Dr. Conor Brady discusses whether omeprazole harms raw-fed dogs. A 1985 study found no benefit and possible harm from combining metronidazole with omeprazole for Helicobacter treatment. Dogs' stomach pH drops to 0.5-2.5 within 30 minutes of eating, neutralizing food before it reaches the small intestine.
Does omeprazole affect raw-fed dogs negatively? I am still struggling with reflex stroke regurgitation after a meal. So there was some work done with the treatment of Helicobacter and the use of metronidazole alongside omeprazole in dogs. They found it had no effect. In fact, if anything, a negative effect to the treatment of Helicobacter. It's a great study in 1985 that looked at the acidity of dogs' stomachs post-eating, which actually in the first 30 minutes goes down to between 0.5 and 2.5 as a pH, you know, it neutralizes just before emptying into the small intestine.
