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 |
| 4 | GERD | Dizzy & tired when taken on empty stomach. I did much better taking it with food. | It really seemed to help my condition. | F | 39 | 30 days | 9/29/2007 | 4 | Eosinophilic Esophagitis | Bloating, muscle weakness, could not concentrate, headaches, constipation. | Helped with my pressure in my esophagus, but was not worth it for the side effects. I would only take again if I had to. | F | 33 | 30 days | 5/1/2009 | 4 | GERD | Dizziness, light headed. Not sure if those are caused by my hypoglycemia. No other side effects noticed as of right now | It has helped out very well. Was taking Nexium 40 mg 2 times a day for about 7 months. Taking the nexium shut off all acid production to where I was not able to digest certain foods. Now taking one 20 mg aciphex with meal. Much better results all around. Also taking it due to a new study out that Nexium causes bone loss?? Don't want to run that risk since osteporosis runs in the family. | M | 32 | 30 days | 5/24/2009 | 3 | Chest pain, stiff neck, headaches, weight gain | M | 54 | 30 days | 2/12/2009 | 2 | diagnosed acid reflux | all was well for about 4 weeks, but began to have twitching of my left hand, dizziness, heart palpitations and weird flutters. This drug scares the hell out of me. I just quit it and will be trying some Chinese herbal remedies instead. I will also really watch my diet. I think that I can deal with a life style change as opposed to suffering worse fro side efects. | M | 54 | 30 days | 6/29/2009 | 2 | reflux/gerd | constipation, trouble trouble sleeping, lack of energy, apathy | By itself it hardly did anything for my reflux but with 2 Zantac a day and a strict diet it actually worked pretty well. I might try and drop the Aciphex to see if those things work fine without this drug as I'm not too keen of the side effects: constipation, trouble falling asleep and trouble waking up in the morning, complete apathy which includes no sex drive which is the main reason I want to get off this drug. | M | 44 | 30 days 20 1X day | 1/27/2016 | 2 | IBS | Headaches for two days straight, joint pain in elbow and wrist, and irritability for three days. | I only used this medicine for about two weeks and was going through way too much to continue to use it. It did help somewhat but I have since found that there are other alternatives for relief. Improving diet and exercise is a start. Peppermint is also good for digestion problems. | F | 28 | 30 days 20mg 1X day | 3/26/2010 | 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 | 1 | acid reflux | mild constant headache, insomnia, swellings around eyes, extreme hypersensitivity to light, distance vision reduced about 20% | I felt very aged after one month on this medication. Symptoms were not tolerable. My reflux was mild, and no milder recommendations were made to me before giving me this strong drug. I've since been able to manage my symptom with diet and alternative aids. | F | 52 | 30 days | 8/10/2006 | 1 | Acid Reflux/hiatal hernia | weird headaches in the back of my head, severe nausea, fogginess, waking up in the middle of the night, & dizziness. | I started taking this after I had to have an endoscopy for my hiatal hernia. I originally was using Protonix, but my copay was much higher so my doctor switched me to aciphex. I instantly started feeling weird. I am not a stranger to feeling nauseated, but I was severly nauseated on aciphex and had to leave work one day because it was so bad. The strangest thing was the headaches that I was getting. It wasn't so much the pain as it was the pressure in my head. I did NOT like it. I have since stopped taking it and moved to Prevacid. | F | 35 | 30 days | 3/21/2007 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Vertigo, increased appetite, weight gain, abdominal pain, depression, anxiety, nervousness, diarrhea, irritability, confusion, increaded heartburn when not taken. | After 30 days with just taking this medication by word of my Dr. I started to notice changes. I listed all the things to my wife what I was noticing and that is when I decided to look up the Adveres drug reactions and side effects associated with Aciphex; wouldn't you know... It matched my list. I am stopping this cold turkey! i would rather continue taking an OTC like tums the rest of my life than dealing with these effects. | M | 33 | 30 days | 5/2/2008 | 1 | Hiatal Hernia, Gastritis | Spastic stomach pains, terrible cramping, unstoppable diarrhea | I was ok on aciphex for the first 2 weeks, then I started getting these horrible pains that worsened, and ended up with diarrhea that progressed from a couple days, to a full 2 weeks. They switched me to prevacid. | F | 25 | 30 days | 11/7/2008 | 2 | acid reflux | arthritis like symptoms so severe that i could barely walk, move my hands, sit or stand.Severe gas, bloating, depression, lack of appetite,shortness of breath, insomnia, fatigue, lethargy. | the longer I took it the worse I got. I finally stopped taking it when I felt like I couldnt breathe, and could barely sit stand or walk, I thought I was dying.I was racking my brain trying to figure out what was wrong with me and I noticed that the arthritis symptoms were better when I forgot to take my aciphex for 2 days, and I wasnt so lethargic. | F | 51 | 31 days | 8/23/2006 | 1 | GERD | Severe bloating, nausea, headache. | It did nothing to relieve the acid reflux, and I think it actually made it worse. After taking it for 35 of the most miserable days of my life, I switched to Protonix and am finally starting to feel better after taking Protonix for a week. | F | 52 | 35 days | 4/2/2006 | 1 | acid reflux/gerd | Breathing problems, shakiness, irritable, loose stools which caused weight loss, horrible fullness after eating, could not ride in a car after eating I would be so nauseous that I wished I could throw up, but couldn't. Just suffered for hours, extreme fatigue, felt like I would fall asleep standing, weakness etc..... | I took this drug a couple of years ago...the same symptoms happened. But I wasn't sure it was the Aciphex until I again took it years apart and had same side effects...I will never take it again!!! please be careful with this drug. It seems dangerous and Doctors don't seem to believe you or generally care. They must get brownie points for getting people on it. | F | 51 | 35 days 20 mg 2X day | 12/19/2011 | 1 | Silent Reflux | Nausea, hungry (ate a 3lb. bag of M&M's), headache, stiff neck, exhaustion (built a little house called a cocoon in the bedroom), internal itching, insomnia, feeling like defecating all the time, thought my dog was a cat, insanity, giving bad advice | I am not kidding. I attempted to stop usage yesterday and was hit with a geyser of gastric acid shooting into my throat and sinuses. I sat up all night and took another poison pill today, but this is the last one. I refuse to be a victim any longer. My wife's friend has GERD and is drinking vinegar so I might look into that. | M | 39 | 40 days | 6/3/2008 | 1 | GERD w/ Barretts-esophagus | Where do I start... Aciphex made me feel absolutely horrible. Tightness/pain in chest, bad abdominal cramping during the night, insomnia, made my eyes super-sensitive to light, dull headaches, my stools where either very loose or I was constipated, tightness/lump in throat feeling, depression. This stuff is EVIL! ALL above symptoms subsided within 6 days of stopping usage (I've tried to take this stuff 3 seperate times now with the same bad results each time). I finally am getting relief from my GERD/Reflux by taking a product called Esophaguard (it is all natural its main active ingredient is Lemonine from orange peel extract) along with over the counter digestive enzymes and I feel great for the first time in years. | Take Aciphex at your own risk. Maybe myself and others here are just the exceptions that had bad experiences with it. For me, this is one medication that I will never take again or recommend to anyone. Can you spell P-O-I-S-O-N? | M | 40 | 42 days | 8/3/2007 | 4 | GERD AND CONSTANT COUGH | Diarhhea, gas, constant hunger, bad taste in mouth, thirsty | Although this medicine has brought the cough under control my stomach is in an uproar all the time. | F | 47 | 45 days | 1/10/2007 | 3 | Acid-Reflux, Heartburn | Dizzy, lightheaded, and disoriented. Pressure in chest, pounding in throat. Felt like I was having a panic attack, yet symptoms came on randomly and at times when I was very relaxed. | The medication helped symptoms that Zantac did not - I'd been having gurgling in upper chest and lots of chest pressure and excessive stomach gas and burping. AciPhex solved those problems, but the new problems it brought were more uncomfortable and disturbing. I was beginning to fear I'd faint while driving or that I was having a heart attack. Went off the stuff for a week and symptoms disappeared. An hour and a half after I took it again, symptoms returned. Going off it for good. | F | 38 | 45 days | 6/2/2005 | 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 |