Drug Ratings for ZEGERIDAverage Rating: 2.6 (15 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZEGERID | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | Acid reflux, indigestion | I haven't experienced any side effects while on this medicine. | The best medicine I've ever taken for acid reflux and other stomach/esophagus related problems. Feel completely cured! | F | 25 | 30 days | 4/1/2009 | 1 | Ulcer/Gastritis, Acid Reflux | Nausea, loss of appetite, loose and urgent stools, stomach pain, extremely slow digestion, exhaustion, flu-like feeling, severe dairy intolerance. | The first pill worked like a miracle! The 2nd pill had me feeling/looking so sick that my husband almost took me to the ER. Turns out I had all the symptoms of an overdose - 24 hours after taking the 1st dose! I had to take it less and less often until I was only taking 20mg once a week. And it slowed my digestion to the point that I got diagnosed with gastroparesis. I had always had a VERY fast metabolism before. You're supposed to take it on an empty stomach (this is no joke - if you have ANY food in your stomach, the side effects will be much worse) and I often had to wait 20-24 hours AFTER eating before I'd even feel hungry again. A drink of water would make me feel full. This pill made me so miserable, but stopping it brought the acid reflux back with a vengeance. But it was worth putting up with the breakthrough acid (when it never completely cured the acid reflux in the first place, even with a very restricted diet) to get away from this horrible pill. Good news: it cured my stomach lining issues. Bad news: I'm stuck with more trouble than I originally had. It's been over a year since I took the last pill and I'm still nowhere near back to normal. It's been a slow recovery. This drug is dangerous. It works, but only use it as a last resort - and BE MONITORED CLOSELY BY YOUR DOCTOR!! | F | 26 | 6 months 40 1X D | 4/19/2010 | 2 | Reflux | I was pretty dizzy while taking this. | F | 29 | 3 months | 6/12/2009 | 2 | GERD | Dizzy, stomach cramps, depression, burning feeling in stomach after taking it | Worked for the acid reflux but made me feel like I was in another world | F | 30 | 2 months | 6/19/2009 | 1 | GERD | Irritability, dizziness, headaches | This helped my GERD, but about two hours after taking this, I felt instantly mad. I know it was the medication, because I stopped taking it, and the next day I felt back to normal (mentally). | F | 32 | 1 months 40mg 1X D | 3/8/2010 | 5 | acid reflux | Had chest pain at first, don't know if it was the medicine or not. Could have had something to do with the gallbladder surgery. Started taking it again after a week and so far no more chest pain. | Works better than anything else I have taken. My main problem is nausea which my doctor says is acid reflux. I have tried all the other medicines out there and nothing has worked. I'd say this works about 95% of the time. Still have some nausea with certain foods but nothing like before. I can finally stop living off chicken noodle soup and crackers ! | F | 35 | 10 days | 10/20/2009 | 5 | Barrett's and GERD | Burning Stomach for a short while after begging the medidication and headaches but this subsided. Doc advised me this medication is known to cause low Vitamin D and B 12. | I tried every medication out there as I had severe symptoms and this has worked the best for me. I take 40 mg once a day. If you can get past the initial adjustment it works great. | M | 36 | 2 years | 10/6/2009 | 1 | Gerd | Pinpricks of itchiness on body. Itchy burning feeling on back. Feels like shivers across my skin. | F | 39 | 4 days 20 1X D | 8/23/2010 | 1 | GERD / Peptic ulcer | nausea / vomiting approximately 20 minutes after taking medication in the morning and at night, 30 lbs weight loss, dizziness, extreme burning sensation in chest / throat / mouth, very foggy-headed | Short-term may be okay for some patients. I have not talked to anybody that was able to tolerate this medication longer than a couple of months. I would suggest a serious conversation with the physician if this is prescribed to you. | F | 40 | 8 months | 12/10/2009 | 1 | GERD | From the second day I started getting headaches. By day five, the headache was so bad I thought my head would explode and could not sleep all night from the pain. I stopped it completely then. | It never improved my symptoms at all in the five days I took it. | F | 40 | 5 days | 1/11/2010 | 4 | acid reflux | I just recently began taking zegerid and have not experienced any negative side effects. I | I am not sure if it's too soon to tell if it's helping my acid reflux, but I do seem to be having less trouble eating. | M | 42 | 5 days | 9/8/2009 | 1 | Acid Reflix | Chest pain, tightness in the chest. | Began taking this for the treatment of Acid Reflux. Early on I had mild chest pains and an EKG came up negative. After about 90 days, I again had chest pains and pains in my left arm. I spent two days in the hospital and test results showed nothing was wrong. Researching the drug online I found others with similar side effects. I switched to another medication and the chest pains went away. | M | 46 | 90 days 30 1X D | 4/13/2010 | 4 | Acid Reflux | None, but a slight increase in appetite. | Zegerid seemed to work fine for me. I had bad side effects with a few of the H2 Blockers (e.g., Zantac, Pepcid, etc.). I also take Aciphex in the morning. Both Aciphex and Zegerid are the two PPI's that worked best for me with little to no side effects. | M | 49 | 3 years 40 MG 1X D | 10/24/2011 | 5 | GERD | None | Stops GERD in it's tracks with no side effects. | F | 52 | 16 months | 4/17/2009 | 1 | GERD/Reflux | nausea, vomiting, increased blood pressure, lightheadedness, weakness, digestive disorder, sweating, chest pain. | Day one=whole day in bed Day two=ended up in the ER No more, this med can kill me. | M | 72 | 2 days | 10/9/2009 |
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