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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRILOSEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | acid reflux/heartburn/EE | chestpains, blurred vision, headaches, poor concentration, mental fog, cramps, etc... | I have been on prevacid, nexium and prilosec a couple years each... adding up to maybe 7-8 years total. These drugs only MASK the problem and only treat the symptom. Ultimately they do NOT solve the problem and you'll end up being on these drugs for the rest of your lives unless you realize that they're actually making things worse in the long run. Remember... The drug companies make money when your sick. Try Sangre de Drago and Una de Gato/Cat's Claw for stomach ulcers! Go to your Natural Vitamin shop for remedies for your ailments. | M | 27 | 7 years | 1/24/2010 | 1 | acid reflux/heartburn/EE | Poor concentration/mental fog, blurred vision, anxiety/panic attacks, disturbed sleep/insomnia, chest pains, nausea, headaches/migraines, pretty much a lot of the side effects reported on this page. I've been on everything from prevacid to nexium to prilosec. I'm a former user. | Prilosec, nexium and other PPI's kill the good bacteria/enzymes that your body needs to properly digest food. You will become malnourished because of these drugs. They are very dangerous long-term as they will stop vitamin and mineral absorption. ie. vitamin B, calcium, etc. They can even cause hip fractures in the elderly. This needs to be taken care of naturally. First of all, you must cut off all fried food, take out food like Mcdonalds/burgerking and other killer-food, cut-off alcohol altogether, avoid spicy foods, tomato sauce, caffeine etc. Go to a Natural Vitamin shop and purchase yourself: Metagenics Endefen, Metagenics Glutagenics, Soluble and Insoluble fiber, microflora 50 billion cultures and also see what they have for heartburn.Ex: slippery elm bark(the natural rolaids/tums), orange peel extract. There are natural remedies for this. No need to be on these drugs, which actually make things worse. A table spoon of baking soda in glass of water usually works for me. also: Apple cider vinegar. also check out: Cat's Claw | M | 27 | 7 years | 1/24/2010 | 1 | hiatus hernia | headaches,irregular heartrate,fuzzy head, these side effects occurred after long time use. | worked well for acid indigestion. | F | 80 | 7 years 20mg 1X day | 6/16/2014 | 1 | Heartburn, Gerd | Anxiety, blurred vision, mood swings, lack of energy, numbness, Breathing difficulties, body aches overall and general bad feelings. It was hard for me to identify these side effects as they creep up on you slowly and you just don't know what's happening to your body. My urine would smell like cereal and I would always be thirsty especially at bedtime and during the night. My chest would hurt and I had tingling on my arms and legs. | WOW! Lots of problems associated with this drug. I agree with the bottle labeling of using only for a very short period of time, if at all! Find other means of dealing with it. For me, I now watch what I eat and drink; no coffee, no Coke Cola and other low pH foods. I also sleep on my left side at night to keep stomach contents in stomach and not getting in the esophagus. I drink spring water or city water that has a pH of 7 or higher. Most bottled DRINKING WATER is acidic. No good. Get some pH litmus paper and test yourself. Alkaline water (pH above 7) is the best. From now on, if my doctor gives me another prescription I will have him test me for side effects and possible nutritional deficiencies such as vitamins and minerals. | M | 58 | 7 years 40 mg 1X day | 3/17/2016 | 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 | 1 | Acid | anxiety/panic attacks, dizzyness,Poor concentration/mental fog, blurred vision, anxiety/panic attacks, disturbed sleep/insomnia, chest pains, nausea, headaches/migraines, etc, etc, etc. | try cabbage juice! | M | 27 | 7 years | 1/28/2010 | 1 | Acidreflux/GERD/EE | took PPI's: prevacid, nexium and prilosec for maybe 2 years each or so. Was on PPI's for maybe 7 years total. Switched to an alternative method of dealing with it. Since then I've been feeling much better (especially without the crazy joint/bone pains from prilosec) as long as I stick to a healthy diet! | Some of these alternatives include: Metagenics Endefen, Metagenics Glutagenics, Soluble and Insoluble fiber, Ultimateflora 50 billion cultures,slippery elm bark, SANGRE de Drago and Una de Gato/Cat's Claw for gastritis and stomach ulcers, cabbage juice, pepzin GI, mastic gum, Persimmon Tea,marshmellow herb, MSM and catnip, MANUKA HONEY, golden seal root, papaya enzymes, meadowsweet, Zinc-Carnosine, Licorice, Chamomile, Bladderwrack, Fenugreek Seeds, Wood Betony, aloe vera, mullein, raw cabbage and potato and celery juices, Barley Grass, Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice or DGL, organic Apple Cider Vinegar or ACV(with the mother culture), Probiotics, Pickle Juice, L-glutamine powder, Coconut, Lavender tea, ginger tea,turmeric, monolaurin, omegabrite, grapefruit seed extract,sangre de drago,fennel,mastic gum,broccoli sprouts,lavender. oh yea and if you take painkillers...you might want to consider coming off them-NSAIDs-they can cause ulcers | M | 27 | 7 years 20 1X day | 4/17/2010 | 1 | Night Reflux | Constant anemia. The anemia was causing fatigue, heart flutters, and shortness of breath. Distorted/reduced sense of smell, and taste. Constantly smelled a smokey, sweet, dusty, moldy smell! Body was giving off an odor of feces - kept checking around me trying to find source, realized it was me! Urine/feces smelled "funny" almost the same(?). Been off for several months now, and don't think my smell/taste will ever come back to normal. Can't taste some things at all. My iron levels are finally good, not on supplement any more. The body odor is almost gone. Weight loss, diet control, and exercise have cured the GERD! | Not good for me - Natural is always better. Filtering a drug through your liver and kidneys for years, is never good! | F | 54 | 7 years 20 mg 1X day | 1/20/2011 | 5 | Hernia and acid reflux | None | I love Prilosec. Prior to taking Prilosec even water gave me painful heartburn. I had to sleep sitting up and still ended up vomiting many nights. I have used both Prevacid and Prilosec...they are both good medicines. I'm not sure I could live without it I hope it stays on the market. | F | 57 | 8 years | 11/20/2004 | 5 | GERD | None. This has been a great drug for me. | After 8 years, a recent blood test flagged me as Vitamin B12 deficient. Research showed that B12 is broken down from the animal proteins we eat, and the acid in the stomach is needed for this to happen. So does long term use of PPI drugs bring this on? I read where there is no hard connection of this as of yet. Am now taking a B12 supplement as of 4 days ago. | M | 44 | 8 years | 2/15/2008 | 5 | Acid reflux, heart burn | None, This produced the best results of any medication I ever tried. | M | 63 | 8 years | 4/10/2008 | 5 | acid reflux | None | I have always been an anxious person so in no way can i attirbute that to the Prilosec OTC. I started taking Aciphex but the doctor kept wanting to see me every 6 months which made no sense since the situation was the same everytime... i still needed the meds because my heartburn would come right back if i stopped taking it. Instead of just renewing my prescription i had to keep going in which was too much. Switched to Prilosec OTC and have loved it for about 8 years. Heartburn still comes back if i forget to take it for a day, so i need to stay on it. Hard to believe people have such severe mental side effects. | M | 28 | 8 years | 3/19/2009 | 5 | GERD | None except breakthrough heartburn | Controls my GERD as well as Nexium at a lower price | M | 50 | 8 years 20 | 4/28/2015 | 4 | Acid reflux, Gurd | Bad Bloating, vision problems, aches and pains,soft stool, light headed, Water weight gain. | I went off the Medicine and all these symptoms went back to normal but the acid reflux was so bad I had to go back on it. It works for the acid but I hate the side effects. I've also been on Nexium, Prevacid,Acephex, Zantag, Pepcid Ac, Tums | M | 52 | 8 years | 1/26/2008 | 3 | bleeding ulcer-h. pylori | severe headaches, nausea with vomiting and dry heaves, tingling and numbness in hands and feet. | I don't know for sure if it was the omeprazole causing the headaches, etc. because I am also on a preventive med (Amitriptyline) daily for the headaches and levothyroxin low dose for hypothyroidism, but I was hospitalized for the bleeding ulcer in Oct 2003 and have been on the omeprazole ever since and that is about when these sick headaches started. They are so bad they totally disrupt my life and I have never had headaches quite like these, I'm sick all day and night and then a whole day after to recover from that. So I've been off the Prilosec for about ten days now and so far no headache but it's too early to tell but will keep updating as time goes by, whatever happens. I am still having the numbness in fingers and toes and since that involves circulation and vascular issues it may be awhile to determine what that is about. I hope this may help. I'll be back with more in the future. | F | 53 | 8 years 20 1X day | 1/16/2012 | 2 | GERD Severe Reflux | Palpitations, Left sided chest discomfort, mild shortness of breath, mild diziness, anxiety. I am a health care worker and have never experienced any of these symptoms myself. I thought I was having an MI but tests were negative. I am not an anxious person and have never had any kind of anxiety before. This was all very bizzare to me. | I had been taking RX Prilosec for years before it changed to OTC without any problems. It was after Prilosec went OTC that I experienced these problems. I stopped taking the prilosec 3 days ago and the palpitations seem to be coming less now. I really hope they stop all together soon. | M | 36 | 8 years | 10/15/2006 | 1 | GERD, Acid Reflux | High Blood Pressure, Heart Palpitations, Anxiety, Depression, Uneasiness, Lightheaded/Dizziness | I was diagnosed with GERD/Acid Reflux about 8 or 9 years ago. I was originally given Nexium. It worked well for my reflux. Never had any side effects. I was switched to Prilosec for insurance reasons. I was assured it was basically the same drug. It worked just as well, but there were some mild side effects at first, but they were bearable. I started to get very anxious and antisocial for no good reason. I had problems concentrating at work as well. My social and professional life was going down the tubes. I sought prefessional mental help. My therapist diagnosed me with anxiety and mild depression. She suggested that I go on antidepressents. I was prescibed Lexapro by a pychiatrist. It worked well at first. Over time I gained a lot of weight and got this light headed feeling all the time. I weened off of Lexapro. The anxiety came back but only worse along with high BP and heart palpitations. I randomly read an article about the side effects of Prilosec that it can deplete magnesium and other nutrients on your body. I stopped taking Prilosec and took a magnesium supplement as well as Vit B/D. I feel so much better. I never thought that Prilosec could be behind my anxiety issues. I will report back to let you know how I doing. | M | 28 | 8 years 20 MG 1X day | 10/3/2013 | 1 | GERD | UPDATE: I have been off of the Omeprazole for approximately 4 months. ALL joint pain is GONE. No more headaches. And my hair is starting to "try" and grow back. I am seeing new growth. Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with Androgenetic Alopecia and I think the Omeprazole may have accelerated that a bit for me. BUT, I do see new hair growth on the top and some on the sides of my head. I wish to God I had never started this medication - I would probably not be in the situation I am in now with the sudden hair loss that I experienced. I would have probably had "normal" aging hair loss... Also, I think this drug was a bit of a "sedative" for me. It was like I wasn't happy, but I wasn't sad. Things that should have upset me didn't - things that should have made me happy didn't... So, I was on an "even keel" so to speak. Now, I am more emotional and anxious. Which is strange because I'm seeing so many people say they had these symptoms WHI | F | 53 | 8 years 20 mg 1X day | 10/10/2010 | 1 | Gerd | Joint Pain, Depression, Headache, Lots of heart palpatations | This drug is a hazard... If you can get off of it - DO IT! I took Omeprazole for 8 years - loved the fact that I could eat/drink anything I wanted - but OH what a price I've paid (literally)! From the time I took this drug I have been losing hair. I did not know at the time it was from this medication. Because of the hair loss, I started to see a dermatologist - who diagnosed me with Alopecia. I saw him for approximately 6-7 years and paid a lot of money for a problem that I could have avoided in the first place! I then went on women's rogaine for many years, then switched to men's rogaine - took a toll on my scalp, so had to get off of that medication - after a few months off of the minoxidil (rogaine) - a ton of my hair fell out - that's what happens when you stop minoxidil. In June I went off of Omeprazole and it "seems" my hair is trying to come back - I mean seriously I lost almost ALL body hair - eyebrows were very sparce, arm hair, hair on my head, etc. ALL BECAUSE OF OMEPRAZOLE... If you don't need to - do not start this medication - if you are on it - get off ASAP! | F | 53 | 8 years 20 1X day | 9/21/2010 |