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 |
| 3 | Possible ulcer | Sometimes shortness on breath | M | 35 | 4 days 1 mg | 5/31/2020 | 3 | Thin lining in stomach causing burn | Nausea and insomnia | F | 45 | 4 days 40 mg | 1/14/2016 | 3 | esophogus | rash around the bottom lip | M | 29 | 4 days | 3/23/2009 | 2 | Gastritis | Migraines stomach pain nausea | F | 46 | 4 days Four times | 2/7/2016 | 2 | Terrible stomach pain | I had horrible heartburn, it left a terrible metallic taste in my mouth My chest hurt all day long, and I thought it was all coming from my stomach turns out it was coming from the carafate... I will switch to an all-blend diet until my stomach heals | F | 54 | 4 days 4tablets 2X day | 10/8/2020 | 1 | Ulcer | Terrible back and hip pain and insomnia. I was only getting 2 hours sleep a night. My back pain was excruciating and brought me to my knees. Had to stop as I could not function with the pain | F | 49 | 4 days 4x day 3X day | 4/2/2022 | 1 | Stomach pain with nausea | Dizziness, nausea, headaches, lightheaded, palpitations, anxiety through the roof. | I am stopping this. I can't handle feeling lightheaded and anxiety so bad. | F | 50 | 4 days 3X day | 6/23/2023 | 1 | Ulcer | Anxiety , dry mouth , dizzy , chest tightness, fatigue | M | 36 | 4 days 1gm 4X day | 4/10/2024 | 5 | C Diff, IBS | No side effects which is odd for me! | I got C Diff somehow, was on Flagyl for on week deathly deathly sick, switched to Generic Cipro still making me sick. Gastro Pa prescribed this for me to help keep my stomach calm to take the antiobiotics. This drug is amazing and has helped me so much. If you have never tried it I would ask for it. Its done wonders also for my IBS. Most ever medication I take does not like me but this one is A++ | F | 44 | 5 days 1mg 4X day | 7/16/2011 | 4 | Gastritis/ulcer | Dizziness, neck and back pain, headache, fatigue and sore throat. | A few annoying side effects but nothing that compared to the pain I was in with the gastritis and ulcer. It has helped me so much. I only take once in morning with nexium and it seems to be enough. I am supposed to take three times a day but I dont like the side effects so I will continue with once a day. | F | 48 | 5 days 1X day | 9/20/2020 | 3 | Gastritis | dizziness, chills, nausea | It seems to help the pain and nausea from gastritis but I have trouble functioning with side effects. I am only taking 1 ml, rx says 10 and doctor told me to take 2 ml because I am underweight and very sensitive to meds | F | 67 | 5 days 2 ml 2X day | 7/14/2017 | 2 | severe heartburn | Maybe I'm not on it long enough? But sometimes it will actually activate the heartburn when not having any! I also feel extremely shaky and nervous and weak a few hours after taking it. THAT could be mental as I have anxiety, but this seems different somehow. Hey, I don't mind the taste at all! To me it tastes like a liquid form of those Smartie candies! I was only prescribed it for 10 days, doctor seems to think my severe stress is causing an overload of acid. I will take it the whole 10 days, maybe it's just not in my system enough yet. | F | 59 | 5 days 10ml 3X day | 3/24/2018 | 5 | Bile Reflux | None | Taking the liquid suspension is easy, not tasty, but easy. Burning pain was quelled immediately and that is all I ask for. | F | 42 | 6 days | 4/3/2009 | 3 | Gastritis | Tingling and numbness in my left wrist, fingers, elbow, and upper arm feeling like squeezing, was thinking it was a heart problem but after seeing this the reviews l have the same thing as someone else. I also hope it’s not a dangerous side affect | F | 56 | 6 days 1Gm 4x day | 4/9/2019 | 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 | 4 | Indegestion , pains in stomach | None | Has worked great for my stomach pains that I guess are caused from Gastritus which the doctor seems to think I have..Hard to take 1 hour before meals or 2 hours after meals..other than that it works great... | M | 51 | 7 days 1 GM 3X day | 3/15/2012 | 4 | Ulcer | Nauesa, dizziness | F | 47 | 7 days 1g | 9/13/2015 | 3 | Gastritis | Crushing headache, dizzy/lightheaded, brain fog, inner tremors, constipation and insomnia. Not sure which is worse...the side effects or the gastritis pain. This worked for relieving the gastritis but I'm going to try something else. This stuff is expensive too | M | 49 | 7 days 10mg | 7/30/2012 | 3 | Possible stomach Ulcer | I experienced insomnia | The drug seems to work but made me nervous. | F | 35 | 7 days | 1/5/2020 | 2 | IBS | I have noticed anxiety that is nuts. I have middle back pain between my shoulders. I still feel bloated. I have an MRI next week. Hopefully when I'm off this in 3 days, I'll begin to feel better. | No | M | 56 | 7 days 1000 mg 4X day | 1/14/2021 |