CARAFATE Reviews (SUCRALFATE)Average Rating: 2.9 (140 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CARAFATE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CARAFATE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Stamach pain | Feeling very tierdness full and fully vo.iting per hr 6 time I am not able to breath properly I can hear my heart beat vile vominting | F | 32 | 3 days 20 2X day | 11/12/2020 | 1 | Possible Ulcer / Gastritis | MAJOR ANXIETY! Back pain, Chest pain, Chills, Dizziness, Constipation | This has to be hands down the worst medication I have ever tried. I go to the ER because I had abdominal pain and I get labs and a CT done. Doctor said they couldn't see anything in the CT but it could be a possible ulcer and handed me the script after 4 hours of waiting. I took this for 2 days and my anxiety was through the roof. I will be calling my PCP tomorrow so he can put me on something else. This medication has so many side effects and good luck trying to fit this into your daily routine. Has to be taken 4 times a day and separated from your other medications. The pharmacist told me good luck after 30 minutes on the phone trying to figure out the best way to take this with my 2 other meds. | M | 33 | 2 days 1 MG 4X day | 9/30/2020 | 5 | Reflux at night | No side effects at all. | I experienced nighttime reflux for many months. I almost choked to death several times. I was so afraid of it that I would only sleep sitting up in a chair. You can imagine what that was like along with work and caring for my child. My husband tried sleeping sitting up in the living room with me for support, but why ruin his life and career too. The GI that I was seeing tried everything and I followed every tip and guideline out there. Endoscopy showed nothing. The GI finally precribed Carafate. IT WORKED IMMEDIATELY!!! I take a two teaspoonful dose (that's all!) prior to going to bed and I sleep with a fifteen degree wedge pillow and have not experienced a single episode since. It is truly a wonder drug. My quality of life has been restored. | F | 34 | 4 months | 10/11/2008 | 1 | Duodenal Ulcer Bleed | Every "rare" side effect. Severe light-headedness, dizziness, insomnia, crippling headache, even developed pulsation tinnitus. | After being admitted to the hospital for excessive bleeding from duodenal ulcer this was prescribed. However the first two days were fine, the next 5 have been a nightmare. I can't even get out of bed due to the vertigo experienced. I'm immediately stopping the medication. | M | 34 | 7 days 1 GM 4X day | 11/6/2020 | 5 | Stomach Ulcers/Gastric Acid | Constipation when I first started taking them. | I was on Carafate 4 times a day plus Nexium 1 time a day for bleeding stomach ulcers and gastric acid. These pills worked very well for me and I was able to stop taking them all together. | F | 35 | 5 months | 5/10/2007 | 3 | Possible stomach Ulcer | I experienced insomnia | The drug seems to work but made me nervous. | F | 35 | 7 days | 1/5/2020 | 3 | Possible ulcer | Sometimes shortness on breath | M | 35 | 4 days 1 mg | 5/31/2020 | 5 | Ulcer, and Restricted Esophagus | My mouth watered, I did get hot flashes and felt a little nauseated for about an hr or so but not anything that was unbearable. | I have taken many medications for GERD and Esophagus problems for years and in just one day of taking the oral version (because I can't swallow many pills) I feel like I have a new stomach seriously. I can actually eat and I have a appetite! No burning, or acid reflux or gas.. I really hope this continues to work because I need to eat! I am taking protonix also and the combination is magic for me! A day without stomach problems is a good day for me! | F | 36 | 0 days 10 2X day | 9/8/2020 | 4 | botched endoscopy | It WILL block other meds you take, which really sucks (take other meds well before this, and work out schedule for drugs you're supposed to EAT FOOD with). It leaves thick layer of chalk feeling in throat but really helps with ulcer pain. | I'm only on day 3 of a 14-day course of Carafate (but I think I'm only going to do 7 days, long enough for the Protonix to start working well). The ER gave it to me after they found their surgeon had dug a little too deep for a biopsy during an endoscopy. In other words, I have a sudden ulcer now that I didn't have before the endoscopy, and the pain from that was truly indescribable (maybe because it was so sudden?). The on-call surgeon sent me to the ER about 36 hrs after the endoscopy; the ER dripped Dilaudid for pain after my heart checked out okay, even when I said Vicodin hadn't touched the pain. Sure enough, Dilaudid did nothing for the pain, either (though ice packs helped a lot). They put me through a bunch of tests and scans, FINALLY gave me a "GI Cocktail", and that worked like magic! But GI Cocktails wear off, don't really heal anything, and that's why they gave me 14 days of Carafate until the new Protonix script (and double Ranitidine dosage) could kick in. The first dose or two doesn't seem to help at all, but by the third dose, and sticking with just the low yield BRAT diet (banana, rice, applesauce, toast), the incredible pain was essentially gone. YAY! But WARNING: I can't get my other meds (thyroid, propanolol for heart rate, even melatonin for sleep) to work! It turns out you have to be REALLY CAREFUL scheduling meds around this stuff, because Carafate WILL BLOCK ABSORPTION of meds. I get up super early to take Protonix. | F | 36 | 7 days 1 gram 4X day | 5/6/2014 | 1 | Ulcer | Anxiety , dry mouth , dizzy , chest tightness, fatigue | M | 36 | 4 days 1gm 4X day | 4/10/2024 | 1 | Bleeding ulcer from NG tube | Horrible Nausea and a chlorine taste in my mouth. Not helping me at all, but can't stop because of bleeding risk. | Wish there was a different pill to take! | F | 37 | 3 weeks 1 gram | 5/13/2016 | 1 | I have two very large peptic ulcer | I was prescribed carafate 6 weeks after the ulcers were found by an EDG. I was not getting any relief taking 40 mg of protonix twice a day. Because of the flavor I gag so bad I throw up right after taking it, so it has done nothing for me... My symptoms seem to be getting worse, not better although I have completely changed my diet. I do not smoke, rarely drink alcohol and tested negative for the h paloyri, I have in the past taken NSAIDs quite regularly, but have not touched them in almost two months, yet I have had no relief. | F | 38 | 10 days 10ml | 6/21/2014 | 4 | gastritis | Have been taking for gastritis along with protonics, took a few weeks to kick in but feel like it has helped. | F | 39 | 3 weeks | 12/28/2014 | 2 | Gastritis, HH | Throat always feels wet. Minor to no improvement | M | 39 | 14 days 1gm 4X day | 2/9/2021 | 2 | Gastritis and Esophagitis | After my second pill I experienced Dizziness, palpitations, anxiety, drowsiness, shortness of breath and nausea. | Disappointed. I need this to work for me, but the side effects are so hard to endure. It states constipation and the common side effect but based on reading comments, that isn't the case. I feel like I took a Valium and not an antacid. It's only the first day! 2 pills out of 4 down and I already want to quit. I pray the side effects go away after the medication has worn off. Not sure I will continue using this unless a smaller dose will help. Also, for anyone taking the pill form, do the "slurry" method. Avoid the discomfort of trying to swallow that large pill. | F | 40 | 1 days 1g 4X day | 9/24/2020 | 1 | Possible ulcers | Never again! This medication gave me extreme neck pain the first day on it. The nausea and dry mouth/throat was also unbearable! I scheduled to see a gastro ASAP. He told me to stop carafate if it was giving bad side affects and prescribed me Protonix. Seems to be working better than carafate and omeprazole. | F | 40 | 2 days 2X day | 7/27/2021 | 1 | possible stomach ulcer | No help at all still in pain everyday | M | 40 | 4 weeks 4 times a | 11/4/2013 | 4 | acid reflux | Back pain still get a bit of heartburn and ingestion dizziness hot fever | Is a good medicine to take hope I feel better with it soon | F | 41 | 2 months 1mg | 12/31/2016 | 4 | Ulcer | Severe neck and back pain | No more stomach pain since taking | F | 41 | 4 days 1G 3X day | 8/20/2022 | 1 | Esophagitis | Caused nausea and horrible stomach pain and burning that wouldnt let up. Also a hot flushed feeling. Horrible drug. | F | 41 | 1 days Took twice | 5/14/2013 |