PRILOSEC Reviews (OMEPRAZOLE)Average Rating: 1.9 (1667 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PRILOSEC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PRILOSEC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | My daughter took Prilosec and did not realize it was drying up her saliva - she went from cavity free to over a dozen cavities in 18 months - the saliva cleans the food and aids in digestion - she is going to lose weight and get off Prilosec. | I have taken it off and on for about 6 months - it helps wth my gerd but I am concerned about all the listed side effects. | F | 65 | 176 days | 1/11/2009 | 2 | GERD, gagging a lot, heartburn | Drowsiness, weird empty feeling in my chest, loss of appetite | About a month ago I had to go to the ER after vomiting up blood (food poisoning from a local takeout place caused the vomiting; continued vomiting caused a tear in my esophagus, which made it bleed into the stomach - all this was diagnosed by the doctor and he said I had been having heartburn for a long time and didn't realize it). Anyway, I started taking Nexium after the ER incident, but had to stop because it was making me feel weird: drowsy, sluggish and lethargic, stoned-out feeling, alterations in taste, loss of appetite. Recently my heartburn has been flaring up, so I decided to give Prilosec a try. This is the 3rd day on it and I am going to quit - it makes me feel just as weird as when I was on Nexium, if not worse. For the past 2 nights I have been waking up at 3 or 4 am with a spinning dizzy feeling, extreme thirst, and overall "stoned" feeling. I don't like it at all. I wonder why I am feeling drowsy when it's just supposed to inhibit acid. I'm not even goi | F | 23 | 3 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | Acid Reflux | On day 5 of a 14 day round of Prilosec OTC I began feeling like I couldn't breath, had slight dizziness / light headedness, and tingling sensations in my hands, arms, and back / shoulder area. This started in the evenings at first but eventually began earlier and earlier in the day accompanied by the feeling that my arms were heavy and I couldn't lift them. By day 13 I also had severe, smelly diarreha. I've also had lots of gas. I felt like I was crazy or dying! | On the 13th day I gave in and went to an urgent care center where an EKG was normal. I asked the doctor if my symptoms could be side effects of Prilosec and he said possibly but not probable. Unsatisfied and concerned, I went straight from urgent care to the ER. Another EKG was normal as was blood work (which tested RBC, WBC, glucose, enzymes...) and a chest x-ray. The ER doctor was baffled but did not entertain the idea that it could be side effects of Prilosec. I quit taking the Prilosec on the 13th day. 2 days and I'm still having the anxiety /panic attack like symptoms but they aren't lasting as long in duration. I have never experienced anything like this in my life! If you know how long it takes to get this medication out of your system or how to get it out please e-mail me! | F | 33 | 13 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | 2 months | heart pulps | Ill start by saying i took this for gerd and heartburn. it worked great for the symtoms but i was always having heart pulputations. I do get panic attacks but ive been having them for 20 years now so we wont blame it on the med. but as soon as i stopped the prilosec the heart puls stopped. so now i just suffer with heartburn and take tums. but id rather have heartburn then a heart attack wow it was really bad.... | F | 41 | 2 months | 1/9/2009 | 1 | Heartburn | Bloating, weight gain, fatigue. | Listen long time users of Prilosec! I took it for years and thought I was getting a wonder drug until the long term effects kicked in. Bloating, cramping, fatigue, it was like I was pregnant. Here is the cure that was recommended by a doctor (and has worked thus far); drink apple cider vinegar before meals. Here is why. Your stomach isn't breaking down your food properly. This means you are not absorbing the proteins, vitamins, and minerals, in your food. Without acid in your stomach you are literally ‘backing up’ like a garbage disposal. The vinegar will tell your stomach-which is pretty much a litmus test- that it ‘has enough acid so the body need not produce more.’ Consider this, without your vitamin B’s you will become sluggish i.e. the fatigue. Without your essential minerals you will be unable to use the little nutrients you are taking in. Without your branch chain aminos you are prone to soreness, weakness, and irritability. And thatR | M | 23 | 5 years | 1/8/2009 | 1 | Reflux | Everything already listed... Tired all the time, headaches, sore/ swollen feet (so bad I could barely walk in the in the mornings) Stomach pain, muscle spasms, lightheaded, dizziness, nervousness, weight gain (not completely attributed to the prilosec :o) Severe back pain... just generally feeling crappy all the time! | I've been taking Prilosec for almost 5 years... I'm 29 and I've felt generally sick for a long time now... I can't really say when it started, but I had never read anywhere that this medicine had such bad side effects. When I read the previous responses I almost cried! I had no idea... Yesterday was my last day on this awful pill... Thank you! | F | 29 | 5 years | 1/8/2009 | 1 | gerd | Followup to earlier posting. Lingering symptoms: no appetite; increased reflux; tightness in the head; lightheaded, disconnected feeling. | This is a followup to my posting on 12/14/08. I had a panic attack and went to the ER on 12/15/08. I continued to have severe reflux and a lightheaded feeling for weeks after stopping the drug. My head is now finally starting to clear. I tracked down the manufacturer of the omeprazole that I took. They wrote up a side effects report for the FDA with my consent. I urge everyone to do the same. You can also contact the FDA directly. This is the only way that we can force the FDA and the drug industry to reassess the safety of this drug. Thanks to all who responded to my post. | M | 47 | 6 days | 1/3/2009 | 1 | erosions of esophagus | severe head pain, ear pain, tooth pain, joint pain, tired, severe abdominal pain. | I thought I was going crazy! I was in so much pain all the time. Since the symptoms did't start right away after taking prilosec I didn't put it together that was causing all my pains I was on nexium for 7 years and was so happy to find prilosec otc, It was a big savings in money. I am off everything and on zantac. So far so good, been 3 days. Also cut down on coffee alot. | F | 46 | 1 years | 1/2/2009 | 5 | acid reflux disease | I usually get some gas and/or acid stomach late in the day about three hours before bedtime. I usually take three Rolaids Fruit flavor as an antacid. Sometimes I need the Rolaids Berry flavor for gas relief. This is cheaper than the Gas-X that I sometime use. | I've taken Prilosec OTC everyday for over 6 years now. I can really tell after my lunch meal if I haven't taken it in the morning! My doctor had originally prescribed Nexium. After the pharmacist wanted to charge me over one hundred dollars for a thirty day supply, I knew I had to find something else for my acid reflux disease. Prilosec is the answer for me. I've sure saved a lot of money over the years, and it has kept my acid reflux in check! | M | 66 | 6 years | 1/1/2009 | 2 | Acid reflux, heartburn | Bloating, constipation, fatigue, weight gain | Have always had acid issues, went from Tums, to Zantac, to Prilosec. After years on Prilosec, was tired all the time, kept gaining weight in spite of trying to lose it. Abdomen bloated, distended, looked pregnant. Stopped the Prilosec and lost 5-6 lbs in 2 weeks. Acid issues returned, but Zantac isn't enough to control it. Am trying taking Prilosec one week on, one week off with Zantac in between. Acid back-up causes sore throat issues. Will see how it goes. Dr's only other option was surgery. | F | 50 | 7 years | 1/1/2009 | 4 | duodenal ulcer | For first few weeks, got sleepy a lot if sitting at my desk at work, and got cold a lot, too. That went away. After 9 months, got Drug Induced Lupus. | The doctor gave me this for an ulcer I developed after a stressful situation. I did not have the bacteria that causes ulcers. It worked wonderfully and I felt great! But after 9 months I became very ill with "arthritis" throughout my entire body, could not go up or down stairs, long term fever, swollen painful lymph nodes, a flat rash on my legs and torso that looked like old scar tissue, headaches, and severe fatigue. I was just about bed ridden. I was tested for everything possible and it all came out negative. I discovered Drug Induced Lupus on the net and my doctor tested for certain antibodies. It was also negative. But was told I could have it but be "blood negative". My C-reactive protein level kept rising (shows inflammation in the body). We decided to stop one med at a time (I'm on three) until we found the possible culprit. We got lucky when we stopped the RX Prilosec first. My symtoms abated within three days. I now only still have the rash and f | F | 39 | 11 months | 12/30/2008 | 1 | stochach pain | Depression, anxiety, nausea, hair loss,and fatigue | My doctor told me to take it but never told me to take it on an empty stomach and I didn't bother to read the directions and took it with my meals. Then three weeks ago I started taking it as directed on the box and three days later my hair fell out in a hand full and My heart started racing so bad I thought I was having a heart attack then the anxiety started and depression. I stopped taking it 7 days ago. the anxiety and depression has gotten better but the hair loss is still falling. Does anyone know if it will stop falling? If anyone can tell me please email me. | F | 50 | 8 months | 12/29/2008 | 4 | Acid reflux, possible ulcer | Initially gas, bloating, diarrhea. Those only happened when I did not take the medication *As directed* | I initially took this to help with extreme acid reflux, GERD and ulcer symptoms. It was unbearable for 5-7 days and my Dr prescribed Zegerid. I was on Zegerid for 3 months and it worked great, but as soon as I stopped the acid came back with a vengeance! I decided to try Prilosec again, took it first thing in the a.m, did not eat for 30 minutes after and now it's GREAT. It's so nice to having a regular bathroom experience rather than diarrhea constantly! | F | 30 | 14 days | 12/27/2008 | 3 | GERD | Pains and discomfort in intesinal tract, bloating, gas, burping, constipation, diareha, fatigue | Wow looks like many of us have had simiar symptoms. I was prescibed Prlocec for reflux and sallowing issues related to my esophogus. Cleared those sysmptoms but pains in my intestinal tract, constipation, diareha, fatigue have started. My doctor actually said that my syptoms may be related to the Prilsec. | M | 47 | 3 months | 12/27/2008 | 2 | Acid reflux | Side effects included, loss of acid in GI tract to the point of passing pure bile, headache, seemed to alter my normal stomach/intestinal bacteria and as a result this drug combined with ciprofloxin caused a C. Diff infection which could have killed me. I'm still recovering 4 months later as my bowels have yet to resume full normal function. | Be careful when altering the body's chemistry as much as this drug will, you may have complications. I know it helps some people immensely so that's the only reason I'm rating it 2 instead of 1. | M | 35 | 14 days | 12/27/2008 | 1 | Lump in throat/occasional heartbur | Greater level of heartburn. Almost everyday vs. only occasionally before taking this medication. Dull headache, pressure in chest and sometime in my back. After taking this medication things only got worse | I am going off immediately. If the goal of Prilosec is to reduce acid, it is working in the opposite direction by increasing it significantly. My only problem going into the doctor was a lump in my throat. Guess I need to keep experimenting. I will start by being stricter with my diet. | F | 53 | 21 days | 12/27/2008 | 3 | Acid Refluc/Gerd | Gas,a lot of bloating, diahrea | This usually clears up my acid reflux for a short time, but the side effects are terrible for me. I get extreme bloating, increased appetite, gas, and within a day (or even just hours) I get bad cramps, lightheadedness and then bad diahrea (feels like I have the flu---sometimes I vomit, too). I can't seem to find any acid reflux med's that help but have NO terrible side effects. This is the "least bad", but it's still bad, so I don't take it as much as I should. I take as needed, on and off. Sometimes I do the full 2 week course, other times I do a day or two. | F | 40 | 3 days | 12/25/2008 | 1 | Gerd | Extreme constipation, belching, pain in the area of my gall bladder, chest pain. | For extreme heartburn, my doctor advised me to increase my dose of prilosec to 2 in the morning and 2 at night, or double the recommended dose. It shut down my digestive system. My colon did not move, I developed pain in the area of my gall bladder, burped frequently, and had chest pain with exertion. I quickly dropped back to one prilosec a day, but my symptoms continued. Over a year's time, I had a gall bladder scan, colonoscopy, endoscopy, and heart scan. I tried to go off the drug but developed heartburn again. I finally switched to zantac 75 and all my symptoms went away. I had to figure this out myself. Every Dr. I saw was in total denial the drug could have caused these problems. From the constipation, I developed a cystocele and rectocele. I have no sex life because of this. Being overdosed on this drug by my doctor wrecked my life. | F | 56 | 5 years | 12/23/2008 | 3 | GERD-related vocal changes | Heart palpitations with sudden acceleration of activity level. Initially, vile flatulence(quickly resolved), and occasional constipation, associated with some pain in lower intestinal tract. | Mostly concerned about the heart palpitations, which aren't even listed as a side effect in most on-line resources. Don't understand why. Heart burn, heart arrythymia's and palpitation have NOT been an issue prior to using this medication. | F | 59 | 4.5 weeks | 12/19/2008 | 1 | Occasional Heartburn | Lethargy, rash and itching on entire bodyaches, flu-like symptoms, ear problems, no appetite, constipation.... so many things. People thought I was hypochondriac! | Please, Do NOT take this and when stopping, do NOT give up! This has been an on and off 6 month struggle... I have been off them now for almost 2 months. There is a rebound effect but try to get by! I didn't even get to have a cookie on my birthday and am praying I can eat Christmas dinner and not feel so weak. Please... I keep telling myself it will go away and praying every single day, trying to get more vitamins in my system through boost drinks. I was on these meds for total of 3 months or so (adding all time together) and I pray to be better soon! I have to put off wedding plans because of this!!! Don't give up.... I have a friend who went through this too.. it does get better. Don't give in and go on more medicine! PLEASE! EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT SUPPORT!! | F | 24 | 3 months | 12/15/2008 |