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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRILOSEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | GERD | Headaches, brain fog, anxiety, insomnia, heart palpations, stomach cramping, bloating, | I will not take this again! Too many weird side effects! I thought I was going crazy! Taking a pill to relieve my GERD made my stomach problems worse!! | F | 54 | 20mg 1X day | 8/24/2010 | 1 | Asprin stomach burn | super high blood pressure (180/130), hypertension, rapid heartbeat (100 bpm), chest pains, shortness of breath, blurry vision, difficulty swallowing, potassium deficiency | This drug has wreaked havoc on my body like none other. I am a 23 year old college student who eats healthy, exercises every other day, doesn't smoke, and doesn't eat salty foods so you can understand how surprised I was for this to happen. The first two days of taking Prilosec were great. My gastritis was gone and my spirits were up. By the third day I began to feel weakness in my knees and pain deep in my arms and legs where my veins were. Then on the fourth night I came very close to having a stroke. I couldn't check my B/P at the time but all the veins in my neck were protruding and my heart felt as if it was gonna explode. I went to the doctor's the next day and my b/p was 180/140! I have been to multiple doctors, emergency rooms, and even my psychiatrist since and they all say it is the same thing: anxiety. This infuriates me. I stopped taking Prilosec OTC 42 hours ago and expected to be back to normal by now but my blood pressure is still through the roof (anywhere between 160/95 - 140/110) and am now worried I have done permanent harm to my cardiovascular system. I am going to my regular doctor on friday to start blood pressure medicine. Any Idea how long these symptoms will last. Please Email | M | 23 | 4 days 20mg 1X day | 8/24/2010 | 5 | acid reflux | None. Just relief of symptoms | I have had no problem with prilosec/omeprazole | F | 69 | 10 years 20 mg 2X day | 8/20/2010 | 1 | acid reflux/heartburn | SEVERE: anxiety, depression, hot flashes, night sweats, fatigue coupled with insomnia, heart palpatations, brain fog & confusion, memory problems, blurred vision, dry mouth MODERATE: stomach cramps, nausea, muscle weakness, muscle soreness, muscle twitching, mouth and throat bumps, tingling limbs, complete loss of sex drive, 24 hour "zombie" state of mind | i stopped taking this medication 24 hours ago. my symptoms are already improving - much less brain fog, hot flashes are subsiding but have not yet stopped. depression and anxiety already greatly improved. this drug is an AWFUL poison. i honestly believe i was on the verge of becoming suicidal. i truly believed i was going crazy. i will NEVER take this drug again. it was the only medication i was on. i am a very physically active and normally healthy person - eat organic whole foods, work out and run daily. i have no idea what pocessed me to try this drug. there are healthy ways of dealing with acid reflux. clearly i need to do some tweaking to my diet. i believe all the "in-season" fruits and vegies i was consuming may have been a bit too much and will begin cutting back on tomatoes and such. please dont take this poison - you have other options. | F | 48 | 6 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 8/20/2010 | 1 | Severe inflamation of the esophagus | I experienced Heart Palpitations, light headedness, head aches, constant waking up at night. Anxiety Attacks. Depression, Irratability, Dry Mouth, lower back pain. Felt like I was dying. Tired all the time. Diagnosed with Chronic Skin Disease. Granuloma Annulare. | I am so greatful to have found this website. I was thinking I was falling apart. I have just taken myself off the drug. I don't want to get cancer of the esophagus, but I am going to a nutritionist to see if I can cure this acid reflux by diet, and not by this drug. Why doesn't this drug have these side affects listed. I will keep you posted. | F | 57 | 6 months 40mg 2X day | 8/19/2010 | 1 | acid reflux / hietal hernia | Heart palpitations, chest pain, joint pain, anxiety, headaches, lump in throat on left side, insomnia, overall feeling bad, inability to concentrate and more. Vitamin D level very low. | I have gone to great lengths to try and find out what was wrong with me. Doctors just kept ordering more and more tests. A friend at work saw my heart monitor and asked me a few questions. He had experienced the same symptoms. He suggested I stop the Prilosec and visit this website. I did stop and began improving the next day. The rebound from the reflux was terrible at first. Now after five weeks...I am a new man! The reflux can be controlled with a low acid diet (greattastenopain.com)website will help. You should NOT take this drug...In my opinion, the FDA "Dropped the Ball" on this Dangerous and Damaging drug. Thanks to all of you that have contributed to this forum and Good Luck ! | M | 48 | 10 years 20mg 1X day | 8/17/2010 | 1 | LPR/GERD | SEVERE ANXIETY. Insomnia. Depression. Headaches. Constantly feeling dehydrated. | When I was first prescribed this I felt like it was a miracle drug. It made the constant lump in my throat (caused by LPR/GERD) disappear, which helped lower my anxiety levels (I already had pre-existing generalized anxiety disorder). Looking back, I'm not entirely sure when the anxiety started to get worse - but I know that after being on the medication for 1 month (Fourth of July weekend) I was already feeling incredibly anxious. It got to the point where I was unable to go to work because I was having near constant panic attacks and I missed nearly a full week of work, not to mention taking a lot of 1/2 days. I made an "emergency" appointment at my regular doctor, who did a full battery of blood work (all fine) and - on top of prescribing me stronger anti-anxiety medications and recommending a therapist - advised I stopped taking the Prilosec because "I probably didn't need it". After 1 week of not being on it I noticed a drastic difference in my anxiety level. I had gone from literally thinking I was dying and almost hoping my parents would have me committed, to feeling normal. It's been about 3 weeks since I've been off the drug and although my LPR/GERD is back in action, my anxiety level is next to nothing and I'm able to sleep and eat without feeling like the world is ending. It DOES work to eliminate acid, but I'd rather deal with the acid reflux than constant anxiety. | F | 23 | 60 days 20mg 1X day | 8/13/2010 | 1 | diareah for several weeks | loss of appetite, anxiety, tingling in hand, feet, arms and legs, heart palpatations, weight loss, nausea, agitation, insomnia, fatigue, diareah, panic attacks, tightness in chest and throat, confusion, dizzy, felt like I was going crazy at times. | I would not reccommend that anyone take this drug, I also had these same side effects when taking Aciphex, which the doctor put me on after she didn't think this one was working. | F | 62 | 4 weeks 20 mg 1X day | 8/12/2010 | 3 | upset stomach | Mild headache, left arm and shoulder pain, feeling depressed, dizzyness, some head fog/confusion, couldn't sleep, diarrhea. | I was prescribed Omeprazole after having had a bad upset stomach for 2 weeks, and the doctor didn't know what was wrong. It took about 4 days for Omeprazole to help my stomach start feeling better. It didn't help my stomach feel completely better though, and had a lot of side effects. After I got off Omeprazole I had a very acidic feeling to my stomach and most of my side effects disappeared within 2 days. Four days after being off Omeprazole the stomach aches came back full force. | F | 26 | 2 weeks 40 mg 1X day | 8/10/2010 | 2 | GERD/Barrett's Esophagus | Frequent diarrhea, stomach pain, racing heart, knee and ankle pain, panic attacks, mild depression, occasional blurred vision, night sweats and chills. | 35 year old male taking for 6 months. Haven't really felt "good" for the past 6 months. Didn't put 2 and 2 together until the knee pain started and began doing some internet research finding the side effects related to long term use of omeprazole (prilosec). Just went to family doctor last week to get knee pain checked out. X-rays were taken and they revealed early bone degeneration. I told my Dr. I believed drug was causing the side effects I read about. She did a blood test and found that I have extremely low Vitamin D and low Vitamin B. Advised to take supplements and continue using Prilosec. Now rethinking those orders but don't want to go back to having stabbing pains in my stomach and frequent dizzy spells with nausea. Is this the trade off??? | M | 35 | 6 months 20 MG 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 2 | GERD | migraine pain increased significantly. On day 7 I began experiencing heart pain, tightness and palpitations throughout the day at half-hour to hour intervals that lasted 2-3 minutes each and caused a good deal of anxiety. | It stopped the stomach pain and burning while I was on it, but it came back immediately when I stopped taking it. With the side effects it caused, it was definitely not worth it. | M | 36 | 12 days 1X day | 8/7/2010 | 3 | gerd | Hair loss, body hair, skin tags, blurred vision, muscle and joint aches and pains, neck pain, numbness hands and feet, trouble climbing stairs, stomach distention, anxiety, not alert | I've been taking prilosec for nearly 4 years, it has worked for me except for side effects described previously. I am thinking of going off the medication and changing my diet. | M | 48 | 4 days 20 1X day | 8/1/2010 | 1 | acid reflux | headache, drowsiness, stomache, nausea, dry tight throat, hard to swallow | I was ready and willing to take this drug advised by my doctor. When I called the office to report the side effects the nurse said, "Oh I have never heard of it doing that to anyone" Hmm, I think the doctors don't believe us, and not sure why that is. She said get off of it, see how you do, come in if you are not better. I am trying Mylanta for now and not sure what to do. | F | 61 | 4 days 20mg 1X day | 7/28/2010 | 1 | GERD | burning throat and mouth, dry mouth with foul taste, sore mouth felt like it had been scalded, bumps in mouth, agitation and severe anxiety. Felt unwell | Was never warned about these side effects by doctor and he doubled my dose when I returned to list these symptoms. The info was not on the drug leaflet either. It was only finding this site that alerted me to the problems. I've been off it 2 weeks and only slowly feeling better. 2 days well, 2 days with side effects etc. It seems like a slow process. | F | 51 | 6 weeks 40mg 1X day | 7/26/2010 | 3 | Gastritis | Joint pain, muscle pain and weakness, decreased vital nutrients absorption | To reduce "acid rebound" I was still thinking I need a 15 mg dose to start (to make things easier and more “guaranteed” results). So I said if they are pellets in capsules they can be weighed! :) So I did a search on “digital scale .001 gram accuracy” (accuracy down to the milligram) - and there they were. Now I could weigh the omeprazole pellets, take that number in grams and multiply it by .75 (75% dose) for a 15 gram dose! The same applies for a 10 mg (50%) or 5 mg (25 %) dose, etc... I wanted to be sure I got enough accuracy in milligrams with these digital scales. The ones I liked were in the $150-300 price range (which can pretty much give accurate enough readings). These scales may be a little pricey, but to me would be a tremendous bargain if they could help get me off this drug. As for weighing the omeprazole pellets, just trim a clean square piece of paper (or wax paper) to fit on the weighing tray, also fold the paper in half (for dispensing). Then just put your “75% or whatever dose” on a tablespoon of applesauce and take with a glass of water! :) Another alternative to using a digital scale is to sort the pellets on a mirror or flat surface carefully with a razor blade into halves or quarters. I'm not sure how accurate this would be if done by eye, or if the “linearity” of the digital scales would be better at low milligram measures... I hope this helps everyone as much as I think it should he | M | 53 | 8 months 20 mg 1X day | 7/24/2010 | 3 | Gastro esophageal reflux disorder | Acute loss of hair. Pain in upper back. Pain in arms radiating to hands(mimicks carpal tunnel symptoms) | Taking 5mgs Biotin and Vitamin B12 supplements daily, but I believe that these were not being absorbed, due to the action of the interruption of acid being processed. The Omeprazole was successful in controlling my GERD. I was also taking Famotidine in the p.m. whilst taking Omeprazole in the a.m. I have ceased taking both, since reading these boards. Hope my Gerd does not recur, but I am very worried about my hair loss, and cannot take the chance of continuing and perhaps losing all of my hair. I shall update, if my hair returns, whist I am off the Omeprazole. | F | 60 | 4 weeks 40 mgs 1X day | 7/24/2010 | 3 | acid reflux, indigestion | heart palpitations, dizziness, when I would eat anything citrus my tongue would get sore, joint pain. | I absolutely loved this medicine for what it did for my acid reflux, BUT...what I don't think the doctors are correct in keeping us on this forever, when I asked my doctor about being on it for so long, he said "well, would you rather have esophageal sores or take this medicine?" well, thinking "he's the Dr" I kept taking it. My husband was on it for the same thing and said it made him dizzy so he stopped taking it and it took him months to get over the heartburn and reflux, because when you start to come off of it, everything including water will make you have heartburn YUK!! I finally decided to come off of it when the news started saying it has been found to attribute to bone breakage. I have been off of it for 2 weeks now and its not good and I just about went back on it until I saw this site...I am trying apple cider vinegar (tblsp in 5 oz water) and that seems to help and of course not eating as much. I do miss eating anything I wanted, but for my overall health, I think I am much better off. My husband is doing better off of it and so will I. I have had to see a heart doctor though and who knows this may have contributed to that also. I also had a strange symptom that I mentioned under symptoms, is that I would get a very sore,bumpy tongue when I would eat any citrus fruit. I had not seen where that was a symptom for anyone else but it really bothered me so I just quit eating any fruits (which is not good either) | F | 46 | 3 years 20 mg 1X day | 7/16/2010 | 4 | Daily Acid Reflux | Appetite loss - lost a lot of weight rapidly, some lower back pain | Works really well for the acid reflux. Am concerned about any long term affects and if causing shortage of vitamins, etc. Am taking vitamins as back-up. Not sure if stiffness in back is related to the Prilosec, but did start around same time. Not bad enough to stop taking. Weight appears to have stabilized over last year. | M | 38 | 5 years 1X day | 7/14/2010 | 3 | heartburn/acid reflux/gerd | Diarrhea, headache, pain behind my eyes, anxiety, constantly tired | Back in mid march I began having severe heartburn, the doctor told me to watch my diet and caffeine intake and to take over-the-counter prilosec for 8 weeks. I did this and was fine until a last Sunday night (July 11), when I got bad heartburn again. So the next morning I started taking prilosec again, it didnt help, I had constant heartburn and 2 days after I started taking Prilosec again, I started getting all these different things like anxiety and headaches, etc, literally being scared for my life. I am so glad I found this website, I am not going to take prilosec anymore and hope that I get better. | M | 21 | 8 weeks 20mg 1X day | 7/14/2010 | 5 | Almost constant nausea | I have had no side effects. I started taking a generic form of Prilosec after several weeks of nausea. I was miserable for a little over 6 weeks, feeling nauseous every day at some point, but I knew I was not pregnant. After trying Tums and Mylanta with no relief my dad suggested Prilosec. After just a few days I was back to normal, able to eat whatever I wanted again, go to work without issues, and just live my life again. About once a day I do feel a weird feeling in my stomach for a few seconds followed by hunger, but that is it. I don't know if it is from the Prilosec or if it is just my bodies way of telling me I'm hungry now. Prilosec really did help give me my life back. I also make sure to eat a little something every few hours or whenever I feel hungry, because I learned that eating a few pretzels and drinking some water or drinking warm ginger ale really helped my stomach too. | My dad has been using Prilosec for 10 years now without any problems. I will continue to use it as long as I feel I need it. I have had no problems since I started taking it almost a year ago. I also find that if you have nausea, drink a glass of red wine. It really does help to first calm you, but also settle your stomach. I also drank warm ginger ale and would eat a little to help with the nausea. Usually if you eat something small when you start to feel nauseous it does make it go away. I love that Prilosec has helped me because I just couldn't live every day like that and was missing work because of it. | F | 32 | 1 years 1X day | 7/13/2010 |