So in looking up some of the latest data about my Barret’s I dug up this gem:
“Prilosec is a very powerful medicine and really works very, very well for heartburn,” Waring said.
However, new research suggests that taking proton pump inhibitors for prolonged periods may increase the risk of developing pneumonia. A Dutch study of 364,000 patients, published in the Oct. 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found the risk of pneumonia nearly doubled for people taking the drugs for prolonged periods.

This could explain why I’ve had pneumonia twice this last year possibly. I mean I’ve never had it before, ever. But I have been on Prilozec and now Nexium (same thing really) for over 6 years. Definitely something to mention to my doctors next time I go in.