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 |
| 1 | Acid Reflux | Vertigo, increased appetite, weight gain, abdominal pain, depression, anxiety, nervousness, diarrhea, irritability, confusion, increaded heartburn when not taken. | After 30 days with just taking this medication by word of my Dr. I started to notice changes. I listed all the things to my wife what I was noticing and that is when I decided to look up the Adveres drug reactions and side effects associated with Aciphex; wouldn't you know... It matched my list. I am stopping this cold turkey! i would rather continue taking an OTC like tums the rest of my life than dealing with these effects. | M | 33 | 30 days | 5/2/2008 | 4 | 3 pre-ulcers, GERD | Weight gain!!! (25 lbs in 9 months). I have anxiety so I don't know what are side effects and what are anxiety related. | This has definatley helped with my pre-ulcers and GERD but I still have the occasional issue. I want to stop taking it because of the high weight gain, but I am afraid all of my pre Aciphex symptoms will come back. | F | 26 | 9 months | 4/28/2008 | 2 | dizziness, itching (felt like under the skin) in hands, feet, throat and scalp, extreme nervousness so i would take benadryl to calm myself down and be able to sleep! | I have been taking it for 5 days and stopped last night. I will not continue taking this medicine. | F | 21 | 5 days | 4/27/2008 | 1 | Gastritis/Asophagitis/GERD | Tingling down arms and legs, tightnesss across my chest, all my muscles tightened up, heart palpitations, asophagus spasms, vomiting, weakness, light headedness, major headaches, nausea | I would not suggest this drug - I have been hospitalized 22 days this year, and until I read others comments, I would have not beleived anyone, but this is what I am experiencing, and the doctors put me on anti-depression pills to stop the spasms, of which I had a severe reaction to it. I am not using others advice - 1000mg Orange Peel extract & enzyme tablets... heartburn is going away, not curing my gastritis though... any suggestions for organic/homeopathic idea's ? | F | 42 | 60 days | 4/22/2008 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Headaches. Severe tightness in shoulders and neck. | I never get headaches until recently. The tightness in shoulders and neck is like nothing I have ever experienced. Aciphex was only thing different in my diet and routine. Stopped taking it and my headaches and neck / shoulder isues have gone. After reading similar experiences on this site I wonder how this stuff made it on the market. | M | 42 | 6 months | 4/22/2008 | 4 | Acid Reflux | Pain just under knee caps. Thought it was from playing beach volleyball and running but finally figured out pain coincides with when I started taking Aciphex. After reading this site today I'm convinced this is the cause so I'm stopping and will look for another way to treat this mess. The drug works but some days I can hardly walk. Also have had headaches from time to time. I think this mostly happens when I'm under hydrated anyway. The more I drink the less often this happens. Also saw some comments hear about "fogginess". I have days like this but just thought it was from getting old. | M | 39 | 4 months | 4/20/2008 | 4 | gastritis/reflux | Gassy, with loose incomplete stools, (lots) but not diaherrea. Sinus area head pain. mild stomach pain. All side effects cease after 24 hours of not taking it. | This drug helps a lot but has some inconvinient side effects. It works best when taken in waves then stop regular, and just take it when you need it... | M | 31 | 6 months | 4/15/2008 | 1 | acid reflux | anxiety,breaking out in sweats, headache, lump in throat, painful sore in mouth for 3weeks, thought I was having a heart attack but I am very athletic. gained 40lbs. I am getting off this and looking for something natural.These side effects appeared gradually but have become intense in the last 3 months doctor says i am in great shape had barium swallow, cat scan,and sonograms all check out aok this must be it also loss of vision (distance). | protonix helped with no side effects but that was 5years ago | M | 50 | 1 years | 4/11/2008 | 1 | sliding hiatal hernia | took the aciphex for 2 days and second day afer lunch started feeling very anxious it started in my arms felt as if I had to keep moving them, my heart was racing, not a good feeling than my legs also started feeling very anxious. Not worth it, the coughing continued on both days. | F | 47 | 2 days | 3/31/2008 | 4 | GERD | I have been taking Aciphex for 2 years. I changed my diet, I was on thhe Atkins diet for 3 months, I had no heartburn at all, so I stopped taking it. I have intense cramping in my lower stomach and have for a month, I started to Aciphex again to see if that would help and the cramping went away. Do I need to take this stuff forever? even if I dont have heartburn? After reading this, I realize now why I have felt like crap for 2 years, but the heartburn gets so bad when I am not on that diet. Not sure what to do. | F | 44 | 2 years | 3/25/2008 | 1 | possible GERD | After first day started experiencing dizziness, blurriness, numbness and tingling in arms and legs, headaches and tingling scalp, patchy red face and chest, with occasional sweating followed by chills. The scariest symptoms were the irregular heartbeat, fatique, constant burping and shortness of breath. Caffiene caused extreme nervousness and palpitations. Husband took me to the ER (I am 51 years old) thinking I was having a heart attack. Everything was negative, even a CAT scan on my brain. I mentioned to ER staff that I started taking aciphex, but they said that wouldn't cause my symptoms and sent me home with Valium. Tried Aciphex a few more times and each time felt worse. When I searched my symptoms on the internet, Aciphex was the first thing to appear. WILL NEVER TAKE IT AGAIN! | So relieved to finally figure out the cause of my symptoms. Have spent a lot of money on ER, specialists such as ENT and tests for Meniere's Disease, etc. Trust your first instincts - the doctor isn't always right. | F | 51 | 4 weeks | 3/10/2008 | 1 | GERD | Dizziness, decreased consciousness, tiredness, face tingling, muscles twitching, bloating, vomiting, and more! | I was fine before my doctor hooked me on this stuff. I cannot stand the decreased conciousness, mental confusion and dizziness associated with this crap (I was a software engineer, now I can barely type an email!). These problems go away when I stop, and come right back when I take it. They should take this stuff off the market. I’m going to try Zantac, but if I had no other choice than surgery or Aciphex, I’d go for surgery. | M | 32 | 1 years | 3/8/2008 | 1 | Vocal Pain and Acid Reflux | Low blood pressure - Passed out cold - Bloating - worsened reflux - heart attack symptoms - sweating - irregular heartbeats - extreme anxiety and depression - off balance - diarrhea | Went to doctor for raw inflamed vocal cords when speaking.... He said I had acid reflux. I did not have any major symptoms of reflux.... JUST MY VOCAL CORDS HURT. Within 24 hrs I had passed out and then started diarrhea and from that day on I was never the same for 10 days until I quit as I finally figured out that it was this evil poison in my system. I thought I was going crazy. Pharmacists and other medical people I knew said that Aciphex could not cause what I was experiencing. I am so glad I found this site to find I am not the only one. I quit the stuff and immediately got better. My head is still not right... and feel light headed at times. I called the makers of Aciphex and they told me the medicine could cause all my symptoms. ...DUH.. I know my body... I was ok before. I hope this didn't screw my head up permanantly. I am absolutely terrified to take another proton pump inhibitor like this. I will eat grass the rest of my life if I have to....I WILL NEVER TAKE ANOTHER LIKE TH | M | 45 | 10 days | 3/8/2008 | 1 | acid reflux | itchy tongue, itchy palms, extreme soreness in arms, tightness in chest, soreness in hands similar to carpel tunnel syndrome, diarrhea | Worked great for the acid reflux, but not worth the side effects. Stopped taking the drug for 3 days now and still experiencing extreme itching and soreness of muscles. | F | 47 | 2 days | 2/26/2008 | 1 | Gerd | Same as everyone!! ALL these meds are "PPIs" and are causing most ALL your symptoms....KEEP IN MIND......Nexium and Prilosec are both PPI's too! Read the ratings on NEXIUM and PRILOSEC before you take them, too! Also PLEASE report side effects to the FDA | F | 58 | 4 weeks | 2/24/2008 | 1 | irritation in esophagus | After 5 days of Aciphex:: bloated feeling; non-stop burping and farting; stomach cramps; frequent and loose stools; tightness in chest; aching across shoulder and back. Symptoms disappeared 1 day after taking myself of the pills. | M | 64 | 5 days | 2/10/2008 | 3 | Acid Reflux | I have been on it for seven months. It works fine, but if you are off for a couple of weeks, the acid reflux comes back again. No side effects at all so far. | M | 52 | 7 months | 2/7/2008 | 1 | GERD | numbness and tingling in extremeties, dizziness, headache, depression | Years ago I took this medicine and within a few weeks I was diagnosed with anxiety. I never linked the two until I ran out of the Aciphex and stopped taking it. After I stopped taking the medicine my anxiety disorder miraculously disappeared. Recently I have been having GERD issues so they placed me back on Aciphex and sure enough the anxiety reappeared. | F | 31 | 1 weeks | 2/7/2008 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Suffered from sore throat and voice loss. Dr. diagnosed acid reflux burning larynx. I had never noticed any heartburn or acid reflux. Started taking and soon noticed an excess of gas, belching and reflux but no burning. Gums became red and swollen, bleeding easily. Reduced from 2 pills to one and the swelling and bleeding stopped but gums remained red. Dentist said it looked as if they had been burned. A node was found behind the vocal chords and removed. Shortly afterward sore throat returned and voice loss. Doctor said he could not find anything that would cause those symptoms. Remembering the effect on my gums, thought it might be the aciphex. Discontinued use and within week the throat pain and voice loss was gone. Then extreme acid reflux began. Never had anything like it. Even drinking water would send burning pain up from stomach to middle of chest. Gave up and took aciphex. Reflux stopped but throat pain began again. | Never suffered acid reflux symptoms until taking Aciphex. Now if I try to stop use, the pain is extreme. I'm going to try OTC Prilosec or Nexxium. I think Acid Reflux is being over diagnosed. | F | 56 | 8 months | 2/3/2008 | 3 | Dyspepsia | Lethargy, cannot take a full breathe | It helped tremendously my dyspepsia, but I could not handle the side effects. | M | 22 | 10 days | 2/1/2008 |