PREVACID Reviews (LANSOPRAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.6 (592 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PREVACID with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PREVACID | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | GERD | Extreme abdominal pain, constipation, sore throat. | Switched to Nexium after a month on Prevacid. Nexium also produced extreme abdominal pain and other muscle pains. Discontinued Prevacid after four weeks, Nexium after two weeks, but the abdominal pains have not diminished. I have now had a barium swallow study and have been diagnosed with Achalasia. I'm scheduled for esophageal dilation and botox injections. I did not have any symptoms of this disease prior to taking Prevacid. | F | 17 | 6 weeks | 7/31/2008 | 4 | GERD | Took the medicine for 12 days. The medicine controlled the GERD very quickly but I had fever from day 1, especially during evenings. The temps ran upto 103.5 deg which lasted on all the days, though not as high. I suspected it to be a side effect and stopped taking prevacid and within 3 days my evening temps were back to normal. | M | 40 | 12 days | 7/29/2008 | 4 | Stomach pain/Ulcer | EXTREMELY hungry, belching when switched to dissolving tablet | This drug was a godsend. After nexium nearly killed me with its side effects, I was given prevacid and felt better as soon as I took the first dose. The major downside was having to wait 30 minutes after the dose to eat because the drug made me extremely hungry, sometimes to the point of hunger pangs. Very expensive, but completely worth it. | F | 24 | 3 months | 7/25/2008 | 1 | Irritated stomach, intestines | Migraine headache, nausea, dizziness | I felt fine this AM until I took a 30Mg dose of Prevacid. Within an hour I had a debillitating migraine headache. It started on the left side of my temple (it's still there 9 hours later), and went down the left side of my neck. I have felt nauseous since then; haven't wanted to eat a bite. I have spent almost my entire day in bed feeling like I'm about to throw up. Often when I closed my eyes, I felt like my bed was spinning. My lower back hurts. I am so glad I found your alls' comments. I am not taking another dose! | F | 54 | 2 days | 7/19/2008 | 2 | GERD | SVT, PVC, PAC, A-fib, chest pain, belching, intestinal discomfort, dizzyness, tingling in neck and face, lower intestinal gas, sudden sweating hands, feet, and head, elevated blood pressure. | 10+ years ago I developed GERD while doing speed skating and taking Ibuprofen while exercising...(DON'T do it, no matter what the commercials say!) It took four trips to the emergency room over a period of a year with weird chest pains before somebody suggested I might have GERD. By then I had a large esophageal ulcer and some Barrett's. I was put on Prevacid with a one-time 6-month stint of Protonix in its place. I no longer have any Barrett's. I still have reflux. Since going on Prevacid, I've had about every heart attack symptom you can have. I've made ~10 trips to the emergency room over the years because of them...with never any heart problem found. I've had two SVT episodes that lasted 2-3 hours. I have always passed my cardiac stress tests with flying colors...in fact my cardiologist told me that my heart is in better condition that 99% of America. Finally, this week my cardiologist says that he has been reading that acid blockers can cause B-12, calcium, iron, | M | 60 | 10 years | 7/17/2008 | 3 | Gastritis | About 1 minute after taking a pill, I would get a dry throat and nose and then about 30 minutes after I would get a weird pressure behind my eyes. It has been about 4 hours since I took the medicine and I have a very slight headache and I am very jittery. I will not be taking this medicine any more. | M | 26 | 8 days | 7/14/2008 | 5 | GERD | Absolutely none. | Anyone know if there has been any recent literature or news regarding (very) long term taking of Prevacid ? Can't find any. Have been taking 15 mg/day now for about 10 years. | M | 71 | 10 years | 7/11/2008 | 4 | GERD - Years of horror. | Prevacid was great for the first 8 years or so. It was the only pill that held me 24 hours. When I tried Nexium or Prilosec, I began having heartburn and hurting so could always tell when I had forgotten to take it. However, recently my constant diarrhea of one year was diagnosed - microscopic colitis. Not sure of one of the causes but one may be medication and I suspect Prevacid is It. Doc tried other meds but nothing controlled diarrhea until he told me to stop Prevacid. Now I'm still dealing with the colitis issues but diarrhead has stopped or at least, slowed down. Be alert and aware of your body! | F | 72 | 8 years | 7/9/2008 | 5 | GERD/Acid Reflux | NONE that I'm aware of. I recently developed carpal tunnel, but I doubt Prevacid caused it. | Prevacid works better than any other prescription medication I've taken for GERD, and it lasts 24 hours. My acid reflux was horrible prior to Prevacid. My reflux would wake me up at night and I'd feel nauseaous or sick with stomach pain throughout the day. I could hardly eat. Prevacid changed my life! I'm extremely pleased with it!! | F | 45 | 3 years | 6/12/2008 | 1 | acid reflux | It took away my heartburn and I was very satisfied with it for about 6 weeks then things went really wrong. I ended up in the hospital for 3 days because my liver was not funtioning properly. I itched from head to toe and turned yellow. I am still trying to get back to normal. I tire very easily and have no appetite. I lost 10 lbs. in 1 week. My gastrologist told me I can never take prevacid again. | If you are on prevacid you should have regular blood tests done to see it your liver is affected. | F | 6 weeks | 6/12/2008 | 5 | Acid Reflux | Slight Loss of appetite | I have been on it for 3 years and I can eat anything now. It is great. At first I moticed I was not eating as much but that stopped after a month or so. However if I stop taking it, the reflux comes back in less than a day | F | 28 | 3 years | 6/2/2008 | 4 | Heart Burn every day! | Ichty and just recently I am getting a little dizzy. | It really helped with the bad stomach problem i had in years...been taking it for 1 month and half but on my 2nd month I started getting hives. I didn't know what was causing it...i thought I was allergic to spring which i never had but after reading other peoples comments it could be this drug. I took a log of everything I was eating and I wasnt able to figure out the problem and I even rubbed polled on my skin to see if i got irrated lol. Ill stop taking this drug after im done with this batch and hopefully the hives will go away. | M | 24 | 50 days | 5/26/2008 | 5 | GERD | Absolutely none in 4 years now. | This has been a godsend for me. I take 1 30mg cap every day at 4pm. If I forget to take it, by 8pm my heartburn is so bad I can barely stand it! | M | 52 | 4 years | 5/21/2008 | 1 | Gastritis | Dizziness, sharp pain in chest within one minute of taking Prevacid sol. Tightness in chest, lumpy dry feeling in throat, tiredness with low blood pressure(never had before) within 1 hr of taking medicine. Other problems during the day were swelling of hands & feet, terrible spells of dripping sweats, excessive non satisfying thirst, extreme bloating and gas, and weird dreams. Started with 30mg once a day for 1 day, then dropped to 15mg once a day. Stopped med after third day. Symptoms slowly abated. | It definately helped my digestive pains, but the side effects are too terrible. Had some of the same problems with Protonics but no way so severe. | F | 61 | 3 days | 5/11/2008 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Severe headaches, stomach pain, nausea, that overall quesy sick feeling, depression, gas, joint pain | I could not figure out why I was feeling so bad and had felt this way for over nine months now. I have taken Prevacid for two years and never would have thought the drug was making me feel this way until I went on this website and starting reading what people were saying were their side effects. I was truly shocked. I stopped taking Prevacid three days ago and have not felt this good in at least a year. This drug can really make you feel horrible!!! | F | 34 | 2 years | 5/6/2008 | 1 | Barrett's and esophagitis | Stomach pain, nausea, hands and feet swell and turn red and hot. Also my restless leg syndrome has been kicking my butt(greatly increased)!!!! Loss of appetite, if I do eat it isn't much before I feel sick. | Though I know that i'm taking this to help heal the esophagitis and decrease the effects of the barrett's, I'm seriously considering not refilling the script!!! | F | 37 | 15 days | 4/23/2008 | 1 | Reflux | headaches, nausea, mouth sores | I couldn't stnad how i felt while taking this drug. My mother told me to go see her choirpractor and after five visits, I was reflux free. No longer need the drug. | M | 42 | 8 days | 4/17/2008 | 5 | GERD | No physical side effects, though my wallet is much thinner. This is an expensive drug (3 mo. supply in US,$536!!)--so expensive I've had to purchase it from another country to afford it (3 mo. supply for $90, outside US). | I could not live without this medicine. I had heartburn so bad I would wake up in the middle of the night feeling like my esophogus was being twisted. I also have chronic sinusitis (before and after taking prevacid), and when researching it I found that yes, that an over active nose could be a side effect of prevacid, but it ALSO can be side effect of GERD. According to my doctors the constant drainage is my body's way of lining my esophogus to protect it from the damage of the acid reflux. For me, this makes total sense, because it wasn't until after I started to treat my constant, runny nose that the GERD symptoms reared it's ugly head. | 39 | 8 years | 4/16/2008 | 1 | GERD/acid reflux | Some relief from acid reflux symptoms, but had diarrhea almost on a daily basis, daily stomach pain which kept me feeling like I needed to eat all the time, and worst of all--decreased bone density (discovered later, due to incomplete absorption of minerals), condition known as osteopenia (precursor to osteoporosis). | Am now 61, but started this drug around age 52. Had suffered with GERD for at least 20 years, but symptoms got worse with age and increasing weight. Went off Nexium, then to Prevacid, and later to Prilosec, hoping to get fewer side effects, but not successful at this at all. All together, was on proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs for about 7 years. Gallbladder removed at age 44. Diagnosed with rare-type pancreas tumor in 2005 and had surgery in Dec. 2005. Went off all PPI drugs in early 2006. Real reasons for GERD: eating too much sugar and wheat (and other gluten grains) for many years, and not enough bile acids for proper digestion. MY CURE: taking bile acid salts and full-strength pancreatic enzymes supplements with every meal. Drastically changed my diet to high-fat, moderate-protein, low-carb (NO wheat or other gluten grains) with absolutely no processed food; added raw dairy and grassfed, pastured, locally-grown beef, poultry, pork, organic produce. I have normal digestion now--no | F | 61 | 2 years | 4/13/2008 | 3 | ulcers | chest pain,chest tightness,sore eyes, stuffy nose | M | 2 days | 4/12/2008 |