PRILOSEC Reviews (OMEPRAZOLE)

Average Rating: 1.9 (1667 Ratings)

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PRILOSEC  (OMEPRAZOLE):  Omeprazole 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. Omeprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).   FDA Approval Date: 1998-01-15 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  GERD Tinnitus, severe anxiety, panic attacks, heart palpitations, rib pain, joint pain and swelling, tingling, numbness, weakness in arms, legs, hands, feet (left side greater), fatigue, feeling like I'm dying and/or have MS. Have been to ER and have had to have many expensive tests on and on..... F 37 2 weeks
40mg
2/18/2012
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 1  Acid reflux Headaches, fatigue. After reading this site, my suspicion that prilosec has a hand in my new chronic headaches is confirmed. Flushing the stuff. F 35 6 months
20mg
2/12/2012
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 4  GERD I have been on and off this alternating with Protonix. After a period of time with Prilosec I start getting numbness in hands feet, arms, forgetfulness, fatigue, pain in the lower left and right rib cage, agitation, dizzness. For all it helps, its hard to keep with it. To bad the Protonix is so expensive from the pharmacy. M 32 5 years
20mr 1X day
2/11/2012
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 3  Acid reflux and Barretts Diareha mostly, slight mental effects. Have to alternate between other forms of PPIs Concerned about long term use. They need to come up with another solution. Dr. Insists that I stay on acid reducers to prevent further scaring and the potential from my Barretts to turn to cancer. If you suffer from GERD or Barretts people make sure you have an upper GI yearly for cancer screening. M 49
20 1X day
2/6/2012
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 1  Acid refluz Barretts M 59
20 1X day
1/28/2012
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 1  Supposed GERD Extreme anxiety, restlessness, headache, brain fog (out of body/dream like feeling) I went to the doctor of have a strange lump in my throat feeling for 6 days that came on out of nowhere. I did tons of research before I went in, so I knew what the doctor would say: GERD. It's actually quite possible as I have recurring heartburn and don't seem to have any other symptoms of illnesses that might cause the lump. The doctor referred me to the Gastro Clinic and prescribed Prilosec. I'm extremely wary of taking meds and sensitive to them, so I asked both him and the pharmacist about possible side effects. Both said almost none, maybe calcium loss over long term. Decided to give it a try because this "lump" is horrible. Took my first pill this morning and within 15 minutes I felt terrible. Started out feeling really foggy headed and out of it, almost like I was high or in a dream. Then started getting really bad anxiety, which made me extremely restless. Headache came at the same time. All day have been feeling bad, and will never be taking this again. I knew immediately it was the prilosec (actually the generic version), and looked online to find this website, and many others with the same symptoms, or worse! I know a lot of people tolerate it just fine, but they need to revise their side effect list because obviously a LOT of people have problems with it and don't know it's the prilosec causing it! I am restricting my diet, and going with natural remedies (apple cider vinegar and ginger or fennel) until I see the GI Clinic. Still have the lump but it's F 32 1 days
20mg 1X day
1/28/2012
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 4  acid reflux Severe headaches F 43 2 months
30mg
1/27/2012
 1  Acid reflux Worse acid than before, burping/belching, burning tongue, sore throat, bad smell and taste, anxiety, lethargy, blurred vision I suffered acid reflux after a change of colitis drug (put on a cheaper one after 15 years on the same one with no problems!) But when I stopped taking it the reflux didn't immediately disappear so my doctor prescribed omeprazole 20mg, saying if it didn't work I'd have to have an endoscopy and there might be something serious! Frightened me to death - and the drug didn't work. Went back 3 times and was told by another doctor to double the dose, so now on 40mg. Symptoms are worse, much worse. Now got blurred vision. Got a gastroenterology appointment in hospital in a few days, and I'm afraid to stop taking it until I've seen a specialist, so will reduce the dose and then see what happens. F 69 2 months
20 mg 2X day
1/27/2012
 1  Reflux I took nexium and Prilosec daily while pregnant. Wound up in ER with heart rate at 240 and only issue was low magnesium. GERD returned from diabetes meds, went to OTC prilosec, had started having anxiety but made no connection. 4 mos. ago started 40mg a day and been on a downward spiral that I could not understand!! OFF THE CHARTS palpitations, shaking, dizziness, panic attacks--can't be alone at this point. Thought I had Parkinson's or MS! Going to wean off ASAP and have magnesium, b12 checked!! EVIL!! Thankful I found this site! F 39 2 years
40mg day
1/27/2012
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 3  Acid reflux I'm sitting on the fence about this medication at the moment. There is no doubt that my stomach feels MUCH better than it did 9 months ago but there are definitely side effects, some of which I'm only starting to link to the drug. I'm constantly exhausted & have become really forgetful (but do have a stressful job so unsure of linked!). I also sometimes feels really nauseous, even more so than before I started taking the meds. Also, pain underneath left rib cage, numbness in fingers, vertigo (all only occasionally) and started developing facial hair on one side. Also head & neck ache. It's hard to say whether any or all of these symptoms are linked to Prilosec but after reading some of these reviews I'm starting to think I might be better off just suffering from the pain of acid reflux!?! F 31 9 months
1/24/2012
 1  gastritis weak, headache, muscle weakness, blur vision, very thirsty, stomatch ache, anxiety, mental fog, feel like im going to die. DON'T USE THIS DRUG! it's posion. F 35 3 days
20.6mg 1X day
1/23/2012
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 3  Acid reflux/Esophagitis It seemed to help subside the pain from the reflux/esophagitis, but had a ton of very frightening side effects so my doctor told me to stop taking it. Still trying to overcome the effects of this medication and hopefully it will clear from my system soon. Update 1 month later: The anxiety/panic attacks took about 1 1/2 weeks to subside for the most part, but I am still having very minor attacks it seems which include throat tightness. I have been switched to Zantac as my reflux medication. F 24
20 MG 1X day
1/22/2012
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 1  Ulcer Extreme headache, panic attacks, unable to eat, feel like seizure about to occur, various aches This has been horrible. I didn't realize the medicine was causing the problems until I experienced a migraine about an hour after taking the pill. I never have had a migraine before. Feel very anxious and unable to leave home. Stopped taking it about 40 hours ago. Have not had severe headache, but still feeling some symptoms. Trying to eat foods with high Magnesium to counteract symptoms. What a nightmare. Called prescribing physician, but never mentioned this could be a side effect. Wish I had never taken it. F 55 10 days
20 1X day
1/21/2012
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 1  ACID REFLUX Omg I thought i was dying literally I had chills around my body aches around my body throbbing around my body chest pain nasuea I had no ideal it omeparzole that was causing this untill i looked up my symptoms and finally type in my drug i was using and side affects came up while typing it in so i clicked it and boom there were the side effects i was expericencing I really thought i was dieing i also was experencing heat papiliations just horrible symptoms :( M 19
1X day
1/21/2012
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 1  Eosinophilic esophagitis All and more: headaches head pressure sinus pressure ringing ears numb hands and feet pulsations through body shortness of breathe and just not feeling myself. Depressed angry sad.....I have thought I was dying. Like I had some deadly disease at 35yrs old. Literally. This is drug is REALLY poison! Dr's either don't realize it or know it and 1- don't want to believe it or 2- don't want to admit it because it's all about money with Dr's and pharm companies. Not human life. Sadly, but so true. I tried telling all my Dr's all these things I was experiencing was from Prilosec. They all said no. No way. It's something else. And so I wasted tons of money on MRI's CT scans blood work ultrasounds etc....ALL were normal. So, it's not the drug? Really! I was fine before I took the drug. NEVER had ANY of these symptoms. I wasted almost a yr of my life being sick FROM this drug. I am in the process of slowly coming off of it. You cannot just cold turkey stop it. No way! You will become very sick if you do. Acid-rebound is terrible. And that among many other issues if you do stop cold turkey. I will eventually pursue legal advice against Prilosec. And fight hard to get it off the market. DO NOT TAKE IT! M 35 6 months
20mg 4X day
1/19/2012
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 3  bleeding ulcer-h. pylori severe headaches, nausea with vomiting and dry heaves, tingling and numbness in hands and feet. I don't know for sure if it was the omeprazole causing the headaches, etc. because I am also on a preventive med (Amitriptyline) daily for the headaches and levothyroxin low dose for hypothyroidism, but I was hospitalized for the bleeding ulcer in Oct 2003 and have been on the omeprazole ever since and that is about when these sick headaches started. They are so bad they totally disrupt my life and I have never had headaches quite like these, I'm sick all day and night and then a whole day after to recover from that. So I've been off the Prilosec for about ten days now and so far no headache but it's too early to tell but will keep updating as time goes by, whatever happens. I am still having the numbness in fingers and toes and since that involves circulation and vascular issues it may be awhile to determine what that is about. I hope this may help. I'll be back with more in the future. F 53 8 years
20 1X day
1/16/2012
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 1  heartburn Major weight gain, high bp, ankle swelling, numbness in hands. Gained 30lbs!!! Always was 100, could'nt figure it out! F 55 6 years
1 day
1/11/2012
 3  Acid reflux Slowly developed and maintained stiff, achy neck and uncomfortable mouth sores. I read the Mayo Clinic webite where it stated mouth sores are a rare but possible side effect as well as muscle (neck) tightness and pain. The med worked well or my reflux, but these side effects are too miserable to permit me to continue. Now I try a naturopathic remedy: when I feel reflux, I eat a pickle! The acid in the pickle fakes out my proton pumps to think they've produced enough acid, I suppose, and the reflux symptoms vanish! Tried on 3 other people with success. F 47 8 days
40 mg 1X day
1/10/2012
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 1  GERD/LPR Abdominal pain, back pain, leg and arm pain, overall feeling doom and gloom. Starting taking for GERD from taking NSAID too much. In short this stuff is EVIL, it made me feel so much worse than just the symptoms of the GERD. Though those symptoms were less it created so much other problems. I thought for sure I was ready to go pick out a tombstone from the way I felt. In general I ached a lot, felt just plain terrible. The other thing was general feeling of gloom. The pain in the arm and leg joints didnt help matters at all. Been a few days off of them and I am feeling much better, though still have some joint pain. The GERD is back a little but would much rather deal with it than ever take prilosec again. M 39 4 months
20MG 2X day
1/9/2012
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 1  Esophagitis/Hiatal hernia Tons: Head pressure headaches pulsations through my body depression ringing ears numb hands and feet aggression anger just a feeling of being unwell. Don't Dr's and people understand that Prilosec and this class of medicine- PPI's AREN'T meant to be taken for long-term and for life. It even says it on the boxes. And it's a FACT! It's an evil poison toxic drug!!! Meant to be taken for a short time. 8 weeks max. You, well your stupid rude arrogant Dr is suppose to find out the underlying cause of your problem. Wether it be GERD or acid reflux or hiatal hernia etc....NOT hand this medicine out like candy and ruin lives with it. Because it DOES! And WILL! M 36 1 years
20ng 2X day
1/9/2012
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