ACIPHEX Reviews (RABEPRAZOLE SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.8 (482 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACIPHEX with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 |
More on ACIPHEX: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ACIPHEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Acid Reflux | This medicine has caused me to have an irritated throat (pretty used to that from the acid reflux). The kicker though, is 15 minutes or so after taking this medicing, I projectile vomit. Usuually comprised of whatever liquid I have in my stomach reduced to white foam. Awful. Happens everytime. I have no control over it - small cough, tickle in throat and BAM! Can't leave the house until I 'purge' - good grief!!Happens on a full or empty stomach. I am switching to another med. | F | 40 | 30 days 20 MG 1X day | 2/18/2010 | 3 | GERD | Terrible back pain. | It definitely helped my GERD. And I had to take it because of the severity of my problem. However, lifestyle changes can significantly help, and then these drugs aren't as necessary. | F | 41 | 14 days 20 mg 1X day | 2/4/2010 | 5 | Nausea, diahhrea, abdominal pain | None. | I was really concerned about taking this drug because of the side effects that other users on this site had reported. I have a history of getting rare side effects. My quality of life was pretty marginal from my symptoms and did not want to get worse. My doctor prescribed this after an upper and lower GI revealed only mild inflammation. This stuff started working right away. Within a week, I felt better than I had in months. For me, this drug was close to a medical miracle. | F | 59 | 2 weeks | 1/30/2010 | 1 | GERD | Lump in throat, worse chest pains, heart palpatations and frewuent bowle movements | M | 58 | 7 days | 1/24/2010 | 1 | Gerd | I am 31 years old and should not feel this bad! After the first pill 20mg I started being iritable. Today my hip is aching so bad. I feel like I got a hip injection. My hip feels broken. I am having flu symptoms also. I took another pill this evening I can't walk now. I will not be taking this anymore. I will just suffer from GERD. | BEWARE | F | 31 | 2 days | 1/20/2010 | 1 | acid reflux | Severe muscle soreness, gas, chest pain, yeast infection after a few days of taking it. | F | 52 | 7 days | 12/19/2009 | 3 | ulcers/gatritis | muscle weakness, joint pain, fatigue | I thought I was crazy! I am relieved to see that I was not imagining the side effects! The medicine did relieve my stomach problems but it is not worth the joint pain. | F | 42 | 10 days | 12/18/2009 | 5 | Very bad indigestion and nausea | Absolutely NO side effects EXCEPT ONE VERY POSITIVE ONE. I AM COMPLETELY ASTOUNDED---MY HOTFLASHES HAVE STOPPED in addition to the original problems. 49 year old female who had hot flashes every 15 minutes, every hour, 24/7 which had started 3 years ago and became steadily worse. Still had a distance to go before reaching menopause and was dreading it if early signs were any indication what was to come. | Very active individual and this drug has completely eliminated all issues. | F | 49 | 3 weeks | 12/16/2009 | 4 | Barret's, GERD, gastroparesis, reflux | AT FIRST - I believed achiphex caused my dizziness, and just about every other side effect listed here. After almost 3 years of pure hell, I found out the problem was the cholesterol med. I was prescribed! It was this drug (zocor) that literally tore up my GI track. | IF YOU TAKE A STATIN (Zocor. Lipitor, Crestor, ect.) FOR CHOLESTEROL, THIS COULD BE YOUR PROBLEM, AND NOT THE ACHIPHEX (or any other PPI)!!! I can't say that strongly enough!!! The side effects are VERY similar to what I see here, and it fooled my doctors and myself for three years! You can safely stop taking a statin for a week. If your symptoms improve (as mine did), you'll know it was the statin and not the PPI. From what I can tell, the statin caused virtually everyone of my GI issues (including bile reflux). I wish I had found out sooner. I even had a Nissan Fundelplication (sp?) and even that didn't stop the reflux. It was only AFTER I stopped the statin (zocor) that my GI issues cleared up. I later tried Crestor when cardiologist suggested it, and within 3 DAYS my stomach started acting up again. 5 days off, and I'm ok again. I'm still not 'perfect', but I am at least functioning once again. I implore you to use this site to see the side effects of your cholesterol drug to see if the symptoms match up. If they do, I highly suggest stopping your cholesterol med. for a week or so and see if your symptoms clear up!! | M | 46 | 3 years | 12/14/2009 | 2 | Acid refulx symptoms | Since taking Aciphex my heartburn and indigestion have been getting worse and worse, I'm tired, achy, severe stomach pains, intense headaches, hypothyroid, nausea, can't eat anything without feeling very sick afterward and thus weight loss | I was given this drug originally due to signs of acid reflux by inflammed epiglottis and sinuses, but didn't have any other hearburn or stomach pain symptoms. After a couple years taking this I've become very sensitive to food, have horrible indigestion and heartburn even if it's just a piece of toast. I have body aches, especially back, hips and knees, and headaches. I've been tested as hypothyroid and had to start taking thyroid medicine. | F | 32 | 3 years | 12/9/2009 | 5 | GERD | None that I am aware of. | Has been a lifesaver for me but now my insurance no longer covers it. I take a 20 mg. only every second or third day now and feel great. I started with two a day for a week then one a day for a while but I just started taking them less frequently. | M | 54 | 3 days | 11/28/2009 | 1 | Gerd and ulcerated osephegus (sp?) | Headaches and bad stomach pains after nearly every meal. Because I had my gall bladder out a few months before being prescribed Aciphex I have put all my symptoms down to this. However it is now 3.5 years later and I have to accept that all the symptoms I still have must be due to side effects from the medication. | The thing about this drug is that it does help with my GERD - it completely eliminates it. However, the stomach pains I have are getting worse and worse and it does not seem natural to reduce the amount of acid in your stomach for year after year. I have decided to reduce it to every other evening for a month (I'm on 10mg an evening) and then stop it completely | F | 56 | 3.5 years | 11/15/2009 | 3 | Acid Reflux | Extreme Bloating feeling after a normal size meal. Lethargic, lack of concentration, often feel like a cloud in my head. | Taking 20mg since June 09', works well for me and stops the burning, however I have gained 12 pounds and eat pretty healthy. Get very bloated and feel full after a regular size meal. Also am very tired. | M | 42 | 6 months | 11/10/2009 | 1 | Barrett's | I have degenerated into borderline osteo (-1.9 when threshold is -2.5). Calcium uptake interference is a known side effect. Why did sawbones not give stern warnings? Fortunately, I weaned myself off (with difficulty, after 18 months) but only after decalcification cost me 4 teeth. Bone grafts have cost me $3,000 and will cost at least $12,000 more that we know of. | Doctor prescribed lifetime 40mg when insert specifies 20mg with 1-year limit. Women break hips on Aciphex twice as often, according to 2007 study that was published before my prescription. | M | 63 | 18 months | 11/4/2009 | 2 | Barret's Esophagus | Awakened by intense headache, and was overwhelmed with dizziness that is long-lasting and debilitating. | Took one 20mg AcipHex in the morning for 4 mornings, then during night before 5th morning, awakened with unbelievable headache, got up,dizziness was overwhelming, and long lasting - will contact doctor tomorrow. Have tried Prilosec, Nexium, Protonix all with debilitating symptoms, severe pains in hips, back, legs, spine, but none with the consuming dizziness I experienced with AcipHex. | F | 75 | 4 days | 11/1/2009 | 1 | Nausea caused by Anxiety | nausea, loss of appetite, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, anxiety, chest pains, tingling arms, weakness, dizziness, diarrhea, bloating, heartburn | I went to the dr due to nausea, she did all sorts of tests and anxiety is the root cause. She prescribed 20mg aciphex to ease the nausea(she assumed my stomach was too acidic), symptoms got worse, so she prescribed 60mg Kapidex. Now symptoms are way worse and I am not taking either anymore. If you are on these proton pump inhibitors for anxiety, I do not recommend it at all. It will just progress your symptoms. Now that I stopped taking it, I have heartburn which I never had before I took the medication. It can cause this effect for a while until your sytem gets back to normal. | F | 23 | 4 weeks | 10/23/2009 | 1 | Severe Acid Reflux | Monthly yeast infections | Once a month like clockwork while taking aciphex, I got a yeast infection. Since quitting aciphex over a year ago, I've had 1. Aciphex isn't worth the trouble it causes. I now take over the counter pills called Titralac. | F | 26 | 1 years | 10/21/2009 | 3 | GERD and Esophagitis | Acne, slight nausea | It doesn't completely eliminate my acid reflux. And after eating I feel nauseated sometimes. The acne is the worst side effect. I used to have a pimple every now and then. Now it's all the time. | F | 40 | 2 months | 10/15/2009 | 3 | gastritis | belching, ringing in ears, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dry mouth, stomach pain, all over bloating | drug helped a lot with gerd but side effects are too scary to deal with | F | 35 | 2 months | 10/14/2009 | 5 | none | F | 55 | 6 months | 10/11/2009 |