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 |
| 3 | Gastritis | Muscle pain,ringing in the ears,hard heartbeat,and anxiety. | The medicine did help with the gastritis but with all of the symptoms I was experiencing I would rather have the gastritis. | F | 28 | 3 weeks | 9/28/2009 | 2 | Patchy erthyma in antrum and gastri | Feel hungry every hour which has not improved and lots of gastric still persist | M | 20 | 3 weeks 20 mg *1D | 11/4/2013 | 2 | gerd | sore muscles around sholders and neck.some leg soreness too.Dry mouth.I urinate about 5 times a night.Tired alot. | Find something else to take. | M | 42 | 3 weeks | 12/18/2007 | 1 | acid reflux | Constant cough and the need to clear my throat.Symptoms went away both times I went off Aciphex. Light colored stool due to malabsorbtion. | This drug might work for others, but for me the side effects are not worth it. | F | 49 | 3 weeks | 12/7/2007 | 1 | Acid Related Gastritis | dry mouth w/ weird taste, incredible heartburn, depression, anxiety, fatigue | i don't take a lot of meds. Never reacted to something so badly. Be careful taking this, everyone noticed i wasn't myself. Hit a breaking point when I was crying every day for no reason and freaking out. It all started a wk after i started taking the meds. Also no matter how much i slept, i was completely exhausted. dr told me not a normal reaction but suggested i go off it anyways. | F | 26 | 3 weeks | 2/5/2009 | 1 | acid reflux | Severely aggravated my existing Erythromelalgia (EM) (Burning feet). I also felt lethargic. | It works for acid reflux but aggravated my EM. The side effects are not worth it. Nexium does not seem to affect my EM. | M | 56 | 3 weeks | 5/12/2009 | 1 | gerd | Severe headache, horrible bloating and tighness in chest. Finally discovered tonight, why I have been miserable for the past 3 weeks! The bloat, or whatever, is so bad, It feels like my chest is tight???? I have allergy induced asthma the RARELY affects me, I have been using my inhaler, but it wasnt working...NOW, I see why!! I am bloated soooo bad it's bothering my breathing. Bad Stuff. I suffer from severe acid reflux, 99% of the time it feels like something is stuck in my throat. Even WATER gets it going. Took Nexium for 2 yrs, but Insurance will not pay for it anymore, which really upsets me...now what do I do? THIS PILL ISNT WORTH THE PAIN. | Does anyone else suffer from this type of reflux?? Any info on meds that work for you, would be wonderful. | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 1/14/2007 | 1 | possible gerd | Stomach pains, nervousness, anxiety, pain in legs, loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, headaches, tiredness, feel "foggy", no energy, nightmares, dry mouth, stomach pain. Called my doctor for the 3rd time today and im done being convinced im crazy! I want my life back and want to switch to something else. I don't know if he is getting a kickback from the drug company because I was told to take my xanax. Wondering what he will he will tell me today....wish me luck! | F | 36 | 3 weeks 2/ mg | 3/6/2012 | 5 | GERD | Is totally controlling acid reflux. But, experiencing muscle pain, muscle weakness and joint pain mostly in both forearms from elbows to wrists. Experienced bad fall as a result. | I would recommend but be alert to side effects. | F | 50 | 4 weeks | 8/15/2009 | 3 | Acid Reflux | Tenderness in arch of right foot, knee pain | The drug worked fine overall, but after a few weeks, started getting discomfort and swelling in arch of right foot. Kind of felt like hives, only not quite as bad. Stopped taking it after 4 weeks when I started getting joint pain in my right knee in the evening. Talked to my GP about it, he seemed puzzled, said it was a rare side effect. Went back to Prilosec. The foot soreness has gradually dissipated over the last couple of weeks, took over a week for most of the soreness to go away. | M | 4 weeks | 10/18/2007 | 3 | Stomach ulcers | Stomach, intestinal aching; bloating; gas; diarrhea; a lot of intestinal gurgling | The aciphex worked great to quell the stomach pain I was having due to the ulcers. I felt great and pain free for 2 weeks. Then I developed watery diarrhea, lower abdominal aching, difficulty eating because I would feel full quickly and my gut was just achy. I was tested for all sorts of things but all tests were negative. My GI doc first took me off carafate (which I was taking 4 times a day) and when my symptoms were unchanged, he said to stop the aciphex for a week then slowly add it back in. I was finally feeling almost normal after the week off of aciphex so I didn't start back up right away. A second week went by and I was feeling so much better. Now I started back every other day and I'm having bouts of stomach pain, gas, intestinal distress and loose stools😫. Going to stop taking it and try an OTC PPI. | F | 46 | 4 weeks 20 mg | 12/5/2016 | 3 | Acid Reflex | First week was really good, felt much better than all heck broke lose. I have severe headaches, body aches, dry mouth, dry cough, leg craps and this awful left lower back pain and lower abdominal pain when going to the bathroom, I have taken this medicine before and it does deplete your magnesium and all your vitamins. make sure you check your D3 and B12 as my got very low from not absorbing them. I stopped the aciphex and i don't have a headache today but i still have the lower achy abdominal pain, hopefully this will subside in a couple of days. Think i will just use probiotics to get my stomach back to normal. | I was in a lot of pain with the acid reflex and this did help for awhile but i have a life to live and the pain and headaches are to bad to continue down this path, going off of the medicine and sticking with no sugar and no carbs, Don't want to feed the over growth of yeast due to the double antibiotics that caused this in the first place. For those that choose to take this medicine, remember it is for short term use not long term. Everyone needs to look at what they put in there body and eliminate the GMO crap and the Hi sugar. | F | 46 | 4 weeks 20mg 1X day | 2/11/2012 | 1 | GERD | Palpitations, shakiness | My symptoms took about a week to go away, but I had only taken it for four weeks. If you have a pill splitter, maybe try lowering your dose - take 40 mg one day, 20 the next, then 40 and see how you feel, then go to 20 a day and 10 the next and keep tapering like that. BUT - add Pepcid or Zantac while you're doing it, with a goal of switching entirely to one of them. Also, be very good about eating right, not eating too close to bedtime, raising the head of your bed etc. All the things we know we are supposed to be doing. Good luck! | F | 53 | 4 weeks 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 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 | Gerd | Same as everyone!! ALL these meds are "PPIs" and are causing most ALL your symptoms....KEEP IN MIND......Nexium and Prilosec are both PPI's too! Read the ratings on NEXIUM and PRILOSEC before you take them, too! Also PLEASE report side effects to the FDA | F | 58 | 4 weeks | 2/24/2008 | 1 | possible GERD | After first day started experiencing dizziness, blurriness, numbness and tingling in arms and legs, headaches and tingling scalp, patchy red face and chest, with occasional sweating followed by chills. The scariest symptoms were the irregular heartbeat, fatique, constant burping and shortness of breath. Caffiene caused extreme nervousness and palpitations. Husband took me to the ER (I am 51 years old) thinking I was having a heart attack. Everything was negative, even a CAT scan on my brain. I mentioned to ER staff that I started taking aciphex, but they said that wouldn't cause my symptoms and sent me home with Valium. Tried Aciphex a few more times and each time felt worse. When I searched my symptoms on the internet, Aciphex was the first thing to appear. WILL NEVER TAKE IT AGAIN! | So relieved to finally figure out the cause of my symptoms. Have spent a lot of money on ER, specialists such as ENT and tests for Meniere's Disease, etc. Trust your first instincts - the doctor isn't always right. | F | 51 | 4 weeks | 3/10/2008 | 1 | GERD | racing heart, tremor, anxiety, throat constriction | Worked well for my GERD but couldn't stand the side effects. Tried Prilosec, Protonix, Aciphex, Nexium - same thing. Finally stopped everything (mistake - I should have tapered off) and had a very difficult week! It took 4-5 days for the heart pounding to stop, and almost a week to stop shaking. Now I'm trying lifestyle changes and orange peel extract. | F | 52 | 4 weeks | 12/27/2008 | 4 | Stomach ulcer | Weakness in upper left arm/shoulder. | Diagnosed with a stomach ulcer, I was prescribed Prevacid at first, but had bad ringing in the ear after the 2nd dose so I stopped the Prevacid for a week or two. The burning came back worse than before and I was then prescribed Aciphex instead. Aciphex immediately stopped the gnawing pain within a couple of hours, and I have had great relief ever since. The only side effect I noticed is ongoing muscle weakness in my left shoulder/arm since being on it, but it is mild and so much better than the constant burning/gnawing sensations in my stomach. | M | 41 | 5 weeks | 10/4/2008 | 1 | acid reflux | About 2 weeks after starting the drug, I began to feel very, very tired, had shaking of extremities, loss of appetite, lost 11 lbs. Went to MD for shortness of breath. She thought I had asthma. Took blood and called that night to go to the ER because my BUN and creatinine were elevated and I was going into renal failure. Became anemic, and immunosuppressed. In hospital for 1 week. Took 2 years to get my baseline kidney function back. Diagnosis was hypersensitivity reaction to aciphex. | F | 62 | 5 weeks 1 tablet 1X day | 4/22/2014 | 4 | acid reflux | neck stiffness, gas, some weight gain | alleviated severe acid reflux almost overnight; have experienced some insomnia but not sure if related to Aciphex or increased stress at work | M | 61 | 6 weeks | 12/30/2008 |