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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRILOSEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Heartburn | severe abdominal cramps,diarrhea, hot flashes, chills, light headed, and nausea. The abdominal pain was the worst I ever suffered. I had the same reaction about 3 months ago when traveling and thought it was a severe case of food poisining. Stopped taking Prilosec due to feeling so bad but did not put 2 and 2 together until I started taking it again and had the same reaction. I then decided to look at the side effects and found this site. Once I read the comments, I am now sure that the stomach pain is a side effect of taking Prilosec and will stop immediately. | Although the drug helped my heartburn it was mild compared to the side effects. Other members of my family have taken the drug with no side effect. I would recommend this drug with extreme caution and suggest others research the side effects first. | F | 59 | 2 days | 6/18/2007 | 3 | GERD | Lightheaded/dizzyness, muscle fatigue, particularly in the legs and neck, headaches, flu like symptoms, feels like sinus infection without the actual infection | Gave it a 3 because it did take care of heartburn. If you can manage to take this without the side effects, I imagine it is quite useful. I was taking Prilosec, then Zegerid (basically Prilosec X 2 + Sodium Bicarbonate), then went back to Prilosec. Went to the docs a couple of times before realizing it might be side effects of the Prilosec I was feeling. Stopped 2 days ago. Very mild heartburn felt, but side effects are slowly decreasing. | M | 34 | 5 months | 6/19/2007 | 2 | Heartburn | Severe diarea, headache, constantly sick to my stomach, sad, migrane, extremely tired, cough, tingling in my arms, flu like symptoms, no energy, vomiting, Still not feeling well after stopping it 3 days age. | Not worth taking at all. Try something else. My pharmacist and Doctor did not recognize the symptoms as side effects. | F | 35 | 9 days | 6/19/2007 | 1 | Gerd | I've started taking prilosec for the past 5 days now and it has been a nightmare. I've been very depressed, upset, crying and it makes you feel as if you just want to run away and hope all your feelings of uncertainty would just disappear. It makes you feel bloated, chest tightening, coughing & loose stool. | I can explain this feeling, but I know for a fact that it's not a feeling anyone would want to experience. I suggest very highly that if anyone is thinking about trying this medication, think again. This may work for some people, but why take the chance, after all; look at the number of people with the same side affects. | F | 50 | 5 days | 6/19/2007 | 1 | ACID REFLUX | Extreme depression, migraine headaches, weakness in legs and arms, crying effusively, tightening of the chest as if your going to have a heart attack, loss of appetite, and very gassy. | I've been on Prilosec for the past 5 days now and I can't even begin to explain how I've been feeling. It's a feeling of uncertainty. All I can say is, if you ever decide to take this medication, on the first day if you have any changes in your personality and you start feeling differently about life, about yourself and about everything around you, then I strongly suggest you stop that same day. It is a feeling that I hear of people who commits suicide. Meaning: A unexplainable feeling of depression that can really affect your own stability. This is how I've been feeling. Trust your own self and trust that what you can and can not tolerate. After all: every one's different and we all function differently. So what may not work for me, may work for you, but watch the first day. | F | 50 | 5 days | 6/19/2007 | 5 | heatburn | gas, | Works great,I take it every morning and i can eat whatever i want.Tried numerous heartburn otc remedies.The only one that worked is prilosec. | M | 39 | 2 years | 6/23/2007 | 3 | Constant Heartburn | Occasional headaches. Developed achy feelings in joints resembling tennis and golfers elbow, as well as pain in neck muscles. | While Prilosce performs its function as the acid suppressant very well, I find that as soon as I end a 14 day course, the heartburn immediately returns. I'm not sure which I like less: the constant heartburn or the aches and pains I experience with the medicine. Does anyone know why the drug is only supposed to be taken for the 14 days? Is there anything that is as effective that is able to be taken every day? | M | 47 | 2.5 years | 6/27/2007 | 1 | Dilation malpractice, Hernia Deform | blurred vision, confusion | I was taken down in 1986 by Dr. Faravar (Iran doctor working in boston). He dilated me to deformity. My life is finished. I am swimming in the ocean alone by myself with no life vest. I cannot escape this. There is no where to go. I live with a bowl of fire in my gut daily. | M | 46 | 6 years | 6/28/2007 | 1 | Ulcer | After taking two a day as prescribed by Dr. I started feeking VERY irritable and have pain in my Bachial muscles. I stopped taking Prilosec for a month now and still have not been able to get my arms to stop acheing. It is painful to even pick up a can of soup! It's been over a month since I stopped taking Prilosec and I am still in pain!!!! | F | 52 | 7 days | 7/3/2007 | 1 | Voice breaking & Throat aching | I had no symptoms of acid reflux only Voice breaking and throat aching after being rear ended in an accident. He thought I MIGHT have reflux and wanted to try Prilosec. He put me on Prilosec 40 mg twice a day (with no symptoms). Very soon after beginning I started having severe depression, extreme fatigue, severe headaches, heart racing, and then started having numbness in my right leg approximately 3 weeks after starting Prilosec. Two and 1/2 months after beginning I called my doctor and told him the Prilosec had not helped the problem, he wanted me to take it 6 more months (I stopped it that day). The day after stopping Prilosec I had full right sided numbness (thought I was having a stroke). Went to my doctor who sent me to ER for CAT SCAN (Negative). Sent to Neurologist (who I told I thought my symptoms were from the Prilosec), he disagreed saying he thought I had Multiple Sclerosis and ordered MRI's which were negative. I was sent for Cardiac workup, to an endocrinologist, | Anyone taking any H Proton Pump Inhibitor (Acid Reducer) should have their B-12 checked. All of the literature I have researched said when a physician prescribes them they should order vitamin B supplementation with it. | F | 51 | 69 days | 7/4/2007 | 1 | acid reflux | moderate to severe muscle cramps in legs, abdominal pain, extreme depression and anxiety, panic attacks, strange heart beats, back pain, headaches, nausea, tingling all over body Can anyone tell me how long it takes for all these symptoms to go away? | Would not recommend for anyone! I thought it all the symptoms were due to stress but turns out I was having a major reaction to Prilosec OTC. | F | 26 | 12 days | 7/7/2007 | 4 | reflux | Tingling arms, sore thigh muscles and weight gain. | I have been taking this for nearly two years. It definitely helped ease the painful heartburn and reflux but the side effects are getting worse. The tingling of the arms is extremely annoying. | F | 27 | 2 years | 7/8/2007 | 1 | acid reflux | My hair started falling , I have handfuls when washing, hair constantly falling out everywhere. Also came down with what I thought was a cold, headaches anddepression. | Awful, dangerous, should not be sold otc. Does anyone know when hair loss should stop. | F | 48 | 8 days | 7/8/2007 | 5 | gastric damage from NSAID | NONE except possible small weight gain which I think is because with the Prilosec I don't get stomach pains. Duh -- eating is pain-free so I believe I eat more and gain weight. Figure it out and maybe it isn' a side effect of the drug but a relief of symptoms which made eating unpleasant. | F | 78 | 3 weeks | 7/10/2007 | 5 | Gerd & Gastroenteritis | As I am also on maintainance dosage of Klonopin; a known interaction: increased sedation occured. My Psychiatrist & I are working with adjusted dosages of Klonopin as result. Other Side Effects: At first had headaches, some stomach pain and mood swings (maybe result of Klonopin interaction). These side effects have basically abated after 1 week of OTC/20mg 2x per day. What remains is feeling of lump in throat, pills feel like they're getting stuck in throat and some emotional irritability and mild flu-like fatigue remain. | I took Nexium for 5 years until it stopped working; tried trial of Aciphex: agony! Severe stomach cramping and fatigue. Then, Prevacid: after initial headaches and stomach cramping & fatigue stopped acid but not consistently; bright yellow stool had me concerned. Despite Dr's. assurances about this my instinct said NO.....stop the Prevacid. It wasn't 100% effective with my acid anyway. So, I decided to try my last resort; Prilosec OTC: Stopped GERD completely. No acid! Just some side effects I'm hoping will stop after becoming more accustomed. My Gastroenterologist has ordered an Esophagram to be sure feeling of pills getting stuck is just feeling and not reality.....have read that most PPI's can also cause this side effect. I'll know more next week. Good luck everyone; I know how GERD can cause tremendous suffering; I have gotten the better part of the acid relief; now to fine-tune the rest. | M | 57 | 6 days | 7/18/2007 | 5 | heartburn | None | No heartburn since Prilosec, it changed my life. | F | 49 | 30 days | 7/20/2007 | 2 | GERD | On Zegerid the past 6 mo---did wonders for my night time reflux---but after 5 months of treatment began having intermittant paresthesias (hands, feet, scalp)---labs showed Vit D and Fe deficiency. Now have to take prescription Vit D to combat the Side effect of zegerid. Had been on Protonix prior with no side effects, but less night time acid control and that's why I switched to zegerid. The tingling is worrisome. | F | 53 | 6 months | 7/25/2007 | 2 | reflux | headaches, general malaise. severe headache for 2+ days after stopping. | Not an experience I want to remember. | M | 44 | 3 days | 7/27/2007 | 1 | acid reflux | OK, I buned my throat drinking soda, So docter put me on prilosec to lower acid to speed healing im 8 days in and feel out of body i randomly feel fine but then i'll get a headache feel like i have the flu, gassy and have a hard tim getting to bed due to a feeling of somthing in my throat, depressed and bored feeling getting up 4 times a night going from constapaded to loose stools and bad cramps by the morning it starts again but gose away all afternoon and i feel fine! but when it gets dark out GAME OVER this stuff is bad news i took it because i thought it had no side effects then i after taking it this morning i found this website will not take it tomarrow | try it if it works for you great if you notice this stuff STOP its terrible!!! | M | 20 | 8 days | 7/29/2007 | 1 | acid reflux | anxiety attacks, confusion, diarrhea, memory loss, couldn't remember what my dog's name was. Symptoms began occuring on the third day. | SHOULD BE RENAMED PRILOSUCK | F | 44 | 3 days | 8/1/2007 |