D-Limonene advice please

Please can someone give me some advice on taking D-Limonene.
I am currently taking Lanzoprazole in a morning and at tea time and a Ranitadine before bed.
My question is do I stop taking my meds altogether and replace with D-Limonene or cut down and take 1.
I not sure what to do for best, many thanks Debbie.

Agdas....... I have been raking these meds for 3 years and I'm having all sorts of problems. I want a natural meds now that's why I got D-Limonene. I just want to make sure I'm taking the right dose.

Regular MD's aren't going to know anything about D-Limonene. They vary rarely know about any supplements. Natural Path MD's or Functional MD's will/do know about it.

Remember those PPI's are far from natural too, and will do you harm after years of use. They weren't originally intended to rely on for years anyway. Vitamins aren't natural either, I never saw a vitamin D bush/tree. Of course, some minerals are natural and mined.

Jarrow is one of the better known supplement and vitamin companies, their D-limonene is about $10 online for a 60 count bottle of 1000mg gel tabs. Its $12 in a store if you can find it. Enzamatic Therapy brand is $25 or only five 1000mg, overpriced. There are two other off brands that I've seen online for human use.

When I read up on it, most people started 1000mg every other day and took at night a few hrs before bed. Thats what I did, and tapered off as needed, then stopped in a couple months. Some people get better in one week! It stays active in you not longer than two days if I remember. If your really active, moving a lot, you get orange burps the first 5-10 min, then it goes away.

If your on some other life saving medication, then I would research it, but there are studies on it available goggling. It goes through your liver and is a liver detoxifier, also used for people who have gene deficiencies (mutations) with the Liver Phase II methelation detox pathway. It has no effect you can feel, besides less GERD.

Ive read up to 15,000 mg a day had no ill effects on healthy people. That sounds like an insane amount which NO ONE here needs.

I would suggest Makuna Honey from New Zealand as well. There was thread on this. I tried it after food poisoning left my gut a mess for longer than it should have. This stuff realy calm,ed it down. about $30-35 for good grade of 8ounces. Its not regular honey, not at all. Very paste like and not clear.

As always you should also be on a gerd diet and take good probiotics and digestive enzymes too. You eventually can taper that stuff off after the D-limonene.

We're just patients here, not doctors. By forum rules we are not allowed to prescribe. We can only talk about our experiences, as astroman did (not criticizing his advice!). Whatever type you prefer, please see some sort of doctor.

Whether D-Limonene will help you or not may depend on your "all sorts of problems." Do you have reflux, and if so, what is the cause? There are all sorts of reasons: bad sphincter, very large hiatal hernia, food sensitivities, etc. Why did your doctor prescribe the meds?

I agree with astroman, that not all doctors will have heard about D-limonene. I went to a gastroenterologist a cardiologist, a naturopath-pharmacist, and some sort of "therapist" claiming to be able to "test" me for sensitivity to drugs by holding a sealed bottle of a chemical up to me, and 2 allergists, before finding a third allergist who knew anything about what was triggering my reflux reaction after I had eaten any of several unrelated foods (gelatin, maple syrup, bread, brown sugar, corn starch .....). It's probably not your problem.

I found my "natural cure" in avoiding the foods containing sulfites. It didn't cure my loose, leaking lower esophageal sphincter (which the gastroenterologist did find), but it did stop my heaving episodes (what I call refluxing) and tachycardia. Keeping a food journal/diary is free and easy, and it was what my 3rd allergist recommended. I found my list of "trigger foods" and googled them with "food allergies." My other doctors never did believe in my sulfite problem, but other people have problems with salicylates, and many other specific types of chemicals, often contained naturally in food items. The allergy forum is awash with food sensitivity stories. Again, this may not have anything to do with your problems.

Best wishes.

Common sense says never to stop something without tapering off.

I tapered and introduced at the same time. D-limonene does not reduce acid, it coats the les and gut wall to heal. So its like a band aid that works. But I adjusted my diet and took all the other natural stuff mentioned in this forum too, and finally came off the D-L. No dairy, grease, less carbs ect. I have to remember to eat better, some people refuse, but thats their poor choice.

Research it. Many good things about it. But you have to decide. Its trial and error. What I mentioned can be read other places if you take the time to google it.

My LES can leak from a bad gut reaction (bad food, wrong food, holiday food ect), and then not heal for a long time even after adjusting my diet. I cant lay flat when that happens, and PPI's didnt correct it either (5 brands years ago). That is a pretty common problem.

The D-limonene seems to let the LES heal, and then seal better again. I have read this is what it does, its a cutrus enzyme oil. This D-L obviously cannot help with a H Hernia - mechanical defect of your body.

Best of luck