint, muscle pain, brain fog, low mood, fatigue, muscle weakness, especially after taking any of my stomach meds.
Does anyone else have a similar experience you healed from? For meds, i've been taking pantoprazole, tums, and gavison for gerd/gastritis
Posted Dec 1, 2025, 3:06 AM UTC