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 |
| 1 | gerd | hair loss, half of my hair has fallen out its been going on for 3 years now. Stopped taking losec 1 year ago, does this ever correct itself? | F | 41 | | 12/20/2004 | 4 | acid reflux | burning tender irratable bowels with occasional bleeding | acid reflux is gone except it feels like it left my throat and went to my rear | M | 43 | 2 years | 11/22/2004 | 5 | Hernia and acid reflux | None | I love Prilosec. Prior to taking Prilosec even water gave me painful heartburn. I had to sleep sitting up and still ended up vomiting many nights. I have used both Prevacid and Prilosec...they are both good medicines. I'm not sure I could live without it I hope it stays on the market. | F | 57 | 8 years | 11/20/2004 | 1 | acid reflux from hiatal hernia | headaches, back pain, sore ankles, hives on feet, depression, heart palpitations, high blood pressure, chest pain, tingling in left arm | I had no problems with Nexium when I took it. But I ran out and I tried to control my disease with diet, but it was not working. Rather than go back to the doctor, which was like pulling teeth to get Nexium, I started on Prilosec OTC, taking it sporadically. I went to the doctor because I was having some strange symptoms and got the full workup and found nothing to do with my heart. Then he suggested I increase my dosage of prilosec to 20 mg 2x a day and things got exponentially worse. Debilitating side effects, including severe depression. Seems to have subsided with stopping the medication, but I will have to keep an eye on my BP to be sure it goes back to normal. | F | 32 | 6 months | 11/1/2004 | 5 | acid reflux | none | I have had | F | 57 | 2 years | 10/10/2004 | 4 | GERD | No side effects so far | Worked very well after about 4 days; wish it's effects had started immediately. After taking prilosec, I could eat just about anything without problems. GERD symptoms came back just 3 days after stopping prilosec, so I'm going back on it again. | F | 47 | 14 days | 9/27/2004 | 3 | gerd | none | M | 59 | 4 years | 9/27/2004 | 5 | Acid Reflux | None | F | 25 | 2 months | 9/14/2004 | 2 | Acid reflux, mucous in throat | I'm sure I fall within the 1% who experienced debilitating side-effects with Prilosec, but the cramping and diarrhea I had were as bad as the worst traveller's diarrhea you've ever experienced. Entire days were spent in the bathroom. It was so bad, I was sure I had a parasite, since I couldn't believe that an ostensibly safe and approved over-the-counter drug could make me so sick. My internist actually requested a stool culture to test for a parasite, but there was none. Another tricky aspect of the diarrhea was that it would remit after each episode, and for a couple of days I thought I was over it. But it always returned with a vengeance. Once I stopped the Prilosec, the diarrhea also stopped, although it took 2 or 3 days to get everything out of my system. | The good news is that the Prilosec did more to help my acid reflux symptoms than any other drug I'd tried. Unfortunately it's not an option for me to continue on the drug. | 50 | 40 days | 8/28/2004 | 5 | scaring, reflux, gas. gagging | no side effects | stopped taking it, dont like anything that warns about liver problems, all symptems returned. 10 mg was all I needed was taking lipitor, and had liver elevated, dont know what was cause. its a jungle out there | M | 71 | 2 years | 8/8/2004 | 4 | GERD, gastritis | no known side effects | The over the counter version came out just after the less expensive generic. And hey, surprise, my insurance company stopped covering either prilosec or the generic. Now I have to pay so much more for a drug I need. It kind of stinks if you ask me. | F | 33 | 6 years | 7/20/2004 | 5 | Severe Acid Reflux | Must take medication for the rest of life. Miss just two days and reflux returns. | M | 65 | 15 years | 3/7/2004 | 5 | GERD, gastritis | Some problems with digestion, possibly inhibited digestion of certain minerals (iron) but that is not certain. | I don't know what side effects of long term use are, but the relief from this med is good. I had been on zantac, tagamet, prevacid (also good) and it seemed like each new doc wanted to start anew with a lower dose of drug therapy. Every time in recent years, I have ended back on Prilosec or generic and it is the only one that worked unconditionally. | F | 31 | 4 years | 2/21/2003 | 5 | Acid Reflux | None | Wish it would go generic or over the counter | F | 38 | | 1/3/2003 | 5 | acid reflux | none | M | 40 | 7 years | 10/25/2002 | 1 | Reflux Oesophagitus (Acid Reflux) | Depression, feeling of being bloated, irritability, Nausea, abdominal cramps, excessive gas, diahrrea, constipation (yeah both, but not at the same time:) ) | It worked well at first and I didn't notice the side effects. I thought that the problems I was having were caused by some of the foods I ate and not the drug. Things got worse and I ended up stopping it altogether after reading about its side effects on the web. I now watch what I eat, have lost weight and feel 100% better. It got me over the worst of things and helped but the side efects turned out to be all the things the drug was supposed to treat me for. | M | 49 | 7 years | 7/29/2002 | 5 | Acid Reflux | Severe heartburn. Burning sensation upon lying down. Asthma and hoarseness/sore throat in the morning due to backup of acid. | I never believed that I could eat basically anything, particularly a food with any amount of fat content and not think I was going die, prior to finding Prilosec. Tagamet and Pepcid were only pretenders. | M | 48 | 2 years | 6/20/2002 | 5 | Acid Reflux | None | Severe heartburn. Burning sensation upon lying down. Asthma and hoarseness/sore throat in the morning due to backup of acid. I never believed that I could eat basically anything, particularly a food with any amount of fat content and not think I was going die, prior to finding Prilosec. Tagamet and Pepcid were only pretenders. | M | 48 | 2 years | 6/20/2002 | 4 | acid reflux and severe stomach pain | Headaches and musculoskeletal pain ... especially within the shoulders | Very effective for controlling the pain which was disabling in nature | M | 22 months | 12/21/2001 | 3 | L P Reflux | After taking Prilosec 2 weeks I started experiencing abdominal pain and diarrhea. At first the stools were tarry and loose. After a week, the stool color was restored but still have diarrhea. | M | 62 | 1 months | 12/17/2001 |