PROTONIX Reviews (PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.0 (670 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROTONIX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROTONIX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | acid reflux | On 40 mg in June and July.Experienced weakness dizziness nausea lost 15 lbs. Switched to 20 felt better in 4 days. | Don't take 40 unless you are bad off. | 87 | 3 months 40 | 8/29/2015 | 3 | upset stomach | Experienced diarrhia | F | 86 | 3 months | 8/11/2004 | 1 | gastric reflux | Malaise,tingling in my hands and legs,bottom of my feet were very tender. | I took the drug for two months and went off it three days ago.I have been very tired and still have the same effects.Thought I had the flu,but fortunately I found this web site and realize it isn't in my head.My Doctor did not know about these side effects.I can't thank you enough. | F | 86 | 2 months | 10/17/2009 | 4 | acid reflex | Had 65 gastric polyps removed. Stomach was clear one year ago. Internet artical on gastric polyps states caused from proton pump medications | F | 79 | 2 years 40 1X day | 9/14/2010 | 4 | acid reflux and indigestion | severe migrane headaches, severe neck pain which took over ten days to disappear. Also one episode of a complete memory loss of my activies that lasted over one hour. Will never take this medicine again. | F | 79 | 4 days 40mg 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 3 | acid reflux, ulcers | diarrhea, headaches, lightheadedness, extreme fatigue | Review written for 79 YO partner who has not fared well in the 3 weeks he has taken this medication. Thank goodness for this site. The FDA warnings about fractures scares me. We plan on calling his Dr. Monday to discuss alternatives or a lower dose. | M | 79 | 3 weeks 40 MG 2X day | 10/24/2010 | 3 | Acid reflux | Weight gain bloating | F | 78 | 0 days 40 1X day | 4/2/2021 | 1 | reflux | Terrible headache, eye pain, jaw pain, digestive system pain, dizziness, blood pressure shot up 40 points, has sodium be careful, and also be careful if you have macula can affect the eye and lead to blindness, scary! | It is a scary medicine, did not help the reflux at all. One day after stopping it, my blood pressure dropped and the eye, jaw and headache are almost gone. | F | 76 | 6 days 2X day | 9/10/2015 | 4 | per cardiologist after ACS | none | I just stopped taking protonix for 2 reasons. I always felt that the relief it gave me during a 3 day hospital stay for angioplasty with 2 stents was really unnecessary in the post-hospital period. I am a possible candidate for the infamous "donut hole" in my drug coverage and need to reduce costs. New studies question the wisdom of long-term protonix use so I stopped protonix 3 days ago with no symptoms of reflux or anything else. I had been on it for 33 months. | M | 75 | 33 months | 12/30/2006 | 2 | Acid reflux | Nausea, increased gas and bloating(worse than before starting med) severe prolonged headache, waking up at night with increased, pounding heart rate, ( concerned I was having a heart attack) stiff neck and tgrough upper back and shoulders, felt feverish but temp was only 97*, fleeting negative thoughts about my well being, general feeling unwell. | I am not going to finish taking this med. Especially after i found out the severe issues for the elderly long term. | F | 74 | 28 days 40 mg 1X day | 4/7/2022 | 5 | esophagal stricture and reflux | I must say it worked for 4 months during that time I lost 25 lbs. | I changed the size of meals at 3 per day and raised the headboard of my bed 7 inches [to keep stomach acid down at night]. Now take Prilosec occasionally when needed. It probably will turn out to be a lifestyle for me,feeling much better. | M | 73 | 4 months | 3/5/2006 | 5 | GERD | Weight Loss [which was well tolerated with a loss of 50 Cholesterol points] | A great drug and it works and lasts all day and night. I am off it now but just take it occasionally. | M | 73 | 3 months | 1/8/2009 | 2 | acid reflux | Pressure/pain in chest, extreme anxiety, shortness of breath, overall body aches, | M | 72 | 22 days 20mg 1X day | 3/4/2020 | 2 | Gerd | Bloating, stomach pain, gas | F | 72 | 3 days 40mg 1X day | 8/12/2020 | 2 | Eosinophilic esophagitis, Gerd | Abdominal and stomach pain , nausea, can only eat small amounts of food , bloating , belching , anxiety, mouth tongue sores and burning, and frequent chills and flu like symptoms. | Medication worked well for about 4 months then side effects started , abdominal and stomach pain continued to get worse and bloating and belching everyday , often feel like I have flu symptoms. now have oral redness and burning pain and throat pain too , going to see dentist today . Have a excellent dental record and oral hygiene is excellent too . Have started to wean off this med . Have always been very active and now just miserable . Hoping these symptoms will go away after I stop this med . | F | 72 | 8 months 40 mg 1X day | 11/10/2022 | 1 | Gastritis | nausea, headache, stomach pain, Tingling in feet hands, can't sleep, Anxiety. Heart papalations, chest pain | F | 72 | 3 days 40mg 2X day | 6/19/2021 | 3 | Severe GERD due to Hiatal Hernia | HORRIBLE CRAMPS IN ARMS & LEGS! NUMBNESS IN FINGERS AND TOES upon waking. Rash on face and chest. Problems with left eye, feels like I have something in it. Very lethargic, tired all the time. Pains in neck and sometimes shoulders. Pains in joints, especially elbows. Pain radiates from elbows to forearms. I recently tried to stop taking it. AND THE BURNING STARTED AGAIN! I don't know which is worse .. the BURNING or THE CRAMPS and OTHER SIDE EFFECTS OF PROTONIX! DO NOT LET YOUR PHYSICIAN TELL YOU "There are no side effects." | I had no idea that the symptoms I was having (for a LONG TIME!)were the result of Protonix. IT DID TAKE CARE OF THE EXTREME BURNING from food/acid leaking into my Esophagus and reversed the VERY HARMFUL case of Barrett's Syndrome ... BURNED MY ENTIRE ESOPHAGUS! I could not live with the pain I was having and I remember keeping liquid Maalox with me ALWAYS!!! I had to wean off MANY different types of mediacation recently, due to PERICARDITIS condition. I had lots of side effects from EVERY MEDICATION I TOOK! It got down to taking only an 81mg aspirin/per day and 1 40mg Protonix/per day. THAT's when I discovered THE REMAINING SIDE EFFECTS WERE FROM PROTONIX and I stopped taking it for a week ... THE CRAMPING STOPPED! THE PAINS IN MY NECK STOPPED! THE NUMBNESS IN MY HANDS AND FEET STOPPED! THE PAIN IN MY JOINTS STOPPED! But.. I had to start taking it again because the BURNING CAME BACK VERY BAD!!! I wish there was a way to just take one every other day or once a week! I sure hate the side effects .. but it DOES WORK FOR SEVERE GERD and BARRETT'S SYNDROME!!! Your burning will stop .. mind did. | M | 71 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 10/29/2010 | 1 | Reflux, Schatzki's ring. | Been on PPI before...I forgot about the side effects! Weight gain already and pain. I stopped them before when my GI doubled my dose...my esophagus turned pink after being purple from years of reflux! I'm stopping the today. | Not my first PPI!!!! All cause these problems. | F | 71 | 10 days 40mg 1X day | 5/6/2021 | 1 | Bleeding ulcers | Fog brain, dizziness upon standing, heaviness in arms legs and torso, weight gain, water retention | Started when I was diagnosed with 3 bleeding ulcers. It helped with the ulcers but the side effects were terrible. Was prescribed 80 mg/day. I am now 2 days off and the side effects are diminishing. I thought I was having heart trouble. Would not recommend this. | M | 70 | 10 days 80 mg 2X day | 6/7/2022 | 1 | Acid teflux | This medication made me deathly ill. I woke up this morning and could not stop vomiting. It is now 5 o'clock in the evening and I'm feeling still weak from it. | This medication is tule poisoning. I'm stopping tonight and hopefully the nausea will be better tomorrow morning with no vomiting. | F | 70 | 3 days 40 mg 1X day | 11/3/2023 |
PROTONIX (PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM): Pantoprazole is used to treat certain stomach and esophagus problems (such as acid reflux). It works by decreasing the amount of acid your stomach makes. This medication relieves symptoms such as heartburn, difficulty swallowing, and persistent cough. It helps heal acid damage to the stomach and esophagus, helps prevent ulcers, and may help prevent cancer of the esophagus. Pantoprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). FDA Approval Date: 2000-02-02 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)