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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRILOSEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | stomach ulcer | Initially, very weird nervous trembling sensation in the body, feelings of nervous anxiety. Then leading to feeling all the time nervous, pain in the back of the neck, wake up at 3am unable to get back to sleep with nervous energy very anxious. Tinitus, pain in the back of the head worstening, dizzy, unable to walk in a straight line ( unless I follow the lines in the paving stones ). Eventually felt like I was having heart problems, and on four separate occasions just before I stopped the Omeprazole very bad deep depressions as well, almost suicidal ( and I can add that normally I do not suffer from this depressions or low spirits and would consider myself as normally a happy / optimistic person ). I stopped the Omeprazole after 12 days as I googled "omeprazole depression" and found MANY sites with many 1000's of people with the same side effects, and guessed that this doctor prescribed drug was driving me bonkas. | After stopping the Omeprazole / prilosec ( has many different brand names for essentially the same ingredients, depending on your country ), I VERY gradually started to feel better. IT WAS ALL THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. But everyones metabolisms are different, so recovery times will differ, and of course some people don't even suffer bad side effects with this drug. But if you have taken this drug and have suffered the same as me, don't worry, the effects will wear off gradually. After about a week, the horrible depression feeling wore off and the pain in the back of the neck disappeared, the dizzyness took about 2-3 weeks to wear off but can come back minimally and as time passes less frequently. After about 1 month I am able now to get a decent nights sleep and no longer wake up with a nervous energy rush, but still not back to 100%. 5 weeks has now passed since I stopped the Omeprazole, and some side effects still linger but not as severe ... I can have nervous anxiety / frights, but that is wearing off and hopefully after a few more weeks will have totally disappeared. I still have the tinitus at times, but that too is wearing off and is much less audible, but still there a bit at times. | M | 58 | 12 days 20 2X day | 1/16/2015 | 2 | acid reflux | After about 5 days of taking Prilosec OTC I started to feel really dizzy, have light headaches, and fatigue. I figured I was coming down with the flu. After 3-4 more days, I still didn't have the flu, but I started feeling nauseated all day and having stomach pain at night. My muscles also started cramping very badly everywhere from my fingers to toes to abdomen to legs. I have PCOS and am therefore prone to magnesium deficiency and therefore muscle cramps, but I couldn't figure out what was causing them to suddenly increase so severely. Finally I looked up Priolsec side effects online and sure enough, magnesium deficiency (and all of these related symptoms) are common side effects. I stopped taking the Prilosec yesterday morning and started taking a magnesium supplement, but I am still experiencing all these symptoms. I wonder how long it will take to get back to normal. | It does work REALLY well for curing heartburn/acid reflux, and I know some people who swear by it. But I think if you have any trouble getting/retaining magnesium or any conditions (such as PCOS) where this common you probably want to avoid it. The side effects are much worse than the acid reflux. | F | 36 | 9 days 1X day | 1/15/2015 | 1 | MINI STROKE,HEART PALPITATIONS,HOT FLASHES,BLOATNESS,JOCK ITCH,RINGING IN EARS,RED EYES,BURNING EYES, BURNING ARMS AND LEGS WHEN WAKEUP,STIFF FACE AND HEAD.SHOULDER AND KIDNEY PAIN,VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES.AND SO MUCH MORE ABOUT EVERY WORST SYMPTOMS U CAN THINK OF AND IM NOT KIDDING | DO NOT AND I MEAN DO NOT TAKE THIS MED THESE MEDS SHOULD BE OFF THE MARKET AND HOW THEY ARE EVEN OFFER THESE MEDS OVER COUNTER LIKE WALMART I DONT KNOW I COME AWARE OF THAT FDA GETS MONEY FROM APPROVING DRUGS AND THEY ARE JUST APPROVING ANYTHING EVEN AFTER THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SIDE EFHECTS THEY KEEP IT ON THE MARKET I THINK OF THEM AS THE BIGGEST DRUF DEALERS OF THE WORLD !!! NOW , DOCTORS WANT YOU TO THINK IT ALL IN UR HEAD AND WRITE U MORE MEDS ARE UP UR DOSE DONT DO IT THERE THE ONES THAT ARE CRAZY THEY WANT US TO THINK THIS IT SOLVES NOTHING AND YOU KEEP COMING BACK MORE MONEY FOR THEM I MEAN THERE IS PROVEN FACTS ON CURE CANCER DISEASES WITH FRUIT BACKING SODA AND HIGH DOSES OF VITIAMINS BUT FDA DONT WANT U TO KNOW THIS AND U COULD GO TO STORE AND BUY A DOLLAR BOTTLE OF APPLE CIDER VINIGAR ARE BAKING SODA THEY CANT POISION U FURTHER WITH CHEMO ECT PNLY MAKES SINCE TO TRY TO CURE UR CANCER WITH SOMETHING THAT CAUSES CANCER AND RUINS UR IMMUNE SYSTEM THIS WORLD HAS WENT TO CRAP START RESEARCHING YOUTUBE NATURAL CURES U SEE WHAT I SAY ITS TIME FOR US TO BUCK UP ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IF ANYBODY FOUND ANY INFO HOW TO GET RID OF THIS STUFF I LIKE TO KNOW I HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS FOR 8 MONTHS AND TIRED OF IT I HAD ALOT OF TEST THOUGHT I HAD BRAIN CANCER COLON CANCER EVERYTHING I DID FIND OUT I AM DEFICIENT IN VITAMIN D WAS 19 AND MY B12 WAS 372 SO IF U READING THIS LOOKING FOR HOPE MAYBE THAT A START BUT PLEASE IF U READING THIS AND HAVE ANY INFO TO HELP ME GET RID OF THESE SYMTOMS PL | M | 34 | 20mg 1X day | 1/15/2015 | 3 | I had Hpylori infection and GERD | Lump in throat, anxiety, brain fog, hair loss started after 8 weeks,heart palpitations,& burning pain between shoulder blades. | I had an endoscopy and it confirmed a Hpylori infection and was prescribed omprazole along with the antibiotic treatment. Almost immediately I had a lump feeling in my throat. Was told to continue Omprazole afterwards because of GERD. Brain fog started almost immediately. Went on low acid diet. It felt like food just sat in my stomach. Then my HAIR STARTED FALLING OUT after 8 weeks. I have stopped the drug three days ago. I hope my brain fog goes away and hair stops falling out! | F | 48 | 4 months 20mg 1X day | 1/11/2015 | 1 | Severe Acid reflux and Gastritis | I have been having headaches, severe tummy aches that send me to urgent care, diarrhea, ear aches, dizziness, hot flashes all day and occasional cold sweats. Some times I get bad anxiety attacks as well. | The first few days it worked like magic but then went down hill from then. | F | 29 | 2 weeks 10 1X day | 1/11/2015 | 1 | Sterum pain | Anxiety, numbness and pressure in head to the point of feeling like I will pass out | I posted 10/8/2014 regarding my side effects. It has been a little over 3 months since I discontinued this medication. To date, I still have extreme anxiety and the numbness and pressure in my head have gotten worse. I am learning to cope somewhat better but feel like I will never return to normal. They tried wellbutrin, lexapro and buspar and all made be feel worse. Now I take Lopressor and a xanax about once a week when my anxiety becomes unbearable. I thought it would correct itself in time but losing patience. Anyone out there who has recovered completely and how long did it take? | F | 10 days 1X day | 1/7/2015 | 1 | GERD and Hiatle Hernia | Anxiety, Constipation, Heart Palps (PVCs), Chest Pains, Tingling in hands/fingers, and just feeling bad. B12 and magnesium deficiency. | Long term side effects are brutal and they creep up on you. I am now off Prilosec and am successfully managing my GERD with digestive enzymes. | M | 57 | 6 years 20 1X day | 1/5/2015 | 1 | Gerd and hiatal hernia | At first it controlled heart burn but now I am in misery. I have rib pain, back pain, and abdominal pain. Every test under the sun comes back negative. Suppressing hydrochloride acid has caused bacterial infection in the intestines and I imagine this misery. Can't sleep. Crying hags like you wouldn't believe. Do yourself a favor and take tums or a natural remedy for heartburn . Don't wish this on anyone. Weaned off at last and hoping to recover. | Buyer beware!!!! | F | 45 | 10 months 40 | 12/30/2014 | 1 | Stomach pain after the gastric flu | I stopped after just one tablet. Never in my life have I experienced any acid reflux until I took this tablet. For the last five days since taking this I have experienced all day/night acid reflux burning in my throat, heart palpitations, inability to digest food, lack of hunger, night sweats and anxiety. Omeprazole causes extremely low stomach acid, does anyone know when my stomach acid levels will return to normal? | F | 22 | 1 days 20 mg | 12/15/2014 | 3 | chronic cough esp after eating but | allergy cold symptoms very sore when breathe just feel bad. taken about 2 weeks | F | 72 | 2 weeks 20 2X day | 12/2/2014 | 5 | GERD | Heart palpitations, panic attack, ulcers, dizziness, nausea, uncontrollable shaking, diarrhea, tingling sensation on left side of face and all over my body. Headache, eye ache, muscle aches, breathing problems. Stomach cramps, and swollen throat. Ringing and throbbing in both ears. Blurry vision, foggy head and lack of concentration. Back aches, lack of sleep, fatigue, drowsiness, and last but not least joint pain. | I took this drug to get rid of GERD but as soon as I started taking the drug I noticed abdominal pain, and the list of symptoms grew to the point where I had to check myself into the hospital 3 times with full blood work, EKG, CAT, and a stress test for my heart only to have the results come back as normal. I am still dealing with the symptoms left with the side effects caused by this drug. Although most of my symptoms have died down I am still going through hell. | M | 34 | 2 weeks | 11/30/2014 | 2 | acid reflux | Worked well at first. Side effects started after 1 month. Taste and smell like chemical constantly. I started having headaches and I never get headaches. Nausea and worse, it caused acid to come up even when standing. | Had to quit. Heartburn was much worse for a few days. Was able to get it under control with rolaids as needed. I've been off the drug for about a month and am slowly recovering. THIS DRUG MADE EVERYTHING WORSE. Don't take it for more than a week or so. I am confident that I will recover but it is taking a long time. | M | 60 | 35 days 40mg 1X day | 11/29/2014 | 1 | Acid reflux | Made acid WORSE. Just read how DANGEROUS this poison is, another REAL conspiracy by the criminal zionsist controlled / corporate controlled homicidal government. | Take prilosec and other PPI poison and get all these fun benefits: bone fractures + stomach cancer + depression + scores of other maladies associated with nutritional deprivation this s**t causes. B-17, a/k/a laetrile CURES cancer for real!! Search it! | M | 61 | 10 years 20mg 1X day | 11/25/2014 | 1 | Indigestion | Severe headaches, Suicidal intention, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Anxiety Attack, Weak, Dizzy, Couldn't focus, Lowered Immune. | This is by far the worst drug I have ever taken. I don't recommend taking this drug. I thought I was going crazy. I've been in and out of the hospital for many times because I wasn't satisfied with the doctors answers and got a blood test and they said I am normal. I have stopped taking this drug for a month already. Symptoms are fading but at a VERY slow pace. I just hope I knew how to detox them faster out of my system. I suggest diet over this drug. | M | 23 | 3 months 30 MG | 11/24/2014 | 1 | Acid reflux | This medication cause me to develop polyps ( 50 of them) my gastroenterologist said it's common so I am trying to ween myself off. A lot of side effects that this drug has caused me. | F | 50 | 1 months 40 mg | 11/22/2014 | 1 | gastritis | Blurred vision,no appetite,dry mouth,severe headaches,palpitations,tingling in hands,depression,worst anxiety ever(never been anxious in my life)tired but could not sleep,feeling not quite 'with it''. | Took this awful drug on and off,alternating with zantac for about 6 weeks,worst time of my life,thought I was going mad.Dr. would not accept the tablets caused these problems, silly me I believed him,trusted him and carried on taking them, after endoscopy then ultrasound found I had gallstones!!!What damage did these tablets cause as I did not have gastritis.Still suffering months later from side effects ,when will it get better? | M | 6 weeks 20mg. 1X day | 11/15/2014 | 1 | GERD | Depression, anxiety, suicide ideation, intense muscle and joint pain, fatigue, muscle loss, recurrent sinus infections, lowered immunity, severe dizziness, heart palpitations, ringing in ears, headaches, brain fog, kidney damage, liver damage. | Right now I am detoxing/withdrawing from this horrible poison. I stopped taking it 5 days ago and the rebound indigestion has been extremely difficult to manage. For the first 2 days, I survived on TUMS. Then I started doing some internet research. I am now taking probiotics, digestive enzymes, a super multi-vitamin, DGL licorice, mastic gum, D-Limonene, and Aloe juice. The indigestion is slowly fading. I am desperately doing anything I can to regain my health after this "medicine" ruined my life. Because of this drug, I've been on antidepressants and anti-anxiolitics. I've only been physically able to work part-time due to the muscle & joint pain, and fatigue. I thought I had fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome and was ready to kill myself from the pain. Please DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! It will take more than GERD away from you. I am very debilitated from this drug and wonder why this poison remains on the market. I'm hoping to get my life and health back, but feel like it's going to be a long road back to "living" and not merely "existing". | F | 50 | 6 years 20 MG 1X day | 11/15/2014 | 1 | to protect stomach from ibuprofen d | Its been 60 days since discontinued prilosec | Just want to encourage ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING from severe side effects - I AM GETTING BETTER !!!! THANK YOU GOD !!! Still have some anxiety and some pressure in head and ears also a lttle dizziness BUT NOTHING compared to when it started( early Sept) Anyhow make sure you STOP taking it ! I had to get 10 mg diazepm 3x's a day for the EXTREME ANXIETY worked good - first tried 5 mg didnt work fought anxiety ALL DAY! But today is the first day i dont even think i need it - all symptoms going - its been sooo long -60 days but i just want to THANK GOD and give you HOPE ! | F | 48 | 32 days 20 mg 1X day | 11/14/2014 Patient History | 1 | GERD | swollen tongue. Lump in throat. Depression. Sinus problems. Muscle twitches. Burning mouth and ulcers. Vitamin B deficiency | Was too scared to eat or drink because of the pain in my mouth & throat. New ulcers were appearing every day and whole mouth was on fire. Vit B deficiency showed up on blood test two weeks after starting Omeprazole even though was tested for same thing a month earlier & all was fine then. The depression was awful & can honestly say I would have been happy to die there and then! Uncontrollable crying & desperation. Avoid this med at all costs! | F | 54 | 2 months 20mg x2 | 11/10/2014 | 1 | GERD | ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS, Fatigue, headaches, feeling out of it. | ***UPDATE*** This is an update to my post from 7-29-14 I TRIED to stop taking this POISON back in July. Because of the intense pain, nausea and acid reflux, I had to start re-taking it just for some relief. By far this is THE HARDEST thing in my 51 years on this earth to get off of. I have tried tapering off, I have tried natural remedies, I have tried Nexium and other brands. It always comes back with a vengeance. If you are reading my post and are thinking about taking this drug DO NOT! You will be sorry! This drug has ruined my life. I didn't even need this in the beginning, my doctor thought it would help protect my stomach. I am going to keep trying to get off of this stuff. Hopefully, one day I will be free and I will have my life back. Save your life and your sanity, DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!!! | M | 51 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 11/8/2014 |