OTC is 20 mg. Doc started me on that. Didn't work . So he doubled it. Twice a day. Been taking it for years. All of a sudden they started denying it. Sent me the manufacturers page stating recommended dosage etc. If it wasn't so expensive to buy OTC I would just buy it. Doc and his office said compared to other meds patients he has take, it's dirt cheap. It's the cheapest pump inhibiter. His nurse said maybe do one Omeprazole and one of something else. Doc said no when he seen the amount of acid I was making.
I believe that is what I took. 40mg, 2x a day. I had a garden variety Aetna policy then, not Medicare. The ENT had to make some calls to the insurance company to get me more than the manufacturer's recc dosage. Not all offices are good at this. His secretary told me she spent close to an hour going through all the hoops to get it done. It's very possible that things have changed, they do frequently in the insurance biz. Still, you might try an ENT that specializes in LPR Reflux. Some offices are better getting rx's through than others. You should also look into Zegerid if you don't have high bp. It's like Omeprazole with a kick!
Jim
My GP spent days fighting them. Now gastro has spent weeks. Even had appeals and peer to peer consults. They are being ridiculous. The money they wasted on meds that don't work and the endoscopy, they could have just gave me the meds.
Try an ENT. Their diagnosis will be LPR/Reflux which I believe has a different code and dosage requirments. Gastro's do not diagnose LPR/Reflux because they don't go up that high
Jim
Why are we on GERD, this started out about PSA check up.
Sorry yosh. Didn't mean to taint your site.