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 | acid reflux | Fatigue | This drug is better than Prilosec, but isn't a magic bullet. I feel like I have a rock (pressure) in my stomach most of the time, but the burning I experienced even with Prilosec before using Acifex is gone. The worse part is the fatigue. I feel very groggy until about 3:30 in the afternoon. It's really hard to get up in the morning, and I'm a morning person! I take the drug in the evening after dinner. Good news is, I sleep well! | F | 58 | 3 months 20 mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 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 | 4 | GERD | itching, numbness in limbs, headaches, fatigue, muscles ached, cramping, tight chest, heart palpitations, anxiety, dry mouth and throat. | The Aciphex healed my esophagus and I was very pleased. The side effects were not severe enough to attribute them to the drug, so I thought I was just going to hell in a handbasket. I'm glad I found this site. I am going to wean myself off and stick with Pepcid AC and see what happens. | F | 43 | 3 months | 11/19/2006 | 3 | Stomach Pains/Maybe Ulsar | Constipation, softer poo. | It helped my stomach pains but gave me constipation making a new pain to cover the old one. | M | 17 | 3 months | 1/31/2007 | 3 | Hiatal Hernia, Acid Reflux | After 3 months on Aciphex, I had a complete blood workup and was surprised to find that I had an elevated muscle enzyme count. I also found I had higher CPK levels. Apparently, Aciphex MAY reduce the elimination of cyclosporin in the liver. Wondering, since this is the only drug I am taking, whether the muscle pains/joint pains and the elevated muscle enzyme count is the result of Aciphex. I stopped taking it 2 days ago and now I have bouts of gasiness and loose stool. I will wait several weeks to fully rid my body of this drug and have my blood tested again. | M | 56 | 3 months 20 mg. 2X day | 12/25/2011 | 3 | GERD | Severe constant pressure/tightness in throat, particularly at base of ears, along jaw line, and along sides of esophogus. Sides of face go numb. Muscle weakness/stiffness/strange feeling in all major muscle groups, particulary shoulders and arms to the point where it gets difficult to type on a keyboard for exhaustion of holding my arms up. Fatigue. Dizziness. | It took a long time to discover that the symptoms are side-effects of the Aciphex and not some other disease. The doctor even did a CAT scan of my neck to try and find the cause of the throat pressure (came back perfectly normal). It wasn't until I missed a dose of the Aciphex and the next day I didn't have the symptoms that I realized it was the Aciphex. I then stayed off the Aciphex for several days and felt great for the first time in months, but then my original GERD symptoms of shortness of breath, terrible dry cough, raw/corrosive feeling in throat/chest came back full force. So I started taking the Aciphex again, which almost immediately stopped the GERD symptoms, but the swollen/pressure in throat feeling of the Aciphex came back within 2 days of starting the med again. What to do? | F | 35 | 3 months | 4/8/2007 | 3 | Gerd | Always had very low blood pressure. 3 mos. on this shot my blood pressure way up. having some anxiety. worst symptom though is the difficulty swallowing, almost choking on food or drink, coughing and glad to hear i'm not alone. nexium gave me blurred vision and confusion so not sure what to try now. i do not want to go back to vomiting acid. | it did get rid of the acid reflux for the most part. | F | 41 | 3 months | 4/22/2009 | 3 | acid reflux | muscle pain in arms. severe bloating and weight gain, headaches, depression. | I couldn't figuire out why I was gaining weight and so bloated all the time. It was disgusting. My bowel movements were so often during the day it was ridiculous. My stomach hurt so bad I had a galbladder test done which turned out negative. My headaches were so bad I ended up in the ER having a cat scan done of my head. Of course all my tests were negative. I stopped taken this drug three days ago and the bloat is gone. WOW, I'm glad I found this site. | F | 50 | 3 months | 5/25/2008 | 2 | GERD/Hiatal Hernia | forgetful along with tingling, twitching and tremors in both legs and feet | AciPhex definitely eased the pain of my GERD. I have been taking it for about 3 months and started feeling strange. I assumed the forgetfulness was from getting older but even my husband noticed changes in my personality (probably grumpy from all the symptoms). I decided to stop taking AciPhex last Sunday and am glad I did. A few weeks ago I started having twiching in both feet and was visible to others. It progressed to my legs from the knee down and I was sure I had a blot clot or severe circulation problems. I had twitches and tremors that would not stop and continue on and off througout the day. It would wake me up at night. With that said - I have not had any of those symptoms. Not sure if it was the AciPhex but that is the only medication I was taking. So far so good. Thanks to this website for I have learned a lot of information that was not of the preseciption side effects or fine print from the pharmacist pamphlet. I keep Tums and Pepcid in my purse just in case but all in all feel MUCH better without the AciPhex. Good luck and good health to you all. | F | 43 | 3 months | 6/13/2009 | 2 | acid reflux | Am also a sufferer of colitis, so I am unsure if this is caused by aciphex, however, I have been having bad gas, cramps and stomach bloating which roughly coincides with use of this product. | M | 52 | 3 months | 7/24/2006 | 1 | GERD | While taking some muscle pains on shoulder thinking that caused by using too much PC at work. After stop taking I developed weak body that caused shoulder pain,knee pains, cold legs that annoys me a lot. I was a person who never went to a doctor for serious issue till age 25. I believe that it weakens my immune system, it makes it more vulenreable for those pains. Many medication may cure something along may take something from you. Please lets sue this company before it damage more on peoples body. Some doctors are contracted with medicine companies. They get some percentage of what they prescribe.I hope I didnt develop reuamatic or some other diseases by using it. | Please use natural things. | M | 27 | 3 months | 9/15/2007 | 5 | ACID REFLUX | none | F | 50 | 4 months | 3/16/2001 | 4 | ulcer/ Acid | The major side effect I have is funky headaches. Even though the aciphex helps the stomach pain and acid, the headaches were too much to continue taking the pills as prescribed | I did start taking my Aciphex every other day to every third day and my pain is virtually gone. I have noticed if I go a week or so without Aciphex and eat certain "forbidden" foods my tummy will hurt. With Aciphex I am pretty much able to eat most foods within reason. | M | 42 | 4 months | 8/30/2007 | 4 | GERD | Loose stools, occasional itching. | I had severe pain in lower chest starting in the afternoon. I was on Prilosec for months, but it stopped having an effect. I had been somewhat depressed as well, so the Dr. put me on Zoloft and Acifex. It took several weeks for the Acifex to have an effect, but I haven't had any pain in over two months. I stopped it for a few days, and the pain returned almost immediately. | M | 54 | 4 months | 12/21/2007 | 4 | Acid Reflux | Pain just under knee caps. Thought it was from playing beach volleyball and running but finally figured out pain coincides with when I started taking Aciphex. After reading this site today I'm convinced this is the cause so I'm stopping and will look for another way to treat this mess. The drug works but some days I can hardly walk. Also have had headaches from time to time. I think this mostly happens when I'm under hydrated anyway. The more I drink the less often this happens. Also saw some comments hear about "fogginess". I have days like this but just thought it was from getting old. | M | 39 | 4 months | 4/20/2008 | 3 | GERD | ANXIETY, SHORTNESS OF BREATHE, LIGHTHEADEDNESS, AND OVERALL FEELING OF WEAKNESS, NOT TO MENTION THE BOUTS OF INSOMNIA. | I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT TO GO CRAZY.. I AM NOT MUCH OF TAKING MEDS UNTIL RELENTLESS HEARTBURN TOOK OVER MY DAY TO DAY FUNCTIONS. I STARTED WITH OTC STUFF.. THE DOC SAID THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT ALL.. BUT LOW AND BEHOLD IT GOT WORSE.. THEN STARTED WITH AL THE RX'S. BAD IDEA.. ALL OF MY SIDE EFFECTS TOOK OVER MY LIFE. I HAD STRESS TESTS, ULTRASOUNDS , NOT TO MENTION THE ER VISITS. I AM 26 , A PARAMEDIC, AND A COMPETITVE WEIGHT LIFTER.. THESE MEDS ALMOST PUT ME OUT OF COMISSION. NO ONE COULD ANSWER IF WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING WAS SIDE EFFECTS OR IF I WAS FALLING APART FROM THE INSIDE OUT. WELL I HAVE BEEN OFF THE RX'S FOR A FEW DAYS WITH SOME RELIEF OF THE SIDE EFFECTS, BUT STILL WITH SOME WEAKNESS AND LIGHT HEADEDNESS. HOW LONG TILL I GET BACK TO NORMAL? I HAVE BEEN USEING APPLE CIDAR VINEGAR FOR FLARE UP WHICH SEEMS TO BE HELPING. ANY ADVICE? THANKS TO THIS WEBSITE I AM A LITTLE MORE AT EASE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE! | M | 26 | 4 months | 11/26/2008 | 2 | Barrett's, Hiatal Hernia | Always hungry, feel bloated, always have gas, dry mouth | I have always felt like my stomach is bloated. I have been taking this religiously, tried taking it in different times but no avail. I still feel like I am bloated, not discomfort, but feel like I ate too much! I also tried buying those expensive GERD pillow but for some reason, I strain my shoulders. Maybe because of the design. I might go with the elevated bed. | M | 36 | 4 months | 8/14/2007 | 1 | acid reflux | I have had terrible itching in spots all over my body. the back of my neck, inner thighs, calves, stomach, arms. It has been terrible and I am happy that I just read this on this site. | M | 44 | 4 months | 2/12/2007 | 1 | Gerd | constantly short of breath, extreme fatigue, dizziness, rash on face and neck | It worked on my heartburn but the price was steep. It took me four months, about a dozen tests, and a lot of money to realize that the Aciphex was the cause of my constantly being short of breath, extreme fatigue, dizziness, and generally feeling like crap. Even the doctors told me that the Aciphex could not be causing my problems. I luckily ran out of it one day and just kept forgetting to get my prescription refilled. I noticed that I started feeling like my old active self after about two or three days. It has been a week now and I feel great after being completed miserable for four months. Aciphex changed my life in the worst way. | F | 34 | 4 months | 5/9/2006 | 5 | Acid Reflux | No noticeable side effects other than more consistent belching. However, with acidity under control appetite increased and I had some slight weight gain. | I had narrowing of "schatzi's ring" in upper esophagus due to acidity and reflux. Food would block (particularly meat/beef)in my esophagus when eating. My Dr. opened up the ring with a balloon type of device, and then prescribed Aciphex. I stopped the Aciphex after 30 days, and acidity returned and renewed symtoms of blockage. I have been able to establish a clear causal link between the increased acidity and the blockage. As long as I take the Aciphex the acidity stays under control and there is no blockage when I eat. | M | 52 | 5 months | 3/7/2006 |