ACIPHEX Reviews (RABEPRAZOLE SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.8 (482 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACIPHEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ACIPHEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Supposed GERD | OMG... I just stumbled upon this website and I'm shocked! I was put on a prescription for acid reflux many years back for a feeling of "pressure" under my ribcage. I had never had heartburn in my life but the doctor insisted that the pressure I was experiencing was GERD. After two days on that drug I was hit HARD with severe acid reflux! My stomach contents were coming up into my mouth! I was coughing myself to sleep every night. Had diarrhea, abdominal pain, pain in my back. Headaches, dizziness. I felt like I went from being 35 to 90 years old over night!! I called Kaiser doc to tell him and his nurse said they had never heard of anyone GETTING acid reflux (or any of my other symptoms) from taking the drug!! I thought I had lost my mind.... Now I know what happened. I believe first drug was Reglan? Then switched to Prevacid, and now on Aciphex. I have been suffering for years with many of the nasty symptons folks have posted here! I'm stopping all PPI's today (will use tap | Read this website!! I now feel that many, if not all PPI's are poison! | F | 51 | 3 years 20 MG 1X day | 9/3/2011 | 2 | Acid reflux | Tightness in throat, anxiety, night sweats, shortness of breath, fatigue, tingling face, tingling and numbness in arms and legs, rare chest pains, headaches, nausea | I was prescribed the generic version here in Canada (SDZ-Rapeprazole) due to a "choking sensation" I've been having in my throat for about a year, coupled with burping/acidic taste in my mouth. After about two weeks of using this drug and no results (also no symptoms other than headache + nausea) I went back to my doc who suggested upping dose to 2x daily (once at night and once in the morning). About a week into it, I started getting a very tight/swollen-looking throat, worse than anything before the drug, as well as a host of other symptoms, most troubling was the tingling in the face and in my hands/feet. I also got several muscle spasms in my calves. I did not relate any of these symptoms to this drug until reading this forum and it's making a lot of sense now. STOPPING IT RIGHT NOW. | F | 27 | 45 days 20 mg 2X day | 8/3/2011 | 5 | Gerd | No side effects at the present time. When I first started taking I would get headaches. It has been wonderful for my acid reflux | LOVE IT! | F | 50 | 10 years 1X day | 7/25/2011 | 4 | Helicobacter pylori | None. | I was given Aciphex along with two antibiotics to treat Helicobacter pylori. It helped to heal my ulcer, but eventually it wasn't as effective in combating my acid reflux and I had to switch to Nexium, which worked good and was cheaper. | F | 24 | 1 years 20MG 1X day | 5/15/2011 | 4 | Acute gastritis | I have experienced no side effects | The drug has worked great and almost all my symtoms like nausea, stomach burning and indigestion are almost all gone. The only thing I am concerned about is that long term use of PPI's like aciphex can cause osteoporosis which I do not think anyone wants to experience. I have read some posts where people have become dependent on this drug. I just hope there are some other alternatives out there because I do not want to become dependent on this drug at all. | M | 29 | 3 months 20 mg 1X day | 4/27/2011 | 5 | acid reflux | I take one pill each morning before breakfast. Absolutely no more acid reflex and no side effects | I am surprised at all the side effects on the web site. This drug seems fine with me!!!! | M | 77 | 7 years 20mg 1X day | 4/19/2011 | 2 | Reflux | The primary side effects I've experienced has been weight gain, bloating, numbness and tingling in hands (and feet), and swelling of hands/feet. | While Aciphex did help get rid of the Acid Reflux, the side effects are horrible. I had some other medication changes in the last 6 to 8 months and was unaware that this medication was producing these side effects. I've been my primary care physician several times about the numbness and tingling in hands and all he did was send me to specialists, all saying that I was healthy and there is no apparent reason for the numbness and tingling. Don't doctors read the side effects of the medications they prescribe? It took me less than 10 minutes on Google to find extensive side effects lists and this site. | M | 52 | 8 months 20 1X day | 3/4/2011 | 1 | acid reflux/GERDA | When I began taking this medicine, I had faith in the physician prescribing the medicine. I suffered at the time from occasional acid reflux and had chest pains which the doctor said were related to GERDA. Did not pay attention to side effects at the time. Began usage after stopping for three weeks, and now have uncontrollable diarrhea, stomach cramps, and gas. | Daughter convinced me to try and get off the medication because of the prolonged usage side effects. Attempted her advise of taking probiotics capsules by emptying contents directly into tongue and drinking water at the first sign of acidity in the stomach. This worked until I had something to eat that triggered an excess of acid, so I decided to start with Aciphex again. I have been affected by the medication considerable and I'm thinking of taking something over the counter if needed, and go back to the probiotics on a regular basis. | F | 67 | 3 years 20MG 1X day | 2/19/2011 | 1 | Food Poisoning/Bad Stomach | My doctor gave me a sample to try after I'd gotten sick from bad restaurant food. After taking just one pill, I woke up the following morning with what was at first a itchy pinky finger. It then started to become blistered, the itchiness more intense and spread to my body and face. By the end of the day, I was covered with blisters, and incredibly itchy. As the days went on, it seemed to get worse, my face became crust-like because the blisters were so bad, my skin felt like it was burning, the itchiness was so intense. I almost went to the emergency room but decided to wait it out. It finally started to stop spreading after a few days, but the healing of my skin took at least a month. That month was one of the scariest of my life. I didn't know if my skin would be damaged permanently or not. Even my sweat glands had been affectd, I couldn't sweat even during intense exercise. I've heard that in severe cases, people have died from this type of allergic reaction. | I will NEVER take Aciphex again. To this day (it's been about 2yrs. now), my skin isn't like it was before the reaction. For me it was many times worse than when I had the Chicken Pox a few years ago. | F | 41 | 1 days 20mg 1X day | 2/16/2011 | 2 | possible anxiety induced ulcers | horrible bloated full feeling from day one,constantly feeling like i need to burp but can't, pain below liver area, disoriented, light headed, heart palps,some nausea that feels like if I threw up I would feel better but I never do. weird dreams and trouble sleeping. low grade fever of 99.5 since day 2 | I do not have heartburn. no GERD that I know of, doc put me on this after ruling out liver and pancreatic issues for a bad stomach which he thinks is from anxiety, assuming I had ulcers, pains were stabbing and sharp. no more of this for me, tired of feeling woozy and out of if too. going to take mastic instead, it works better. | F | 46 | 2 weeks 20 1X day | 2/1/2011 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Follow up to previous post | So I have been off Aciphex for two days now - all symptoms have subsided. I no longer have the hot and cold flashes in my hands and numbness in my feet. I woke up today feeling very well. While this drug may be very effective and for some it may work just fine with no side effects, it was a horrible time for me. Please use caution when taking this medication. | M | 33 | 30 mg 1X day | 1/27/2011 Patient History | 5 | Gerd, Acid reflex | no side effects at all but after stoping it a few times all the reflex and symptoms come back so i asked my doctor how long do i take this? He said as long as its helping you. Theres gotta be an alternative to this drug. | i think its like magic the way it helps with the acid reflux but reading all these posts although i havent seen any side effects im worries that it will be a problem in the long haul. Any advice is greatly appreciated. | M | 35 | 4 years 20mg 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 5 | GERD | Entry 12/19 stopped taking Aciphex and within 3 days all joint/hip pain is gone. Next will ask doctor to do a B12 blood level. Now started taking Prilosec OTC 20mg, no issues as of yet. | M | 47 | 7 years 30mg 1X day | 12/23/2010 | 4 | GERD | Recently started getting hip pain and back pain. Not sure where to go next, will start trying other medicines. With out Aciphex the acid pain is very bad, unable to get relief with Tums or Pepto nothing else works. | M | 47 | 7 years 30mg 1X day | 12/19/2010 | 1 | GERD, throat problem | EXTREME anxiety, depression, nonstop panic attacks, muscle tension, blurred vision, racing heart with palps, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, dribbling urine, sensitivity to light, ears ringing, restlessness, feeling very unlike my former self | I am convinced that this drug is the devil in pill form. After taking Dexilant for about 3 weeks, I saw my dr because I had started to develop some anxiety. He gave me samples of aciphex to try, and everything got much worse. I am on day 4 of no aciphex, and I am hoping beyond hope that I will return to 'normal' very soon. Very scary experience on this drug. Seems like what coming off heroin might feel like. | M | 31 | 1 weeks 20mg 1X day | 12/10/2010 | 3 | reflux | mild sore throat almost daily, muscle weakness and soreness, hip pain, especially at night, knee pain, elbow joints sore, lower back pain, insomnia, swellings in the legs, some loose bowels, some balance issues. | While the aciphex works great on the reflux, I don't know how many of the things I am feeling are actually related to the Aciphex, I tried stopping it but the reflux came back with a vengence. I would LOVE to stop it altogether to see if my symptoms a relieved. | F | 54 | 2 years 20mg 1X day | 12/5/2010 | 1 | Esophagitis | None. | EGD showed esophagitis, so my gastro told me to take Aciphex (Pariet, actually) for a month. I didn't have heartburn before taking it, so I can't tell how well it worked. On the 25th day, I had an episode of extreme dizziness, sort of like I was going to pass out, and I immediately stopped taking it. 4 days later I had another similar episode, but not so extreme (I ate a banana on an empty stomach). Now I have heartburn, which I didn't have before taking this medicine! I had planned to taper had I not stopped taking it because of that scary dizziness episode. | M | 24 | 25 days 20 mg 1X day | 11/29/2010 | 1 | GERD | Muscle weakness - especially in my face! Numbness and drooping to the left side of my face (eye and mouth). I looked to see if this evil medication has been linked to Bell's Palsy because I've never had a reaction like this before! Reglan which is another drug to treat GERD is known to cause Tardive Dyskinesia which is similar to Bell's Palsy. After one pill - Aciphex caused this, extreme dry mouth and nose on top of alot of fatigue and weakness throughout my body. Please be cautious of this drug!!! | F | 30 | 1 days 20 MG 1X day | 11/16/2010 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Rapid heartbeat, so severe it woke me up at night. Joint pain, could't even lift my right leg the hip pain was so severe. It did an awesome job relieving my acid reflux, though...but not worth the side effects. | F | 65 | 3 years 30 mg. 1X day | 10/14/2010 | 5 | acid reflux | no side effects at all | This stuff works like magic. I've had no side effects whatsoever, and it has completely eliminated the acid reflux. | F | 54 | 7 years 20 mg 1X day | 10/13/2010 |