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| 3 | Acid Reflux | Easier to get stressed. Chest spasms and lump in throat. | Omeprazole over time is known to deplete Magnesium. I noticed that I had strange feelings in my chest and throat...like a lump with spasms. I was told this was Esophageal Spasms. The strange thing is, Omeprazole is prescribed for this condition. I read online that taking a magnesium supplement can take care of spasms. I took a magnesium supplement and sure enough, it goes away. I went to the pharmacy today and noticed that you can buy Omeprazole with Magnesium. Interesting. So, for everyone that has been taking Omeprazole all these years WITHOUT magnesium, consider taking it with Magnesium. The side effects could go away! Here is more regarding magnesium deficiency (You will notice that the lump in throat etc... is mentioned. Also, anxiety is another side effect of magnesium deficiency): The first symptoms of deficiency can be subtle – as most magnesium is stored in the tissues, leg cramps, foot pain, or muscle 'twitches' can be the first sign. Other early signs of deficiency include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and weakness. As magnesium deficiency worsens, numbness, tingling, seizures, personality changes, abnormal heart rhythms, and coronary spasms can occur. A full outline of magnesium deficiency was beautifully presented in a recent article by Dr. Sidney Baker. "Magnesium deficiency can affect virtually every organ system of the body. With regard to skeletal muscle, one may experience twitches, cramps, muscle tension, muscle soreness, inc | M | 45 | 2 years 1X day | 4/23/2014 | 1 | Gastric Paresis | Danger!! The side effects are horrendous from severe dizziness, constant ringing in ears, heart palpitations, cough and naseau. Glad I found this website. I will NEVER take it again..thought I was going crazy. The worst feeling. | 52 | 1 months 20 | 4/22/2014 | 1 | acid reflux/GERD | stabbing eye and head pain, dizziness, blurred vision, panic attacks, night sweats | will never use this again! Went to the ER at least five times with panic attacks thinking I was having a heart attack. Severe vertigo, dizzy spells, head and eye pain. Doctors told me all symptoms of panic/anxiety! Stopped taking on my own...symptoms went away. | F | 47 | 6 months 20mg 2X day | 4/9/2014 | 1 | acid reflux | after taking the med I noticed deep lower back pain, so deep that I thought it was affecting my kidneys. The next day I did not take the Prilosec, I took ibuprofen for the back pain which did not go away till the 3rd day off the med. | F | 43 | 1 days 20 1X day | 4/2/2014 | 1 | Gerd | I was hospitalized with diverticulitis 7 times, and had 3 colon operations due to this drug. The lack of stomach acid caused ingested protein to rot in my guts causing infections. It also reduces the ability of the body to use vitamins. If you are taking this drug, I assume you feel tired with sore muscles due to the lack of stomach acid. I now realize the lack of stomach acid was the cause of many of my health problems. If you have GERD, you are probably allergic to gluten causing pressure on your LES. | M | 65 | 15 years 20 mg 1X day | 3/27/2014 | 2 | Ulcers and severe gastritis | Neck stiffness, back pain, bloating, rapid weight gain, weakness, exhaustion, muscle spasms every night in calves, depression and constant 24/7 agitation, bad breath, teeth pain | I thought I was crazy! I had my gastro doc and regular doc both tell me these side effects aren't from Prilosec. Bull! There's a lot of people saying the same things I experienced. I'm not a person to say something is poison, take it off the market because some people are okay with this drug. For the ones who aren't though? It's bad. The depression was the worst part. I went from me one day to some other person. I hated who I was taking this stuff. Tried cutting the dose way down and to only once a day. Didn't help. There's a rebound of acid when you stop but it should go away. The personality change downright scared me | F | 40 | 14 days 2X day | 3/24/2014 | 1 | Supposedly Acid Reflux | Many side effects, Extreme fatigue, weakness, heart palpitations, anxiety, depression, night sweats, lump in throat, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin B deficiency, Potassium deficiency, back pain, hip pain, lost weight, lost muscle mass, This drug is poison, should be banned. | Side effects seem to slowly creep up, day 1 seemed ok, from there on I felt weak and very depressed, by day 12 I was having heart palpitations. I went to ER and they did EKG, blood work, etc and told me I was fine. I had no clue that the Prilosec was causing this so I continued taking it for another 6 days. By then I finally googled it and found this site. That convinced me it was the Prilosec and I stopped taking it that day. The next day the weakness stopped, but the other symptoms lingered. I went to my MD and she ran bloodwork and found the vitamin deficiences, so I started taking the needed supplements and I started feeling better but I still had the heart palpitations and anxiety. So 5 weeks after stopping the prilosec I started taking St. John's Wort and within a week I started feeling much better. St. John's Wort cleans the prilosec out of your bloodstream.... I am very disappointed in FDA and Proctor and Gamble and our drs....... This has been a horrible nightmare that should have never happened. | F | 55 | 18 days 20 Mg 1X day | 3/21/2014 | 4 | GERD | Some uneasiness and stomach irritability | I’ve had GERD for the last couple of years. Two months ago I started having “lump in throat” feeling and last month my doctor prescribed Prilosec. After reading comments here, I decided not to take it… what a mistake! I’ve been dying every day from “choking from lump in throat”, until it became unbearable. Finally, I decided to take Prilosec. After only two doses, lump in throat disappeared. I feel so stupid for suffering for so long, even though I had this medication all the time, but didn’t take it because I was afraid of horrible side effects people described here. | F | 44 | 5 days 20 mg 2X day | 3/20/2014 | 1 | ulser/frequent heartburn | I think I'm allergic to this drug. I took it once and within ten minutes I couldn't stop coughing, then I got dizzy and couldn't focus, started shaking, felt like I couldn't swallow, rapid heart rate, and swelling ing of face. I then looked up all the information and from the symptoms it said I was having a rare, severe allergic reaction and to seek medical attention. My husband is a biology major and told me to puke and take a vitiman (in case I was low on magnesium). I don't think puking helped that much cause the drug acts so fast. But it really scared me thinking I had to go to the hospital. Reading all these post has reassured me that I will be OK. Its been about an hour since I Took it and I'm feeling a bit better, not fully OK though. Never again, waste of money. | Not for me | F | 26 | 1 days 20mg 1X day | 3/20/2014 | 1 | physician prescription | I've been researching and was fixing to make appointment with cardiologist because I thought I was having a heart attack 3 times in early A.M. hours after my late night dose. After this starts I take pepto & it goes away. I just read this review & it's identical in symptoms! I'm going to give it a try to see if I have any more of these episodes. I'm guessing it stops & so grateful for coming across this review. | F | 54 | 10 months 40 MG | 3/5/2014 | 1 | acid reflux | Took this for GERD. Had squeezing chest pain. Blood pressure increased, anxiety. Took 2 weeks to figure out this was causing problems. Tried generic. Then just quit. Doctor and pharmacist said they never heard of this side effect. But it happened to me. | F | 54 | 2 weeks | 3/2/2014 | 1 | heart burn @ pain stomack | Right hip extreme pain unable to left leg, severe radiating pain from spine with pins needles over entire body. if bending down was severe. I have Celiac Sprue and Osteoporosis which the doctor knew. I have stopped taking the medicine but still having side effects but not as severe. i would advise a person who has Osteoporosis and Celiac to find another solution for Gerd/ | M | 74 | 2 months 20 MG 1X day | 3/2/2014 | 2 | Ulcer | Nervousness and anxiety from one dose. | Said something wrong to my dear wife which no drug can heal. | M | 47 | 1 days 20 MG 1X day | 2/23/2014 | 1 | acid reflux | Numbness in the face, pressure, swelling, lump in the throat. | 31 | 2 days 20ml | 2/23/2014 | 1 | acid feflux | Terrible anxiety,never been anxious in my life like this,pins and needles in hands,headache,blurred vision,(doctor told me to visit my optician)nausea in morning,pain in elbows,severe neck/ back pain around gall bladder area,panic attacks,could not sleep,even with sleeping tablets,chills in back,loss of appetite,palpitations,night sweats. | F | 60 | 4 weeks 20mgx2 | 2/22/2014 | 1 | acid indegestion/ bloating | Glad to see I'm not alone or going crazy. Started prilosec in december, for acid. Bloating issues. And the first 14 days were fine but as soon as I was done with 14 days two days later the acid started and the bloating returned. So went back to Dr and he told me again to continue taking it so went to buy more. And symptoms went away. But 2 weeks later my knees, elbows, neck, gums, started aching, my neck felt like static or weird shocks, in my jawline, my joints were achy, was anxious, mild heaches, a lymp node on my neck swolled alittle. Had numbness and tingling in hands for no reason. My throat felt closed sometimes. I couldn't see right at night. Mind you my stomach issues were gone all the other new symptoms were wore neck issues being the worst. I took 3 , 14 day dosages Dr orders. But I have quit taking them have an apt with my Dr next week. I would no recommend this prilosec med. | M | 29 | 3 months 20mg 1 day | 2/21/2014 | 3 | Gastritis | Severe migraine, horrible anxiety, constipation, nausea, growling stomach | A few years back I took Priolosec and was completely fine on it. I don't remember experiencing any kind of side effect. | F | 48 | 17 days 20 mg 2X day | 2/16/2014 | 1 | GERD | My list of symptoms is pretty long: anxiety, depression, fast heart rate, palpitations, pain in armpit, neck, chest, arms and legs, headaches and pressure in neck and head, eye pain, blurred vision, bloating, intestinal pain, nausea, tingling and numbness in hands, feet and face, shakiness on inside and out, fatigue, pain in jaw, dizziness, trouble sleeping, sweats and confusion. I'm shocked from what I have read on this website and can't believe I've been put through this hell for so long. I've been to my Dr multiple times for different concerns but I'm always told I'm fine. I'm so happy I'm not alone and I'm making an appointment to get off this evil drug. Wish me luck. I will take heartburn any day over taking this stuff. I need my life back. I'm sick and tired of not feeling myself and hope I can lose these horrendous side effects. Good luck to everyone else who has gone through this or currently is. Get off this drug!!! And if a Dr tries to prescribe it to you.....RUN!!!! | F | 31 | 7 years 20mg 1X da | 2/13/2014 | 1 | Heart burn. &. Acid reflux | Bad chest pain thought (heart attack) doc said im perfectly fine. anxiety light headed very tired tremors and agitation this is my 3rd day off and I'm starting to feel normal again sticking with old school alka selser | M | 31 | 10 days 20mg | 2/10/2014 | 1 | Frequent heartburn | Lump in throat, itchy throat, pain in esophagus, red/swollen face (felt like my face was on fire), anxiety that was through the roof, increased migraines | Do not take this drug. I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy. The pain in my esophagus was unbearable. By day 8 my face was so swollen, red, & hot to the touch. It felt like my skin was on fire. I've suffered from migraines for years & this medication made them way worse. Just don't take the stuff! | F | 29 | 8 days 20mg 1X day | 1/30/2014 |