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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRILOSEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | hiatal hernia | Awful,Awful,Awful, that's how it made me feel. Shooting pains down my arms, general sick feeling, ringing in my ears. Never taking it again. | F | 37 | 3 days 40mg | 7/26/2015 | 1 | Ulceration in stomach | This drug is terrible. It interacts with my Klonopin, causes stomach pain and nausea, nervous system issues like vertigo, low blood pressure caused by dehydration (that I cannot seem to fix, even after 1 gallon of water +), and diarrhea. | F | 25 | 5 days 20 mg | 7/24/2015 | 1 | acid reflux | Mild diarrhea and stomach pain every day. Twice, the stomach pain got so bad that I threw up. Will be seeking an alternative medicine. | F | 23 | 7 days 20 mg | 7/23/2015 | 1 | acid reflux | Poison, poison, poison. Loss of libido, fatigue, lack of sleep, extreme leg pain. Do not take it. Try protonix 40mg, good luck. | 53 | 1 days 20mg | 7/20/2015 | 1 | Silent reflux | Anxiety attacks, migraines with aura, muscle twitches and cramping, ringing in ears, extreme fatigue, nausea, headaches, no appetite, mood swings | I started taking this in late May and got sicker and sicker by the day until I finally realized it was Prilosec. Went to ER 3 times for black out migraines, chest pain and constant muscle twitches and cramping. I started having panic attacks and thought I had some terminal disease. Thank God I stumbled across this website. It helped me realize it was Prilosec. 3 days after stopping it, I am back to my old self, but with the silent reflux back. I would rather take a natural route for it than to take this poison. Never again and it should be pulled off the market! | F | 39 | 1 months | 7/13/2015 | 1 | bloated acid | Burning eyes bad vision brain fog kidney ache vomting hair loss joint pain and more | Took 2 capsules and ended up feeling really unwell vision still feels not so good also noises in my ears if anyone has any advice plz let me know i never knew how dangerous this stuff was had brain fog for nearly a month only took 1 dose of the stuff! | M | 24 | 2 days 20 MG | 7/5/2015 | 1 | gerd | Hands shaking headaches back of neck bruning off balance aching | I've been off prilosec for 5 weeks still feel weak. When will it end? | F | 47 | 9 months | 7/3/2015 | 1 | GERD AND H-PYLORI | if u can especially magnesium and vitamin d i have had lots of test done and they all was normal but vitamin d which is in level the d pill helped with my symptoms but comes back when i stop my levels are at 70 so what i think is d helps with depression and maybe it helps with anxiety too maybe why the pill helped so maybe the doc was right it in my head so my next step is to see the crazy doc yeah that's right never thought i say or do it but i'm desperate i have lost both grandparents and my father of cancer my father died about a year and half ago and cpl months after i found out about my cancer always have been a tough fellow and pick myself up but i believe these med no i know this med caused all this maybe the other added too it i am broke from these doctors back and forth so please don't do it to yourself o prayed cancer would take me as i insure u this is way worst its torture and it last for ever i hope some anxiety meds and the crazy doc can set me straight i surrender i need help!! i cant take or live like this anymore been living with burning eyes and mouth and joints and confusion for 24/7 for over a year now o cant think or function at all pray for me as i will u and if doc or fda read this shame on you to let this go on and yet walmart has em soon as u walk in i spent my birthday my christmas my holidays suffering crazy doc here i come 2 days away i cancelled the 1st but i'm coming this time hope u can put me back together again | M | 35 | 2 months 20MG 2X day | 6/30/2015 Patient History | 1 | Barretts | To all here......try a good probiotic. The prilosec kills all bacteria in the gut and this leads to many complications. From reading reports here, it seems they may have modified the formula recently. I am 2 years off the poison and feel almost myself again. | M | 57 | 6 weeks 40 1X day | 6/29/2015 | 1 | bile, acid reflux | I experienced dizziness all day on 1 pill a day along with stomach ache, trembling, nausea and vomiting, cloudiness in head, fatigue... | I researched the ingredients and find it shocking that the FDA ALLOWS the consumption of such a combination of poisons by humans! The medical field in general ignores the importance of 1st testing for HPylori and eradicating it as it is a sinister bacteria. They simply mask it w/ dangerous poisons like PRILOSEC instead!! If you have Hpylori have your doctor prescribe OMECLAMOX for PRECISE eradication because even chemotherapy won't kill it, it simply cloaks itself and becomes stronger. | 56 | 4 days 20mg | 6/27/2015 | 1 | Barrett's | I took Omeprazole/Prilosec at 40mg for almost 6 years. I stopped taking it in January of this year and have been supplementing with magnesium since. This has been terrible and the worst time of my life. Becoming ill crept up on me slowly and by December last year I thought I was in my last days on earth! My symptoms are: anxiety and depression, muscle weakness and fatigue, nausea, headache, vertigo/loss of balance, fuzzy confused feeling in my head, inability to focus and concentrate, dry eyes, terrible cramp in legs abdomen and even hands and fingers, heart palpitations, no appetite, no interest in the future (an inability to get excited about anything from vacations to birthdays). I could go on.......... I have experienced a gradual improvement since I stopped taking the drug, dramatic at first when nausea, headache, flatulence and general unwell feeling disappeared almost overnight. I had a further dramatic improvement when I started supplementing with magnesium in March and lost the extreme depression, anxiety and vertigo, again within a few days. I can now get mildly excited and look forward to things again and my appetite is coming back a little. However, muscle weakness/fatigue has continued to worsen and I am very concerned as I was previously very active and now can't run at all due to muscle weakness and muscle fatigue and I am now even struggling to walk. This drug should be taken off the market. | M | 54 | 6 years 40mg 1X day | 6/27/2015 Patient History | 1 | GERD | SEVERE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EXTREME FATIGUE, WEIGHT LOSS, DIARRHEA | NEVER TAKING THIS AGAIN!! STARTED WELL BUT WENT FROM HAVING ACID REFLUX TO DEPRESSION WHICH LASTED WEEKS. | M | 34 | 14 days 20MG 1X day | 6/11/2015 | 1 | barratts oesophagus | Heart palpitations.generally feeling unwell.clearing thoat constantly. Joint pain in knees.thudding headaches.anxiety.depression.tingling in soles of feet. Muscle cramps.insomnia.high bp.osteoporosis liver problems.. list is endless!! | Ive been taking omeprazole (prilosec) for 3 years for barratts and i have been fine,, no side effects and felt really well..then in jan this year i started feeling very down and generally unwell,the soles of my feet started tingling and pain/ cramps started shooting up my legs,my knees started aching.i went to the docs and had blood tests done and scans arranged.the scans showed osteoporosis..the bloods showed liver functions abnormal..this is still ongoing and being investigated. Im now getting foggy headaches ( never suffered with bad headaches before) and feeling very down. This pins and needles in my legs is constant and driving me mad! Nobody has suggested that omeprazole could be the cause of my mounting problems.l found this website on sat 30th may when looking for side effects of omp....omg! I couldn't believe what I was reading!!!ive stopped taking this drug, and im trying to cope without it. Ive started taking magnisium calcium and b12 supplements as thats the commom suggestion on this site. Im hoping i can get though this,, im in agony.thanks to all previous users of this shit for reporting the repercussions! | F | 59 | 3 years 20mg | 6/4/2015 | 1 | h. pylori | ANXIETY, DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, INSOMNIA, spacey feeling, memory issues, OFF BALANCED feeling, JITTERY sensation in body, muscle aches, joint pain, tingling and numbness in toes and fingers, loss of appetite, low blood sugar (I'm not diabetic) having to eat every 2-3 hours, LETHARGIC, blurred vision, eye pain, ringing ears, sore gum, weird fullness in my head, black stool, frequent urination, feeling like I'm about to pass out but I don't, back ache | Took Pylera and Prilosec to eradicate h. pylori. Currently going through day 3 of horrible withdrawal which is many of the symptoms listed above. Waking up with anxiety, nausea, off balance feeling, dizziness, and jittery feeling. Having to take Ativan twice a day to take the edge of what I'm going through. The anxiety is constant, the jittery feeling is constant, the dizziness varies in intensity, off balance whenever I'm walking also varies in intensity. Taking vitamins, probiotics and eating plenty of yogurt and kefir to repair my system. Praying that the bacteria has been eradicated. There has to be a kinder, safer, better way to eradicate h. pylori without having patients suffer so much. I feel that my original digestive ailments were intensified by the medication side effects. How long before I begin to feel "normal" again? | F | 54 | 14 days 20 2X day | 5/30/2015 | 1 | Dysphagia and GERD | Anxiety, depression, fatigue, insomnia, apathy, suicidal ideation etc. | Started taking this as a young teenager and after 12 years decided it was time to stop because I had read omeprazole could cause osteoporosis if taken long term. Very quickly (within 2 days) after discontinuation a lot of what I had thought were mental health issues lessened considerably and I felt so much better emotionally apart from a few episodes of crying for no reason in the few weeks after stopping. I had seen psychiatrists for 10 years but could never get a decent diagnosis or work out any causes for my depression and so on. I am certain it was omeprazole contributing to my poor mental health especially as these side effects seem to have just crept up on me. I am now a little upset that if I had not taken this drug for so very long I might have done better at school and university which was always a struggle. But, anyway, I am so much happier without it and it is never too late to have stopped. However, I do recognise that there are medical circumstances where such a drug as omeprazole together with any side effects is definitely worth taking as it does stop stomach acid. The point is I wouldn't fear taking this drug for a short period if you need it, but don't be left on it for no reason like me. As for how I dealt with acid on withdrawal, I took Gaviscon Advance double action 6 times a day for 2 weeks. It worked great. | M | 26 | 12 years 20-40mg 1X day | 5/19/2015 | 1 | H Pylori | Where do I start: pain all over body, particularly joint pain, depressing thoughts, mild headaches, extreme fatigue, dizziness that would last pretty much the whole day. | This drug has been hell on wheels for me. It had me believing that something serious was going wrong with me. I have been off it for about 3 weeks now & I feel so much better. I am back to my normal self again but the acid reflux is back, going to change my diet to see if that helps. I welcome any suggestions on controlling the acid. Best wishes to everyone suffering from this horrible drug. | F | 33 | 2 months 20 Mg | 5/17/2015 | 1 | acid reflux | Stomach pain, nausea, sun sensitivity, dizziness, depressed mood (including suicide ideation), lethargy, itchy skin, acid rebound on day 5 when tried to stop after two weeks use. Then reinstated after recognizing the rebound for one week and then decreased dose by half for one week and then stopped. Negative symptoms went away. On week two with no medication and feel better. | F | 13 | 4 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 5/14/2015 | 1 | Acid reflux | anxiety my god I can't list them too many. lets just say I have thought I would not be here to write this | please contact if you have any ideas on getting this stuff out of my life feed up with the bed room as lovely as my wife is of 35 years marriage this is beginning to wear thin also contact for any reason some times knowing someone else going though same things helps | M | 55 | 10 years 20mg | 5/11/2015 | 1 | Bleeding ulcer | Dry cough after starting Prilosec. Dr thought BP med caused it and chgd med 3 times. Didn't help. Now I have cough, nose and ear congestion, chest pain. Bowels move 8-10 times a day. Think I have acid burns on, well, you guess. | Stopped Prilosec 2 days ago. Taking chewable antacids and watching what I eat till I can reach my Dr. Things WOULD get worse on a Fri night b | F | 60 | 4 months 20 mg bid | 5/10/2015 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Fatigue, muscle cramps, rash over 70% of my body, chills, frequent urge to urinate, dry mouth, dehydration. | My doctor said it was OK to extend the dosage but I only took it for 2 months. I noticed fatigue when doing simple things like walking to my car or climbing stairs, then I got severe muscle cramps, particularly at night. This drug depletes magnesium which, I assume, caused the cramping. The piece de resistance was the rash. It began in my genitals and quickly spread to over 60% of my body which felt like it was on fire. The itching was similar to that of poison oak. After three conversations with advice nurses who just didn't get it and who prescribed ineffective meds I finally was seen by a doc. Now I'm on a steroid and other stuff and it's finally calming down. But I can't wear clothing without discomfort which is a bit of a problem. I have been off Prilosec for a about a week and feel so much better, even though the reflux has returned. I'll find another way to deal with it. Never again will I take PPI. | F | 67 | 2 months 30 mg 1X day | 5/2/2015 |