I just called Medicare and they cover DS which is what I am getting. After all of my research it is shown to have the best long term results both in weight loss and weight regain. I have RA and was told that the DS and VSG were my only options. Good luck!

I am starting in next week.  I just got the call yesterday that my insurance is willing to pay for it.

I am not switching for the conveince but because nothing is working on my psoriatic arthritis (PA).  I have tried methotrexate, plaquanil, sulfasalazine, gold salts, celebrex, voltaren, lodine, remicade (almost died, turns out i am alergic who knew?), humira, imuran, others i can't remember the names of right now, and most recently Enbrel.  According to mu rheumatologist, I have tired everything on the market for PA

i hope it will work well for me because the next step is a wheel chair, I really don't want to go there at 37.

there is absoulutly no reason you cannot take prilosec with remicade.  i took remicade for 11 months while on prilosec, no adverse reactions from the drug combination. 

But if you are still concerned, take to your rheumatologist.