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 |
| 4 | Bile acid gastritis | Only side effect was dehydration and weight loss. | Well worth taking.Nausea is less and stomach pain is tolerable. It does take a bit of work to keep up with the dosing schedule. | F | 63 | 3 months 4000mg/day | 8/2/2019 | 4 | GERD/stomach paid due to doxycyclin | At first had stomach burning if I didn't eat exactly 1 hour after taking medication. Has gone away. Do have dry mouth and sometimes "chalky" feeling in throat. | My esophagus feels healed. Before taking this felt like a blow torch was in my esophagus. I still have some stomach pain so will continue medication. Doctor recommended I take this for two more weeks after symptoms disappear. As a side note, has helped with IBS. | F | 60 | 3 months 1 GM 3X day | 1/16/2014 | 3 | Post infection syndrome | Insomnia, nausea, stomach gurgling | M | 49 | 3 months 1g | 1/1/2020 | 2 | Gerd/possibly esophagus ulcer | I was to take a 1gram 4x a day which was very much not possible. At first it was okay like the first day or two. I kinda felt like my throat was closing and anxiety was worst. Figures that was just my normal anxiety. Now reading I guess not. I tried it a week later felt so extremely nauseous,worst headache ever that would not go away not even with Motrin or Tylenol. I also had neck and back pain chest pain. Tried again a week later it was fine so I took it 2 times a day at one point 3 times a day. It was fine for those 3 days then boom pain again. I kept trying thinking if I got use to it maybe the side effects would go away. Here it is 3 months in I take it maybe once or twice a week once a day. Well today I haven't took any and have the worst headache and stomachache again. I've thrown up I feel like straight up crap. I refuse to keep living like this. It's ruining my world. I'm a slowly stop taking it. I don't know that this pill is but doesn't seem safe for all us. If we all have these terrible effects maybe it should be banned. | Just would like to stop taking and hope the side effects go away. | F | 32 | 3 months 1gram 2X day | 7/14/2020 | 5 | Ibs | Helps relief burning sensation of gastritis | F | 43 | 4 months 30 mg | 8/9/2019 | 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 | 5 | Barretts esophogus/reflux /hiatal h | Constapation. Dizzy. | Works as miracle drug for me. Got my life back. | F | 62 | 4 months 1gm/2 time | 1/30/2016 | 3 | GERDS | Headaches, Stomach pains, Dizziness, Brain Fog, Brittle Bones | F | 48 | 4 months | 12/12/2013 | 2 | Chest pain, back pain with arm pain | Extreme weight loss, lack of appetite, nausea, lethargy, chills | Had chest pain and back pain. 1st Dr. Diagnosed me with GERD and stress, prescribed carafate pills 3x day b4 meals and see GI spec. It worked at first for about month. Saw GI spec who did endo. He said nothing is wrong but keep taking pills anyway. By the next month I wasn't hungry anymore. Couldn't keep anything down. Chills and nausea and dibilitating weakness. Lost 40 lbs in 4 months. Stopped taking the pills, started feeling better. Able to eat. Only able to put back on 10 lbs so far. | M | 48 | 4 months | 3/16/2020 | 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 ulcer | Nausea Shakiness Heart palpitations | Took carafate with protonix for a few months then got relief. Symptoms came back (chest pain) so I'm taking them again. Some side effects but worth it as pain is lessening. | M | 55 | 6 months 1gm 2X day | 1/16/2021 | 2 | gastritis | Doc said take it, so I took it. I never felt the gastritis. He found it during a routine endoscopy. | Now I have stomach polyps and doc says "Oh yeah, it can do that" Great! Now I risk a cancer that I would not have had I not taken a drug that I didn't feel I needed. I am off it and taking plain old baking soda before meals. Stops acid, right? | F | 53 | 6 months 10 mg 4X day | 10/27/2011 | 3 | Ulcers and gastritis | Shortness of breath, continued stomach discomfort. | Losing faith in the drug and treatment. | M | 81 | 17 months 30 | 3/1/2020 | 4 | Gastritis bile reflux | I can't say that it makes me feel better when taking it. But when I have a flare up and I stop taking it after 2 weeks I feel better. I tried not taking it at all with a flare up and flare up doesn't go away. I guess it helps. | F | 53 | 0 years | 11/3/2017 | 5 | heartburn and IBS | Started taking Carafate for heartburn. Finally something that helped. Started noticing that it also helped with IBS symptoms. Started with 4 pills a day, and am down to 1 or 2 pills a day now. | F | 50 | 2 years | 3/24/2007 | 5 | For my ulcers | None that i know of when i take it takes shortness ofbreath away | F | 54 | 3 years | 10/22/2017 | 4 | Reflux, Hiatal hernia | Mouth dryness was very distracting, tried to decrease. Was able to almost get off carafte, but after bronchitis and asthma , symptoms came back with a vegence. Burning in esophagus, gi distress, inner tremors and brain fog. Can't take ppi's, so I'll have to live with symptoms. Glad I found this site and learned others have similar side effects! | F | 73 | 4 years | 2/21/2017 | 5 | Bile gastritis and severe gerd | It has helped my stomach pain from gastritis so much. And eliminated my severe gerd that was causing my productive cough. Very greatful. | No side effects either. | F | 61 | 5 years | 5/27/2016 | 5 | IBS | None | This medication has eliminated (except when I forget and don't take it for a few days) the intestinal pain I suffered for years. I am supposed to take 4 tablets a day, but I have gradually reduced this to two a day, before my major meals. | F | 65 | 7 years | 11/12/2006 | 5 | gastritis | Some brief heart burn from time to time | I have to say that this is a wonderful medicine. I have taken it on & off for over 20 years. Doctors don't think to prescribe it much because of the newer drugs, but, it works! I take Carafate and Nexium every day. Suffer from gastritis, IBS, & acid reflux. | F | 43 | 25 years | 12/25/2008 |