PRILOSEC Reviews (OMEPRAZOLE)

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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  Night Reflux Constant anemia. The anemia was causing fatigue, heart flutters, and shortness of breath. Distorted/reduced sense of smell, and taste. Constantly smelled a smokey, sweet, dusty, moldy smell! Body was giving off an odor of feces - kept checking around me trying to find source, realized it was me! Urine/feces smelled "funny" almost the same(?). Been off for several months now, and don't think my smell/taste will ever come back to normal. Can't taste some things at all. My iron levels are finally good, not on supplement any more. The body odor is almost gone. Weight loss, diet control, and exercise have cured the GERD! Not good for me - Natural is always better. Filtering a drug through your liver and kidneys for years, is never good! F 54 7 years
20 mg 1X day
1/20/2011
 2  Acid Stomach pain that makes me feel hungry all the time and at the same time I feel like throwing up, asthma (I hear wheezing every morning since I started taking it), achy feeling all over, bloated, constipation, stomach gurgling, brain fog. I feel worse than I did before. I think I'll just watch what I eat and look for a natural alternative to deal with stomach acid. I am glad that I only took it for 5 days after reading everyone's comments. F 34 5 days
20.6 MG 1X day
1/19/2011
 2  Acid reflux M 35 40 days
40mg 2X day
1/17/2011
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 1  gerd depression,depression, depression, loss of muscle strength works for gerd over a few weeks but now I can't get off it M 57 6 months
20 mg 1X day
1/17/2011
 1  GERD Severe fatigue, muscle pain, joint pain, headache, pain at base of skull, cloudiness, confusion, spaciness, heart palpitations. I took this off/on for about a year only when my stomach bothered me. I have recently started taking it again but noticed the severe fatigue right away. I stopped for a few days then took ONE and noticed right away all the above symptoms. The GERD went away but it's not worth it!! Yes, it won't affect everyone this way but with this many people having many of the same side affects, why even risk it? My Dr. never informed me about the malabsorption risks yet prescribed it daily for a year. Scary. M 46 20 days
20 mg 1X day
1/16/2011
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 1  GERD Lower abdominal bloating, fatigue, feeling "blah", achy. After seeing all of these posts, I am stopping this ASAP!!!! All of the side effects listed by everyone using this site are on the drug insert!! Check it out! I was amazed by all of the possible adverse reactions! F 29 4 weeks
40MG 1X day
1/14/2011
 1  H-Pylori I got Omeprazole 40MG to treat my hpylori bacteria infection, although right now i dont know if the hpylori is gone or not. But one thing is for sure..why did FDA approve this medicine? This drug has the worst side effect.. When i was taking this drug I could not eat anything..even a light subway sandwich. I felt bloated/gas with indigestions.. finally i left this medicine for 1 week i feel great so far. My Dr again prescribed 20MG and i have not picked up the medicine since i dont want to eat it.. Although i have started taking Manuka honey to feel better and adjusted my diet to more green veggies, fruits etc. Not a good drug, it will reduce all acid in your stomach and you wont be able to digest the food. Once you get off the drug acid will come back ad you will be Ok. M 38 30 days
1X day
1/12/2011
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 1  acid reflux off them for 2 months finally back to Normal not worth the pain M 30 56 days
20 2X day
1/10/2011
 1  acid reflux Nausea, Restless Legs, Muscle twitching, dizziness, stomach pain that also radiates to the back, neck pain, depression, anxiety, tiredness, weakness, tingling sensation in the upper legs, face and arms, severe weight loss. the doctors gave me this as i was complaining with stomach pain. first they thought it was IBS then gave me omeprazole as they thought it was the acid in my stomach. As soon as i started taking it i felt worse, so they increased it to 40mg per day. I got worse and worse, and then got so ill i just couldnt take the tablets anymore. From that day ive slowly started to get better. Ive lost so much weight, ive had to leave my job and move in with my parents, i am now on anti depressants. I will never be taking this again!!! F 30 10 weeks
40mg 2X day
1/9/2011
 1  acid reflux disease pain in all parts of body, restless leg syndrome, weakness, shortness of breath, low immunity, possibly contributed to food poisoning. I've been addicted to this drug for over 13 years due to my gastro prescribing Nexium at 40 mg per day, and any time I try to stop, get severe heartbearn. (The drug might be fine for the 14 days it is intended.) I am currently trying to wean myself off slowly, since cold turkey is impossible. I tried cold turkey recently, and after a few weeks developed a constant cough from acid apparently backing up into my trachea or lungs. I realized that my aches and pains were caused by prilosec when I stopped taking it and became completely pain free. The pain returned when I started taking it again. I also think my five day stay in the hospital for food posining may have been caused by the lack of acid to destroy the bacteria. I have had other problems, but have no way of knowing if related to taking prilosec. I would not recommend getting addicted to this drug. F 48 13 years
20.6 mg 1X day
1/4/2011
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 1  hiatal hernia TERRIBLE DEPRESSION. fast onset shooting stomach pain. Watch out for feeling depressed for no reason if taking prilosec or omeprezole. M 57 1 years
120 1X day
1/3/2011
 4  burning in stomach headache, anxiety, rapid pulse rate, painful hips, knees, wrists, shoulder blades,severe tingling uncomfortable forearms to fingers, dizziness, fogginess, insomnia, sores on face slow healing, swollen glands, halucinations F 55 180 days
40mg 1X day
12/31/2010
 3  acid reflux harder bowls I think this works on the SYMPTOMs rather than the CAUSE. My reflux is caused because the stomache doesn't close properly. So rather than fixing that, they shut-off the acid pumps in my stomache. Food doesn't digest properly, my stool is harder, and now I've had to have surgery to remove severe hemorroids. But prior to Prilosec, I was taking probably 18 Tums per day (3 at a time about 6 times a day) for 15 years. Now it's just one Prilosec in the morning and I am reflux-free...with the few exceptions--which are worse than anything I've ever had before! I wake up and it's all the way up into my sinus cavity! But those are very few and far between. M 46 5 years
20mg 1X day
12/30/2010
 1  Gerd OMG I have been to 3 different ER in 8 days insisting that i am having a massive heart attack. Each time they would send me on my way with prilosec. I already have severe hypertension. It was higher. I had severe chest pain, neck pain and left arm numbness and left shoulder pain. In felt like my whole insides were burning. The pain was described as severe burning whenever I walked a few feet. The the pain would go down to my left knee and burn. Anxiety and headache. I only took 3 pills. Please be careful. This drug is dangerous. Use Ginger tea instead. F 43 3 days
40mg CR 2X day
12/29/2010
 1  GERD Bone and Joint pain, foggy/cloudy mind/can't think, always dizzy, diareaha, cramps, abdominal pain, gas, etc I took prilosec for about a year or so. wasn't Nearly as bad as prevacid. That was the worst and you can't pay me a thousand dollars to take another pill of prevacid. Out of all the PPI's I've been on Nexium gave me the least side effects. On it now for LPR and zantac at night. Hopefully only for a few months, don't wanna be on these pills for the long-term. Regular acid reflux wasn't nearly as bad as LPR with gagging, lump in throat feeling, hard to swallow and post nasal drip. It's terrible. M 30 1 years
20 1X day
12/29/2010
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 3  Reflux Back neck shoulder and jaw pain, Vitamin D/B and Other deficiencies, brain fog, insomnia, depression,cramping, blurred vision, dizziness ,trembling, fatigue, loss of motivation, tension headaches ,panic attacks, bloating, constipation, numbness in extremities, hair loss, vertigo, night sweats/cold sweats, runny stool, ear ringing. Extreme sinus pain, Bleeding gums, Low mood, Itching, Gas, Tooth decay, Weight gain, Irregular appetite, dry ,mouth , Fluid in ear/ear issues I am a trained classical vocalist and have been on and off PPI's for 11 years, it really helped to control my Reflux and keep nasty acid from creeping up on my vocal cords. However, all of these side effects have made me feel like a hypochondriac over the years. So many sinus infections, so much pain and fatigue, and so many people thinking i'm just living an "unhealthy lifestyle." Turns out I have a severe vitamin D deficiency as well as an IgA deficiency, an autoimmune disorder that's fairly common but i am completely DEPLETE of this. I discovered this because the doctor did a celiac sprue test, which is supposed to react with IgA, so she tested those levels along with it to make sure it wasn't a false negative. I am wondering if that is something also connected to PPI's? I have had a lot of Sinus infections over the last 20 years. People, listen up: You can eat more of the crappy food you want to and feel less heartburn, but the end result of my years of feeling like crap and not knowing why: IT'S NOT WORTH IT! All the symptoms I listed are very, very real, and can temporarily feel better with diet, excessive sleep and exercise, but they do not go away! Today I have taken my last PPI, EVER! Anyone who has successfully weaned themselves off of this and managed the pain and continue to manage the acid, please help me in the undertaking that lies ahead. Thanks, in advance. M 31 11 years
20 1X day
12/28/2010
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 1  omeprazole sternum pain back pain severe dry mouth lump in throat lost 30 lbs cant eat cause of throat took prilosec for 6 years switched to omeprazole 3 months ago started getting lump in my throat it went down hill from there my arm fall asleep my face feels weird cant swallow muscles ache all the time lost my job because of this the doctor don't believe it is the drug have been off for 3 days now mood has changed some hope to recover fully in the future if any one wants to e mail me on there troubles with this please do M 34 6 years
20mg 2X day
12/28/2010
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 1  Horrible heartburn Tingling in legs and feet with extreme swelling in both knees, difficulty walking, arms stiffened, flu symptoms, mind foggy and forgetful. Symptoms came on slowly and explained them away because I am diabetic and I was exercising a lot so I thought I tore up my knees. It wasn't until my legs swelled and I woke up and my arms were stiff and it hurt to move them that I knew something else was wrong. I stopped taking prilosec and found this site told my Dr. He didn't believe that prilosec was the problem so I got a new Dr. who sent me to a specialist to find out I had drug induced lupus had to go on prednisone to calm down my immune system. My second Dr. Is spreading the word about these problems and within a couple weeks of seeing me had another patient with the same problem. It is now over a year later, I have been on an anti-inflamitory diet for about three months and my knees are finally normal again, I still have pain in my hands and swelling in my wrists and fingers and my elbows Please stop taking this stuff. The symptoms slowly come on so you may not even know you have a problem. Friends of mine have taken it for years and stopped after what it did to me and then let me know daily about problems like back pain that went away F 46 6 months
15 1X day
12/24/2010
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 1  I had acid reflux and GERD General feeling on being ill, strange feeling of being unbalanced, severe anxiety, headaches..... Don't take this drug! I thought it was a miracle drug up until I realized that it was making me sick. The first 8 months of taking it were generally good, however I began to develop a strange dizziness and began having awful anxiety ...I had gone to the doctor many tomes with no answer ...I have officially been off prilosec for two weeks and I feel normal again! Please don't take this! F 23 2 years
2 20mg 2X day
12/22/2010
 3  Duodenal Ulcer Main side effect for me was HAIR LOSS, other than that none. Hope hair grows back in again, Doctor just keeps giving me them on repeat prescription, noboby tells you to stop. M 63 1 years
20mg 1X day
12/21/2010

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