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| 1 | Acid Reflux | UPDATE | On 9/28 I posted about my 12 year old daughter that was prescribed Prilosec for acid reflux. She had experienced terrible "evil thoughts", tingling of the face, interrupted sleep all night, dizziness, and an overwhelming feeling of sadness, as she described them from day one of taking this medicine. I am so happy to say 47 days later she is 100% back to her fun loving self. We saw an immediate change within 24 hours of stopping this medication. PLEASE DO NOT give this to children. Thank God I connected the dots and realized the problem...I just wonder how many parents that might not have and lost their child to suicide. It was that bad. BAN IT! | F | 12 | 3 weeks 20MG 1X day | 11/14/2011 | 1 | GERD | Lump in throat, constant "gagging" feeling, pressure in throat, weepiness, (depression & fatigue - unsure if related) - Could barely keep from throwing up while on this drug, as it felt like someone was sticking their finger down my throat! | F | 26 | 3 weeks 40mg | 11/21/2011 | 1 | GERD | I have a history of depression & this drug made me want to check myself inpatient! Psychosis, heart palps, anxiety, irritable, hopelessness, spaced out as if in my own world. I think it reacted badly w/ my psych conditions & meds. Today I stopped it. Hopefully I'll recover quickly. This despair is awful. | F | 25 | 3 weeks 50 MG | 1/22/2013 | 1 | possible acid reflux | pain in chest, severe pain in right breast pain and some pain in left, arm and leg pain on both sides. Tingling in hands and feet. Migraine headache. I stopped taking this medication for two days. Today is my second day and I'm starting to feel better. Starting b/c I still have some of these symptoms but not as bad. This drug also gave me horrible anxiety. I really thought that I was dying from some scary disease. | This is the worst drug ever. I was looking at another website for prilosec side effects. People that were taking the drug for several years were all complaining of having several broken bones for no reason. I would not recommend for any one to take this drug unless they are fully aware of the side effects and willing to take the risk. | F | 35 | 3 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 8/15/2012 | 4 | intestinal ulcer | chest pains/heart palipitations | M | 60 | 4 weeks | 3/4/2001 | 4 | Silent Reflux | Funny feeling after eating. | No problems whatsoever. I expect that with the reduction in acid production, some foods will be less likely to fully digest, thus encouraging weight LOSS. There is absolutely no reason why anyone should GAIN weight while taking this medication - it has no effect on metabolism. | M | 50 | 4 weeks | 3/12/2008 | 4 | GERD | Occasional hives, burning sensation and muscle pain in armpits and upper arm; mild abdominal discomfort; joint pain, especially at shoulders, wrists, and behind knees. | Prilosec certainly relieved the burning from my GERD problems but the added side effects make me worry that I have some sort of severe problem as yet undiagnosed. | M | 34 | 4 weeks | 4/19/2007 | 3 | Gastro esophageal reflux disorder | Acute loss of hair. Pain in upper back. Pain in arms radiating to hands(mimicks carpal tunnel symptoms) | Taking 5mgs Biotin and Vitamin B12 supplements daily, but I believe that these were not being absorbed, due to the action of the interruption of acid being processed. The Omeprazole was successful in controlling my GERD. I was also taking Famotidine in the p.m. whilst taking Omeprazole in the a.m. I have ceased taking both, since reading these boards. Hope my Gerd does not recur, but I am very worried about my hair loss, and cannot take the chance of continuing and perhaps losing all of my hair. I shall update, if my hair returns, whist I am off the Omeprazole. | F | 60 | 4 weeks 40 mgs 1X day | 7/24/2010 | 3 | acid reflux | NONE SO FAR | If anybody reading this has suffered from these three symptoms in particular, related to acid reflux(or any other condition), please do share! Here they are, sensation of a lump in your throat, right ear burning and constantly having to spit up Flem! I have been living with these symptoms as well as others, but I am noticing that these 3 are not very common w/ acid reflux! I have been on prilosec, and nasonex for 4 weeks now. Nothing! No relief! I'm not able to eat, sleep, or drink anything including water w/o the "lump" reacting! Meaning feeling the need to vomit! Actually what it feels like is that there are several pills stuck in my throat 24/7, as well as flem coming up every 3-5 min all day! I went and saw my MD 2day and was put on reglan, claritin, pepcid ac, and medrol. Please I really need to hear from others that are suffering from these awful symptoms to know its not in my head! Any and all feed back would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! GOD BLESS | F | 37 | 4 weeks 20mg 2X day | 5/27/2010 | 3 | Ulcer/GERD | Belching/Depression/Mental Slowness/Heightened Anxiety | The first 1 1/2 weeks of taking Prilosec, I felt better. My MD prescribed 2 doses of 20 mg per day, and the one day I took both doses, I felt a major mental slow down. I had to focus to remember what my train of thought was just 10 minutes prior. After about 12 days of the medicine, I had a MAJOR panic attack to the point that I refused to go out in public with friends. Before starting Prilosec, I had anxiety, but NEVER to the point of crying and refusing to go out. 1 week later I stopped Prilosec, and I had a major LOW mood swing. I started up on Prilosec a few days later because I had severe intestinal pain, but by Friday I once again felt some anxiety and depression with what I refer to as hyperactive thinking - I just kept thinking of things that upset me and gave me anxiety. I seriously thought I was going crazy... Then I realized I never had it this bad before. So this last Monday was the last time I took Prilosec because about 3 hours later I had mini panic attacks for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. I'm not certain that the medication is causing it - but it is definitely exacerbating any issues I've had in the past, and I shouldn't have to deal with it if I don't have to. I have now been off of Prilosec for 3 days, and while I've still had major mood swings (mostly LOW swings), I feel like I am getting better. I cannot say HOW RELIEVED I feel to know that others have felt the mental side effects because I seriously thought for a few days that I was going crazy. | F | 23 | 4 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 9/15/2011 | 2 | heartburn | Fatigue, anxiety, slight depression, tinnitus worsened, thickness in throat. Heartburn got better, but I'm going off and eating a more alkeline diet. | Diet is important. Read up on acidic/alkaline diets. Thank you for this information. Why aren't medical doctors giving out more information about these side effects? | F | 59 | 4 weeks 30 mg 2X day | 6/12/2012 | 2 | Acid Reflux | Traveling leg pain, sinus pain, headaches, general malase and ringing ears. | The pain in my legs led to the discovery that I had Thrombophlebitis in a vein on the shin of my right leg. Never had problems like this prior to taking this medication. Stopped taking it 2 days ago and my headache and sinus pain is gone. Also leg pain is diminishing. | M | 40 | 4 weeks 20MG 1X day | 4/5/2011 | 2 | pain in the duodenal area | shortness of breath, nausea, frequent urination and bowel movements, panic attacks, nervousness, sleeplessness, pain in back. | After reading these comments, I am going off Prilosec today! I have lost 3 pounds in 4 weeks. I am tired of feeling nauseated. My husband thinks I have turned into a hypochondriac! | F | 56 | 4 weeks 20 mg. 1X day | 10/30/2010 | 2 | GERD | very tired, exhaustion, very mild abdominal pain | going to stop taking meds and see if side effects go away, didnt help GERD until one week into meds | F | 15 | 4 weeks | 4/16/2007 | 1 | GERD | Lower abdominal bloating, fatigue, feeling "blah", achy. After seeing all of these posts, I am stopping this ASAP!!!! All of the side effects listed by everyone using this site are on the drug insert!! Check it out! I was amazed by all of the possible adverse reactions! | F | 29 | 4 weeks 40MG 1X day | 1/14/2011 | 1 | GERD | My symptoms got worse and I felt new symptoms such as regurgitation. It also felt like my food was slow going down. Very odd. | I am a very healthy guy and at the beginning of January experienced some GERD symptoms - chest pain. I had experienced this a few years ago so I knew what it was, but this time it was worse than before. I started taking prilosec OTC 20mg/day and it helped a little. After about a week I called my doctor since the symptoms weren't completely gone and he recommended increasing it to 40mg. The first day was great - no GERD. The following days, though, I had this odd feeling of anxiety and flu-like symptoms. It was weird. I thought maybe the dose was too high so I decreased to 20mg/day but the side effects continued. Finally, I decided to stop it all together. That was about 72 hours ago. I noticed a difference pretty quickly. The side effects gradually lessened and right now I feel back to normal. So, for those of you who are wondering if the side effects go away, they should go away after you stop taking the pill. | M | 37 | 4 weeks 20mg/40mg 1X day | 2/8/2011 | 1 | diareah for several weeks | loss of appetite, anxiety, tingling in hand, feet, arms and legs, heart palpatations, weight loss, nausea, agitation, insomnia, fatigue, diareah, panic attacks, tightness in chest and throat, confusion, dizzy, felt like I was going crazy at times. | I would not reccommend that anyone take this drug, I also had these same side effects when taking Aciphex, which the doctor put me on after she didn't think this one was working. | F | 62 | 4 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 8/12/2010 | 1 | GERD | It was terrible!!!! Had depression, terrible anxiety, cloudy thinking, blurry vision, fast heartrate and high blood pressure! General feeling of being ill and thought I was cracking up! | As a RN, very familiar with prilosec and my husband takes for many yrs. 5 weeks ago mother died, have had some GERD sx, and so dr. prescribed it. First few days stomach felt better and seemed good. After one wk, had high BP, high pulse rate, and panic attack. Am on BP med but controlled and do not have anxiety or panic attacks. Daily, I felt more and more like something was not right! tried to figure out if was something wrong with heart or panic d/t grieving and much stress. happened to wonder if could be prilosec since it was new but when read side effects on other sites, did not appear so. BUT when I read this site, and read so many posts, they were speaking my symptoms exactly!!!! I so hoped it could be my problem, and so the next day did not take the pill. I felt no anxiety by that nite, but heartrate was still up..B/P was lower. Today, only second day without the pill, ALL sumptoms are gone! I am so thankful I read this site as I was sure something very serious was happening! I will never take one prilosec again, but for my hubby, it works. | F | 55 | 4 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 5/23/2012 | 1 | sore in stomach | Where do I begin.. after 3 weeks started to get tingley on the left side of body..from cheeks to foot.anxiety, night sweats, wakin up in a sleep thinkin I'm gonna die..feel like total crap all the time | M | 31 | 4 weeks 40 | 3/27/2012 | 1 | Gastritis from H. Pylori | I've been on Prilosec and broke out in a rash, tingling in legs, and bad muscle pain. | I've tried all PPI's and don't know what to do to cure the gastritis. | M | 28 | 4 weeks 20MG 2X day | 4/17/2012 |