PRILOSEC Reviews (OMEPRAZOLE)

Average Rating: 1.9 (1667 Ratings)

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PRILOSEC  (OMEPRAZOLE):  Omeprazole is used to treat certain stomach and esophagus problems (such as acid reflux, ulcers). It works by decreasing the amount of acid your stomach makes. It relieves symptoms such as heartburn, difficulty swallowing, and persistent cough. This medication helps heal acid damage to the stomach and esophagus, helps prevent ulcers, and may help prevent cancer of the esophagus. Omeprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).   FDA Approval Date: 1998-01-15 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR PRILOSECCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  heartburn initial headache and minor stomach pains it is very effective but expensive M 63
12/22/2000
 1  acid reflux and hh depression,chest pain, hair loss F 41 3 months
2/26/2001
 4  intestinal ulcer chest pains/heart palipitations M 60 4 weeks
3/4/2001
 5  acid reflux slight headache at first, then none at all I suffered from acid reflux for 15 years or more and tried everything you can imagine, nothing worked- Prilosec has worked curing my acid reflux symptoms 100%! It really has changed my life. M 35 6 months
4/28/2001
 5  Gastro-esophageal reflux disease None Suffered from GERD since childhood. Tried several OTC drugs, with no relief. Gastroenterologist prescribed Prilosec approx 7 mos ago. Never again have I experienced a single stomach pain. M 20 7 months
6/19/2001
 3  heartburn constipation , headache, wind 58
8/13/2001
 4  Acid Reflux Disease Hair Loss. Unfortunately, I'm a lifer. symptonms return when I stop taking my medicine M 37 4 years
12/13/2001
 3  L P Reflux After taking Prilosec 2 weeks I started experiencing abdominal pain and diarrhea. At first the stools were tarry and loose. After a week, the stool color was restored but still have diarrhea. M 62 1 months
12/17/2001
 4  acid reflux and severe stomach pain Headaches and musculoskeletal pain ... especially within the shoulders Very effective for controlling the pain which was disabling in nature M 22 months
12/21/2001
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 5  Acid Reflux Severe heartburn. Burning sensation upon lying down. Asthma and hoarseness/sore throat in the morning due to backup of acid. I never believed that I could eat basically anything, particularly a food with any amount of fat content and not think I was going die, prior to finding Prilosec. Tagamet and Pepcid were only pretenders. M 48 2 years
6/20/2002
 5  Acid Reflux None Severe heartburn. Burning sensation upon lying down. Asthma and hoarseness/sore throat in the morning due to backup of acid. I never believed that I could eat basically anything, particularly a food with any amount of fat content and not think I was going die, prior to finding Prilosec. Tagamet and Pepcid were only pretenders. M 48 2 years
6/20/2002
 1  Reflux Oesophagitus (Acid Reflux) Depression, feeling of being bloated, irritability, Nausea, abdominal cramps, excessive gas, diahrrea, constipation (yeah both, but not at the same time:) ) It worked well at first and I didn't notice the side effects. I thought that the problems I was having were caused by some of the foods I ate and not the drug. Things got worse and I ended up stopping it altogether after reading about its side effects on the web. I now watch what I eat, have lost weight and feel 100% better. It got me over the worst of things and helped but the side efects turned out to be all the things the drug was supposed to treat me for. M 49 7 years
7/29/2002
 5  acid reflux none M 40 7 years
10/25/2002
 5  Acid Reflux None Wish it would go generic or over the counter F 38
1/3/2003
 5  GERD, gastritis Some problems with digestion, possibly inhibited digestion of certain minerals (iron) but that is not certain. I don't know what side effects of long term use are, but the relief from this med is good. I had been on zantac, tagamet, prevacid (also good) and it seemed like each new doc wanted to start anew with a lower dose of drug therapy. Every time in recent years, I have ended back on Prilosec or generic and it is the only one that worked unconditionally. F 31 4 years
2/21/2003
 5  Severe Acid Reflux Must take medication for the rest of life. Miss just two days and reflux returns. M 65 15 years
3/7/2004
 4  GERD, gastritis no known side effects The over the counter version came out just after the less expensive generic. And hey, surprise, my insurance company stopped covering either prilosec or the generic. Now I have to pay so much more for a drug I need. It kind of stinks if you ask me. F 33 6 years
7/20/2004
 5  scaring, reflux, gas. gagging no side effects stopped taking it, dont like anything that warns about liver problems, all symptems returned. 10 mg was all I needed was taking lipitor, and had liver elevated, dont know what was cause. its a jungle out there M 71 2 years
8/8/2004
 2  Acid reflux, mucous in throat I'm sure I fall within the 1% who experienced debilitating side-effects with Prilosec, but the cramping and diarrhea I had were as bad as the worst traveller's diarrhea you've ever experienced. Entire days were spent in the bathroom. It was so bad, I was sure I had a parasite, since I couldn't believe that an ostensibly safe and approved over-the-counter drug could make me so sick. My internist actually requested a stool culture to test for a parasite, but there was none. Another tricky aspect of the diarrhea was that it would remit after each episode, and for a couple of days I thought I was over it. But it always returned with a vengeance. Once I stopped the Prilosec, the diarrhea also stopped, although it took 2 or 3 days to get everything out of my system. The good news is that the Prilosec did more to help my acid reflux symptoms than any other drug I'd tried. Unfortunately it's not an option for me to continue on the drug. 50 40 days
8/28/2004
 5  Acid Reflux None F 25 2 months
9/14/2004
  

PRILOSEC  (OMEPRAZOLE):  Omeprazole is used to treat certain stomach and esophagus problems (such as acid reflux, ulcers). It works by decreasing the amount of acid your stomach makes. It relieves symptoms such as heartburn, difficulty swallowing, and persistent cough. This medication helps heal acid damage to the stomach and esophagus, helps prevent ulcers, and may help prevent cancer of the esophagus. Omeprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).   FDA Approval Date: 1998-01-15 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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