ACIPHEX Reviews (RABEPRAZOLE SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.8 (482 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACIPHEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ACIPHEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | GERD | ANXIETY, SHORTNESS OF BREATHE, LIGHTHEADEDNESS, AND OVERALL FEELING OF WEAKNESS, NOT TO MENTION THE BOUTS OF INSOMNIA. | I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT TO GO CRAZY.. I AM NOT MUCH OF TAKING MEDS UNTIL RELENTLESS HEARTBURN TOOK OVER MY DAY TO DAY FUNCTIONS. I STARTED WITH OTC STUFF.. THE DOC SAID THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT ALL.. BUT LOW AND BEHOLD IT GOT WORSE.. THEN STARTED WITH AL THE RX'S. BAD IDEA.. ALL OF MY SIDE EFFECTS TOOK OVER MY LIFE. I HAD STRESS TESTS, ULTRASOUNDS , NOT TO MENTION THE ER VISITS. I AM 26 , A PARAMEDIC, AND A COMPETITVE WEIGHT LIFTER.. THESE MEDS ALMOST PUT ME OUT OF COMISSION. NO ONE COULD ANSWER IF WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING WAS SIDE EFFECTS OR IF I WAS FALLING APART FROM THE INSIDE OUT. WELL I HAVE BEEN OFF THE RX'S FOR A FEW DAYS WITH SOME RELIEF OF THE SIDE EFFECTS, BUT STILL WITH SOME WEAKNESS AND LIGHT HEADEDNESS. HOW LONG TILL I GET BACK TO NORMAL? I HAVE BEEN USEING APPLE CIDAR VINEGAR FOR FLARE UP WHICH SEEMS TO BE HELPING. ANY ADVICE? THANKS TO THIS WEBSITE I AM A LITTLE MORE AT EASE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE! | M | 26 | 4 months | 11/26/2008 | 1 | Reflux | Sweating, chills, back pain, tremors and just overall not well feeling | I take heavy medications for a severe myopathy and this medication started to block the other medications, increasing the level of pain I had which isn't good. I wouldn't take this unless it was the last option. | M | 40 | 5 days | 11/17/2008 | 5 | GERD | None | I've been taking aciphex for about 2 years now. I've had nothing but success. Dr took me off for a while for an over the counter medication. Within days the heartburn returned and was unbearable. Within hours of taking aciphex my heartburn went away. I don't know of any side effects that I've experienced. Only problem is the VA hospital and TRICARE have removed it from their list of meds. Now my co-pay is a little high, about $27 for 45 pills, but its worth the money for me | M | 56 | 2 years | 11/10/2008 | 2 | heartburn | heartburn got worse instead of better. Headaches, bloating | F | 43 | 6 days | 11/9/2008 | 1 | GERD, Barrett's | I'm not going to list my side effects, but I can say that Aciphex & all the other PPI meds are POISON! Please follow this link to a completely NATURAL & CHEAP method of controlling reflux: earthclinic.com/CURES/acid_reflux_and_apple_cider_vinegar.html | M | 41 | 1 years | 11/9/2008 | 1 | Hiatal Hernia, Gastritis | Spastic stomach pains, terrible cramping, unstoppable diarrhea | I was ok on aciphex for the first 2 weeks, then I started getting these horrible pains that worsened, and ended up with diarrhea that progressed from a couple days, to a full 2 weeks. They switched me to prevacid. | F | 25 | 30 days | 11/7/2008 | 4 | gerd | M | 28 | 2 years | 10/28/2008 | 3 | gastritis | Gassy, stomach pain, increase in IBS. Hot flashes/Night and Day Sweats, depression, anxiety. | Not sure if hot flashes and sweats are due to Aciphex or menopause, but they coincidentally started soon after starting Aciphex. It did ease heartburn almost 100%, though. | F | 50 | 2 months | 10/22/2008 | 4 | Stomach ulcer | Weakness in upper left arm/shoulder. | Diagnosed with a stomach ulcer, I was prescribed Prevacid at first, but had bad ringing in the ear after the 2nd dose so I stopped the Prevacid for a week or two. The burning came back worse than before and I was then prescribed Aciphex instead. Aciphex immediately stopped the gnawing pain within a couple of hours, and I have had great relief ever since. The only side effect I noticed is ongoing muscle weakness in my left shoulder/arm since being on it, but it is mild and so much better than the constant burning/gnawing sensations in my stomach. | M | 41 | 5 weeks | 10/4/2008 | 5 | Acid Reflux | Headaches, dry mouth, heart palpitations. | This has worked wonders for me. I suffered with Acid Reflux for years, and tried Nexium, Priloec, and Prevacid... they didn’t work for me. Recently I switched to Omeprazole because my copay went up and the Aciphex was too expensive. Bad Idea. My symptoms are back, heart burn, stomach making noises, burping, etc. I am now switching back to Achiphex. With Aciphex I'm able to eat spicy foods with no problem. From what I have read it sound like medicines for Acid Reflux all cause side effects. I tried going without medicine but felt terrible. So I still take it and it works for the Acid Reflux but then you get other side effects. That’s the crappy thing about meds. | F | 42 | 1 years | 9/30/2008 | 1 | GERD | I've tried it several times... every time have gas, diarrhea, headache, anxiety... major heart palpitations this time, too. very scared. helped to read other posts. I'm not taking it any more. | F | 51 | 3 days | 9/5/2008 | 1 | Heartburn and Nausia | I experienced heart palpitations, light headiness, and fatigue. I am a runner, so the symptoms were very disturbing. | After I stopped taking Aciphex the heart palpitations stopped, tried Nexium for 2 days with dizziness as a side effect, now I am taking otc pepcid. I might try to get by on tums until the doctor can figure out whats causing the heartburn. | F | 42 | 2 weeks | 9/2/2008 | 1 | Dr. Prescriped for chest pain | Dizziness, weird headaches, sinus pressure, blurred vision, severe bloating after eating, insomnia, pain in back and neck, upset stomache, loose stools, not feeling good at all!! | I went to Dr. with tight chest, lump in throat, dry cough, rapid heart beat. After chest e-xrays, ekgs, vital tests all being normal he said it was anxiety. Gave me Xanax, took for 3 days and stopped since I felt like killing myself and did absoulutely nothing for my problems. Went back, saw a different doctor who prescribed Aciphex. I started taking, no help, ended up back in emergency room with same problems and really bad head/sinus ache. Emergency doc said same thing, anxiety and keep taking Aciphex. Achiphex hasn't helped, only made me worse. Now I have pain in back, neck, tight muscles, get extremely bloated after eating, can't sleep, feel bad all of the time. Keep in mind I've never had stomache or any kind of physical problems. I am going to stop taking and see what happens. I skipped one pill and seemed to do alright. Will let you know. | F | 30 | 14 days | 8/22/2008 | 1 | GERD & Reflux | Ever since I began taking Aciphex it was almost like my symptoms got worse. I was burping, having diarehea, terrible abdominal pain and constantly movement in my stomach. I was also experiencing tingling in my arms and joint pain. I have been back to my GI doctor and even to a surgeon (thinking maybe I had a hernia), gone for gall bladder tests, blood work, kidney test, stomach scan and nothing has showed up as being wrong. I have felt like I am losing my mind because the symptoms have been so bad. I finally ran out of the medicine and thought "Hmmm I wonder if this could be causing me all these problems" and I have been off it for 3 days. I have felt so much better. Immediately I noticed the difference in my body. I am so happy to not be taking this medicine anymore and I would NOT RECOMMEND this mediciation. Stick with over the counter meds. | M | 33 | | 8/15/2008 | 2 | ulcer | headache and dizziness. unable to concentrate. insomnia/anxiety, increased urination and drymouth at first. after taking aciphex for about a week and half, my arms and legs feel very weak. the back of my neck feels stiff. | i just called my doctor to find out if this was a reaction to aciphex. he told me no. i thought i would check out the side effects on their website, but i came across this site. thanks for the information. | F | 46 | 11 days | 8/10/2008 | 1 | I have acute gastritis | Muscle spasms, muscle breakdown, joint pain, headaches, anxiety, dehydration, heart palpitations. | I take 60 mg.of aciphex per day. At first it worked like a miracle, but now after 7 years, I have so many side effect and through many attempts of coming off of the drug I feel terrible everyday. This medicine helps one medical problem, but creates a dozen other problems. It is easy for the Doctors to say switch to Prilosec or Nexium or Zantax, which I have tried, but it is not any easy thing to do. You are hooked for life. If anyone has any advice on how to wean yourself off of this nasty medicine, I am open for suggestions. | M | 58 | 7 years | 8/8/2008 | 1 | GERD | Worked okay for the first few weeks, but then throat started to swell (could be other related), then started to feel tingling in arms and hot flashes in feet. Later I started to have anxiety attacks, depression, tiredness, almost blacked out one morning after waking up feeling anxious. Almost went to ER, but I'm sure that all they'd do is give me some anti-depressants and send me home. Going in for endoscopy to find root of problem. | M | 37 | 28 days | 8/8/2008 | 3 | GERD | None aprt from insomnia. | After taking this drug 20mg for 5 years I have only suffered minor side effects that passed very quickly, that at the time I did not atribute to this drug. However I then developed insomnia and decided as a precaution to reduce to 10mg. Ever since I started taking 10mg I have felt terrible, no energy, dizzy, depressed for no reason. Anyone know why this would be, given that I am now taking a reduced dose. (Still in the first week of taking this tho). Thanks. | F | 28 | | 8/7/2008 | 3 | reflux/gastritis chronic | Commented several months before and still the same, but added anxiety, not feeling good feeling, numbness in limbs and random stomach pains/cramps. They are infrequent and come and go. All of them and others in other ratings below , are listed on WebMd as 50/50 chance of occuring..Drink fluids and take tylenol and possibly vit b12 for relief of effects | This is a good drug in the short go for gasto ailments but not intended for long term use I believe. Get better and then switch to something less harsh on your system. | M | 32 | 6 months | 8/6/2008 | 5 | acid reflux | No side effects,when my nexium quit working my doctor put me on these, and they work better than nexium ever did for me. No side effects whatsoever would recommend great stuff! | M | 48 | 3 months | 7/30/2008 |