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| 3 | Frequent heartburn | inability to concentrate, joint pain | I've always been lucky to have great health, but acid problems are the one exception. Two days into Prilosec, and the generic, heartburn was essentially gone. But I've noticed some joint pain the last few months and some on my left hip which my Dr. diagnosed as bursitis. Took ibuprofin for two weeks and switched to Aleve and had no tangible effect. A few weeks ago I noticed that the general pains seemed to be subsiding and what I didn't put together at the time was that finances prevented me from getting more Prilosec for about a month. Now, a few weeks later, I've been using it again and the flu-like joint pain is coming back along with the 'bursitis'. I just took the last of the current box and I'm purposly going to go off it for at least a month to see whether it was a conicidence. Heartburn was interfering with my sleep and causing other general discomfort a couple of hours after a meal, so I'm not looking forward to that, but I have to know if this is the cause. I think I'll wait to pursue alternatives for my heartburn until I'm confident of the cause of the pain. Nice to know that others are looking at Prilosec as the cause. | M | 42 | 1 years | 1/22/2010 | 1 | gastric ulcer | insomnia, mental fog, low grade daily headache | I started taking prilosec because I thought it would be milder than prevacid. At first it was fine but in the last few months I started having sleep issues and low grade headaches that got worse after dinner. Concentration became more difficult with time and my work suffered significantly. I've been searching for possible causes because I did not accept that I was "just getting old and get used to it". I found this website and stopped the prilosec. Within days my fog lifted, I could sleep without ambian, I could actually see better and my headache was finally gone. I aslo stopped taking my blood pressure medication without an increase in my blood pressure, which is now acceptible. | M | 58 | 6 months | 1/19/2010 | 5 | Excess acid production | None | I am 52 and I have been on Omeprazole 20mg for over 18 years now. I started when it was only available as Losec / Prilosec but I now have generic Omeprazole. It completetly changed my life for the better. Pretty early on I found that taking the 20mg every other day worked best for me unless I feel I have a particularly acidic reaction to some food in which case I just take an extra one. So dosage has remained stable and effective for 18 years. I can say hand on heart that I have been lucky enough to experienced absolutely no side effects. However, I know that I would not now be able to give the drug up. After so many years my body is so used to the regular drug that if I was to miss, say, three days I would get an uncomfortable reaction - But I am quite happy to stay on it for the rest of my life and have no worries. I felt I should post this because you always get lots of negative reation posted on the internet making people frightened and I wanted to provide a positive side - this drug worked wonderfully for me and after 18 years without a problem I think it will continue to do so. | M | 52 | 18 years | 1/18/2010 | 4 | GERD | joint, hip and all around muscle stiffness, facial swelling and weight gain | I die when I'm off it, but after reading all this and seeing a neroligist for possiable bone issues, (which I have none) I will stop taking it and see what happens. I have been to two doctors in the past month and no one can explain what's wrong with me....maybe this is the problem? | F | 49 | 2 years | 1/18/2010 | 4 | GERD | Osteopenia, osteoporosis, vitamin D deficiency, heart palpitations, right arm pain | Ten plus years ago I started taking prescription Zantac, progressed to Nexium and the last 5 years I've been taking OTC Prilosec. Yes, it stops my acid reflux but I have been concerned about long term use. I have always been super healthy but managed to inherit my mother's digestive problems. My doctor says that using Prilosec just cuts back the excess acid I produce and to keep taking it and that I can even double up on it. I take Prilosec in the morning but if I eat dinner out I find I have to take alka seltzer before bed. I have tried to quit but "misery" doesn't begin to describe how I feel, I have to go to bed propped up with a hot water bottle and I can't even go one day without Prilosec. I've tried OTC Tagamet, Zantac, Tums and they are of no help. I have long suspicioned my confirmed vitamin D deficiency has something to do with Prilosec blocking absorption, same with the osteoporosis as it doesn't run in the family and I use hormone replacement patches which helps protect against osteoporosis. I don't know if the Prilosec has anything to do with it but for the first time my cholesterol has zoomed to 254. It's time to take this in hand and I am going to make a real effort to start weaning myself away from Prilosec. If I have success I will report back. | F | 69 | 5 years | 1/18/2010 | 1 | dysphagia(difficulty swallowing | multiple neurological symptons, heart palpitations, | Two months ago I was started on 20 mg of prilosec twice daily for one month, then decreased to daily for difficulty swallowing, that my MD insisted was gerd. shortley after I began having ringing in my ears, headaches numbness and tingling and weakness in my legs and palpitaions I have been to ER multiple times ,everything normal, my Md said I am having anxiety attacks. Last week I noticed a sudden increase in the weakness in my legs then I woke up in the middle of the night with severe dizziness, profuse sweating, body tingling all over and palpitations, I thought I was having a stroke, when I got out of bed, my arms ,legs and body were jerking uncontrolaby, I managed to drive myself to the ER, the Md was extremely concerned, they did a head CT which was normal, again all the tests were normal, they referred me to a neurologist, that was two days ago and now my muscles are so tense, I feel like I am coming out of my skin!!, I feel like I am going crazy, these symptons are not in my mind I have been on the internetf or the past two days trying to figure out what it might be, then this morning something made me look up prilosec side effects, I am in total shock after reading all the postings, I am going to stop the prilosec immediately and am hoping that the symptons will go away, also my MD never told me to limit the time taking prilosec in fact she recently told me to increase to two times a day as it has not helped my swallowing. | F | 52 | 75 days | 1/18/2010 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Blurred vision, anxiety/panic attacks, disturbed sleep/insomnia, chest pains, nausea, pretty much a lot of the side effects reported on this page. I'm a former user. | Prilosec, nexium and other PPI's kill the good bacteria/enzymes that your body needs to properly digest food. You will become malnourished because of these drugs. This needs to be taken care of naturally. First of all, you must cut off all fried food, take out food like Mcdonalds/burgerking and other killer-food, cut-off alcohol altogether, avoid spicy foods, tomato sauce, caffeine etc. Go to a Natural Vitamin shop and purchase yourself: Metagenics Endefen, Metagenics Glutagenics, Soluble and Insoluble fiber and also see what they have for heartburn.Ex: slippery elm bark, orange peel extract. There are natural remedies for this. No need to be on these drugs, which actually make things worse. A table spoon of baking soda in glass of water usually works for me. also: Apple cider vinegar. | M | 27 | 2 years | 1/16/2010 | 4 | Daily heartburn | My side effects mainly we're that I could never quit. Every time I went back to the Prilocec. It started with a whole pill and have been down to 1/2 for 2 years now. I quit 9 days ago and I feel like my heart is beating out of my chest, I've been waking up in the middle of the night with rapid heartbeat. | Since using the drug I have been prescribed thyroid medicine, have high blood pressure, and cholesterol. I realize now that I never had any of these symptoms before. Glad to have found this thread. I hope the heart palpitations and heartburn go away soon! | F | 39 | 4 years | 1/15/2010 | 1 | acid reflux | severe anxiety and depression, joint pain, numbness/tingling in arms hands and fingers, terrible fatigue | been taking omeprazole for about four years with tons of side affects. the one that bothers me the most is the pain in my back and all joints. i was prescribe 4 other meds to deal with all of the sickness like high blood pressure, arthritis, back pain, severe cramps in back and legs, and of course anxiety and depression. maybe it was five more meds... lost count ... thanks to your comments and this site i will stop taking this terrible drug today!!! | M | 39 | 4 years | 1/15/2010 | 1 | gerd | I had every side effect you could think of. i had extreme chest pain and i mean extreme chest pain. i was told by a doc to take this for gerd. i think it would be great if you have a bad case with ulcers. | i developed bacterial overgrowth and candida from this drug suppresing my acid so much. every time i quit my acid came back worse untill one day i quit and had no acid and i mean none. very scary feeling having no acid in my stomach. a month later it came back though , thank god! I would burp up water it seemed like and i was extremly bloated for that month. now i have to get over my other problems. no more acid reflux after being off it for 6 months though. maybe just a little. | M | 25 | 2 days | 1/14/2010 | 5 | GERD | None that I know of... | Used asiphex for many years, until I lost my insurance, this was recommended, and has worked great for the last 5 months. | M | 54 | 5 months | 1/12/2010 | 1 | GERD | My side effects worsened over the years of taking Prilosec. At first it worked great for drying up the acid in my stomach but caused my hips and lower back to ache if I took it for more than a week. Later it worked well for my stomach but caused those symptoms plus arthritis like aching in my hands. I have recently realized that severe headaches that I have had for several years that I thought was strictly sinus pressure related was for the most part caused by the Prilosec. | It sure helps your stomach acid problem but overall was not helpful to me. I am soooo glad that I finally realized that it was causing my headaches. I feel like I have got my life back now even though I still have some problems with my GERD. | M | 58 | 10 years | 1/12/2010 | 1 | esopohigitis | tighter throat,anxiety,chest pain asthma like symptoms | I was told to take prilosec after edoscopy showed esophigitis .I got about 4 days into it when i noticed chest pain that I thought was heart trouble small anxiety attacks and insomnia my throat even felt tighter.I even had asthma symptoms.Ive been off it for about 6 days and the chest pain is gone anxiety gone Ive decided to watch what i eat and not lay down for three hrs or more after meals.for me the side effect outweighed the benifits please feel free to email me | F | 24 | 8 days | 1/11/2010 | 1 | Ulcer | Twitching upper lip, dizziness, feet are cold and numb and can't walk fast. Breathing feels funny, sorta huffy-puffy. Headache too:( | 1st Day- 3 hours after taking my first pill and I hate it! I feel stoned out of my mind and my upper lip is twitching terribly! I have never had my lips twitch ever in my lifetime! My feet feel cold and numb and sluggish. Legs feel achy and tired. My head feels all dizzy and I can't think clearly. Felt absolutely wonderful all day today until 3 pm. Took the pill at noon with my lunch:( Just took a Benedryl hoping it would halt these side effects. Not gonna continue with Prilosec tomorrow. I don't like it at all. | F | 45 | 1 days | 1/11/2010 | 1 | Hiatal Hernia | Totally made my symptoms worse!!! Didn't even make it through the first 14 days. Made me sicker in other ways (diahrea), severe stomaches, headaches, nausau! | M | 57 | 8 days | 1/10/2010 | 1 | Because my doctor said so.. | stomach pain, hart palpitation, insomnia, back pain, blurred vision, constipation, lump in the throat does not disappear, pain in the right leg while sleeping, | My doctor is a moron, or probably a barber! | F | 48 | 3 days | 1/9/2010 | 1 | Gerd, no gall bladder, | chronic cough, chronic swallowing, heart palpitations, blood pressure up, 130 or more at times. Arthritis has become crippling for me at times. Can't exercise so gaining weight I AM MAD AS HECK....ABOUT THIS I want my life back | I am currently being treated for these symptoms and the ENT is suggesting to up the dose because he's thinking I need 40mg to be more affective. M heart can't take anymore of this. I feel like I am going to have a heart attack. I have been on previcid also.I try to get off it but have terrible heartburn (like a heart attack) Doctor is saying Prilosec might not be working anymore...But what to do now? | F | 59 | 15 years | 1/8/2010 | 4 | Severe GERD | I had been on Previcid for almost 7 years until it stopped working and I had a severe flare up of GERD symptoms. Tried several other stomach meds prescribed by my doctors. None seemed to help until I tried the Prilosec. Helped my stomach greatly, but am now experiencing terrible belching, a feeling of a tasteless and oddorless gas coming into my throat, trouble breathing, a dry cough, fatigue, blurred vision, loss of energy which causes loss of interst in doing the things I most enjoy and last but not least, incredible hair loss! | Will be seeing my doctor ASAP to discuss getting off of the Prilosec, but fear having the GERD symptoms, tightness in chest, lump in throat, feeling sick to my stomach/burning stomach, return. Not sure which is worse, the symptoms of GERD or the side affects of the drug. Back to the drawing board on finding alternative remedies that work. Have been using apple cider vinegar, honey and applesauce and these help a great deal. I'm game for getting off the meds to see if my stomach has healed enough to rely on the vinegar, honey and applesauce and to just be very careful to eat small meals and avoid trigger foods. | F | 47 | 3 months | 1/7/2010 | 1 | GERD - severe esophagitis | exhaustion, weight gain, numbness in hands, back ache, thirst, headaches. soft stools | i can't believe what I'm reading! I thought it was just me. My ins. co. made me switch from brand to generic last summer and ever since I've been a tired mess. I just learned about the B12 deficiency and believe that I have all the symptoms of that. I am stopping this drug immediately! Thank you to all of you who have written already. You have really helped me! | F | 44 | 2 years | 1/4/2010 | 1 | acid reflux | This stuff really works for the acid reflux, but after about a year, I started to have an irregular heartbeat, so I did some research and discovered that is a common side affect of the Prilosec. I stopped it about three days ago, and the symptoms are waning. If you can tolerate it, it works great. But, just be prepared there might be adverse reactions. I'd rather have the relux than the irregular heartbeat. | F | 60 | 1 years | 1/4/2010 |