NEXIUM Reviews (ESOMEPRAZOLE MAGNESIUM)Average Rating: 2.2 (1126 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NEXIUM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEXIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Acid reflux | I'm no longer taking this medication. | 6 months off the Nexium, I'm not as bad as I was but still battling. Terrible side effects - there needs to be a lawsuit as this stuff is horrific | F | 51 | 40mg 1X day | 3/12/2024 Patient History | 1 | Gerd | Cotton mouth, itchy skin, congested sinus, very thirsty | Think twice before taking this drug. Not one doctor will explain the side effects. Nexium is not the gold standard that it is made out to be. | M | 54 | 3 days 40mg 1X day | 12/30/2023 | 1 | To cure helicobacter pylori | Muscle pain, muscle weakness, weird taste in food, stomach pain, either constipation or diarrhoea, fever, trouble sleeping, whole body fatigue, | Something is not right i need to see doctor again asap | M | 24 | 2 days 20mg 1X AN | 12/12/2023 | 1 | Reflux | Panic, anxiety, diarrhoea, shaking, chills, exhaustion, brain fog, muscle pains, abdominal pains, lightheadedness | This is an update, now 1 month today since I stopped taking it. Brain fog, Anxiety and panic went after 2 weeks (I think thanks to acupuncture) shaking stopped at 3 weeks. Now for the last week I feel I have low acid so stopped taking Rennies and Kefir. Still can not eat any fatty foods so it is egg, chicken or fish most days. I was able to start drinking tea again last week after a month of not being able to. My left calf muscle is still a bit sore, like I ran a marathon. Today was the first day I didn’t have diarrhoea and run to the toilet. But still suffering with lightheadedness tiredness and exhaustion - it comes over me in waves a few times a day as opposed to being a constant like it was from day 2 of starting the nexium. I started driving again a week ago. A month ago I thought I would never be able drive again. I try and snack every 2 hours (peanut butter on brown bread) and I find it does help with lightheadedness. I am hopeful that this time next month I will be 100% recovered. So In a nutshell I am defo better than I was but I take it week by week (not day by day) and it is not a quick recovery. Luckily I kept a journal so on my down days I look back to what I was like the week before. That is when I see a difference. | F | 52 | 12 days 40mg 1X day | 10/7/2023 | 1 | Acid reflux | Panic, anxiety, short of breath, extreme tiredness, depression, pins and needles. Bad shaking | Day 6 of this poison. Acupuncture helped release my flight or fight mode I was in since withdrawal but I'm still very tired, very shaky and can't hardly do any tasks. Still depressed. Started probiotics today so am hoping it helps. Stay away from this poison please | F | 52 | 12 days 40mg 1X day | 9/13/2023 | 1 | Gerds | Lighthead, anxiety, panic attacks, pain in leg, chest pain, shortness of breath (not consistently), fatigue. | Do not take this drug. The side effects are not worth the relief from your discomfort. | F | 65 | 11 months 40mg 1X day | 6/29/2023 | 1 | Reflux | Migraine,Panic Attacks, Blurry Vision, Dizziness, Lightheaded,ShortBreath,Neck Pain,ShoulderPain, Extreme high blood pressure, Fast heartbeat | The list of side effects are endless, It didn't take me long to figure out that it was the drug as I had taken a different PPI before and the side effects were the same The doctor advised me that this one was safe...well it was a lie...a few days late I felt like I was dying I can't even drive anymore I have panic attacks while driving, can't exercise because I feel Dizzy all the time as if I am going to fall I have been to ER twice and all bloods were normal except Iron that was low The Migraines are massive they don't even respond to any pain killer Also suddenly I can't even drink a mere Panado ,30 min later my heart will be pulsating like crazy I react to every medicine I drink I suddenly have high blood pressure which spiked In one day and I know I am a healthy human being...I would run 8 km a day I am currently taking Magnesium as well as Ferrous Forte as I knew from past experience that PPi affects your body's ability to absorb these... they have helped me previously and It takes almost 3 months for the drug to get flushed out your system So I am basically taking each day as it comes A good Alternative for stomach problems is Alkaline powder daily it helps neutralise stomach acid | F | 37 | 7 days 40MG 1X day | 6/17/2023 | 1 | Gerd | Soreness in neck and shoulders, anxiety, insomnia, flu like symptoms, jittery, felt like my blood sugars were low, brain fog, dizziness, very weak muscles, fatigue | The reason I think it's Nexium, I was taking it a few months ago and ended up in hospital thinking I was having a heart attack but after stress test all good with heart. Stopped taking Nexium 2 weeks ago but still having side effect | M | 58 | 6 weeks 20mg 2X day | 6/16/2023 Patient History | 1 | Heartburn, GERD | Anxiety, panic attacks, severe depression, fear of nothing, brain fog | Was going through something, got better then began taking the generic version, esomeprazole because omeprazole was not strong enough. Within a few weeks, I woke up one morning in a constant panicky state. Brain fog, can't see anything besides the depression and fear of absolutely nothing. The panic only gets worse as the day goes on, and gets so unbelievably bad at nighttime that suicide is an attractive option. It feels completely chemical, and I've been working with a psychiatrist to help me figure out what medication I am taking that is causing this. I used to love the nighttime. Now I dread it. I've been off it for 8 days and I feel some horrible emotional withdrawal happening. If anyone can tell me how long it took them to feel normal again, please email me, as I feel lost. | F | 21 | 3 months 40 1X day | 6/15/2023 | 1 | Esophagitis | Extreme fatigue and tingling all over my body. | This med was too harsh for me. I'm checking with a surgeon about hiatal hernia and will be trying Pepcid in the future. Not worth it. | F | 46 | 4 days 40mg 1X day | 5/24/2023 | 1 | Heartburn | I had bad heartburn for 3 days straight so my doctor prescribed Opramezole. After 2 days I would wake up lifeless with high fever and rapid heart rate. I was shaking and lost so much weight which I can't afford as im under weight anyway. I felt I was becoming a skeleton but they told me it's just anxiety so I persisted. After a week I could not bare it anymore so they changed it. Put me on Nexium and over 4 days my symptoms as followed: Right eye blurry with black spots floating in both eyes, severe vertigo, arms cramping in agony, lost feeling in both legs and my mum had to help me walk, chest sore, waking up sweating fever chills and panic attacks, too scared to sleep. Severe nausea stopping me from eating, twitches and loss sensation in hands/fingers, delirium and depression, brain fog and loss of cognitive abilities. I feel I am dying so I stopped taking it. Im praying I get better and going to try get better with diet changes even though I was healthy to begin with. | F | 25 | 4 days 40mg 1X day | 4/26/2023 | 1 | Acid Reflux | I felt mildy dizzy on the low dose. I had went back to the Dr and been given the 40mg dose. This drug is awful. Panic attacks, chest pressure, irregular heartbeat, and shortness of breath. I will not be finishing the 7 day cycle as I am just too uncomfortable with it. | M | 28 | 4 days 40 MG 1X day | 4/22/2023 | 1 | h pylori | muscle pain in my back and shoulders, numb fingers on left hand, bad moods. this drug is a BS!! | i should have taken it for 7 days minimum but i cannot anymore. i will take the rest of my treatment without this crap! | M | 39 | 6 days 20 2X day | 2/11/2023 | 1 | Laryngopharyngeal Reflux/GERD | First couple of weeks helped to reduce GERD with no significant problems. Then slowly I started to feel tired, I wasn't sleeping well, bowel movements were inconsistent, blood pressure increase, then culminated with four days of anxiety, inner trembling, brain fog, lots of crying and feeling intensely overwhelmed and scared. Feelings I've never associated with to this extent (we all have our down moments, obviously). I have come off it now and will have to manage my GERD in different ways, I don't ever want to feel like that again. | The reason I'm suspecting nexium to have caused these symptoms is because I had a very similar experience nine years ago taking prescription Omeprazole. I never considered the impact PPIs could have until it happened twice. | M | 48 | 30 days 20mg 1X day | 1/15/2023 | 1 | Acid reflux | I took a tablet just before bed as I had ran out of Gaviscon, I literally had zero hours sleep. | I never have trouble sleeping, I could not work out why I could not sleep and can only put it down to taking this tablet before bed. Has anybody else had this problem? | M | 41 | 1 days 1 x 20mg 1X day | 1/2/2023 | 1 | For reflux | Vivid dreams and Extreme tiredness. Feel like my body is awake then all of a sudden a cloud of tiredness takes over and I struggle to keep my eyes open. Happened to me while driving on the highway yesterday at 10am. That was it for me. Decided to give them up. | Did help to calm my reflux, bloating and gas issues but it’s not worth it for those kind of side effects. | F | 50 | 20 days 49mg 1X day | 12/30/2022 | 1 | Gerd | Numbness and tingling all over body, weakness in legs, ringing in ears , severe back pain | Horrible drug!. Feel like my legs are going to buckle under me! tongue feels heavy | F | 43 | 20mg 1X day | 12/27/2022 | 1 | Severe GERD | I am hyper sensitive to all PPIs and Famotidine. I also after about ten weeks develop a nasty lupus rash. I have tried repeatedly to take these drugs as without them eating is impossible. However the fatigue is so bad I can't care for myself. I'm depressed. Feel I'm short of breath. Brain fog. Absolutely feel like I've got poison in my system. Awful. Gastric specialists have never heard of this. Well I certainly have. | The medical profession need to admit some people have a terrible reaction to these type of drugs. Awful fatigue needs to be listed as a warning. Not tiredness. It's not the same thing. | F | 68 | 6 days 40 mgs 1X day | 11/13/2022 | 1 | Reflux | Severe depression and anxiety weight loss. Insomnia. Felt suicidal. | Ended up under the crisis team for 6 weeks. Was 62 at the time of taking this medication. Have never suffered with depression in my life. The dose was far to high as im only 7 and a half stone. The doctor who prescribed this should have known it was to high. I nearly lost my life as i didnt want to live but i couldnt do that to my family. I think about it every day and im still on medication 6 years later. Dont take this drug. | F | 68 | 4 months 80mg daily 1X day | 11/4/2022 | 1 | Gerd | Took 2 pills and within an hour my whole body was hurting all over like i had the flu!.. was so bad i didn't want to get out of bed. Made my stomach hurt too | F | 43 | 1 weeks 1X day | 11/1/2022 |
NEXIUM (ESOMEPRAZOLE MAGNESIUM): Esomeprazole is used to treat certain stomach and esophagus problems (such as acid reflux, ulcers). It works by decreasing the amount of acid your stomach makes. It relieves symptoms such as heartburn, difficulty swallowing, and persistent cough. This medication helps heal acid damage to the stomach and esophagus, helps prevent ulcers, and may help prevent cancer of the esophagus. Esomeprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). If you are self-treating with this medication, over-the-counter esomeprazole products are used to treat frequent heartburn (occurring 2 or more days a week). Since it may take 1 to 4 days to have full effect, these products do not relieve heartburn right away. For over-the-counter products, carefully read the package instructions to make sure the product is right for you. Check the ingredients on the label even if you have used the product before. The manufacturer may have changed the ingredients. Also, products with similar brand names may contain different ingredients meant for different purposes. Taking the wrong product could harm you. FDA Approval Date: 2001-02-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)