ACIPHEX Reviews (RABEPRAZOLE SODIUM)

Average Rating: 2.8 (482 Ratings)

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ACIPHEX  (RABEPRAZOLE SODIUM):  Rabeprazole is used to treat certain stomach and esophagus problems (such as acid reflux, ulcers). It works by decreasing the amount of acid your stomach makes. It relieves symptoms such as heartburn, difficulty swallowing, and persistent cough. This medication helps heal acid damage to the stomach and esophagus, helps prevent ulcers, and may help prevent cancer of the esophagus. Rabeprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).   FDA Approval Date: 1999-08-19 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  GERD Pain in every joint of my body. Neck pain and edema under my ears. Terrible headaches like migraines. Pain in the stomach that reflects until my lower back. I developed Herpes in the eye. Weakness and dizziness, irritability, anxiety and depression. Doctor prescribed Aciphex without ordering a test and after I told her that I suffered from H.Pylori infection. Doing some research I found that if you have ulcers due to H. Pylori you should not take aciphex because it makes the condition worse. I took aciphex for 7 days and I had to stop because the side effects are horrible, I stoped taking it 4 days ago and I still feel very bad. F 31 7 days
7/25/2007
 1  GERD Pain in every joint of my body, terrible headaches like migraines. Developed herpes on one eye. Pain in the eyes. Edema in the face and under one of my ears. I felt like I was 80 or 90 years old and I am 28. I stoped taking it 4 days ago and my bad side effects are still there. I read that it can take up to 2 weeks for these side effects to go away. Doctor didn't order test to see what was going on, just sent me aciphex and she didn't even care that I told her I suffered form H.Pylori in the past. Well if you have ulcers or GERD due to H.Pylori Aciphex make your condition worse. I can tell she is maybe one of those doctors who get bonuses and trips from prescribing aciphex, one of the worst medicine I have tried. Aciphex is poison. F 28 7 days
7/25/2007
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 3  Severe Reflux Headache, nausea, feels like a lump in my throat, tired, weak, felt some pain in my neck area, diarrhea, needing to belch but cannot. Aciphex has taken away the extreme nausea I was feeling due to the severe reflux. However, the side affects have also become debilitating and I would like to find something that keeps the reflux away but where I can feel 26 years old again. F 26 6 days
7/22/2007
 4  GERD Hangover feeling for the first week then nothing for 9 months. After 9 months I started to have SEVERE stomach pain. I was just switched to Protonix and hope that works as well...withot the pain. It seems like any H2 blocker (Zantac, Pepcid etc..) causes severe stomach pain for me and all of the proton pump inhibitors (Aciphex, Prilosec and Prevacid) cause either headache, stomach pain or both. Can't take Prevacid...it causes rapid heart beat. Prilosec caused a SEVERE headache. M 39 10 months
7/9/2007
 2  Acid Reflux bad diarrhea.. bad cramps and upset stomach, nausea I was put on Aciphex because I had this feeling like half of my throat was blocked off. So I was put on aciphex for acid reflux. After 1 week of taking it i began getting severe cramps in the morning and throughout the day along with baddd diarrhea. I'd be in and out the bathroom like every hour. I had to get off of it immediately. Definitely not satisfied with it... and my throat feels the same... F 21 7 days
6/27/2007
 1  GERD extreme chest tightness, feeling of lump in throat, gagging, gas, feeling like you need to burp but cannot, waking up in the night, anxiety, shortness of breath For the past week, I have been feeling extreme tightness in my throat and chest... and feeling like I need to burp all the time. The tightness in my throat is so bad it makes me feel like I'm constantly gagging. I also have had trouble breathing, felt like I could never get in a deep breath of air. All this has been causing major anxiety, and so I took an anxiety pill, which if it was really anxiety would make me feel so much better but it hasn't. So I started surfing the web and found the site. It's really weird b/c I just started taking Aciphex like 2 weeks ago and would have never thought that the way I am feeling is due to all that... I am not going to take Aciphex for the rest of the week and will see what happens. I just hope that all these symptoms go away and that they are due to side effects of the medication because I have been worried something is really wrong with me. I'm only 22, and have been feeling extreme nervousness and restlessness. Both my mother and granmother take F 22 2 weeks
6/16/2007
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 5  Sever Acid Reflux None : ) Before taking this medication, I was feeling how most of theswe patients felt with bloating, nausea, cramping, interrupted sleep...but now, I feel so much better. There is still some gasiness, but nothing compared to before this medication. Taken 2 years for 8 weeks each time. Excellent for quick fixes! F 35 2 years
6/14/2007
 3  severe acid reflux tight feeling in the throat, extreme full feeling, and nausea after not eating much, anxiety due to the tightness in my throat. I took Nexium for one week and ended up throwing up constantly. I always felt drunk (probably due to dehydration) My stomach was bloated and painful with pressure. I had tried Aciphex before and it got the job done, but I wasn't taking it every day. Recently my acid reflux is so bad that I am taking Acephex twice a day every day. The side effects aren't that bad, but I am meeting with my gastroenterologist on Monday so I'll see what he says. F 24 2 weeks
6/1/2007
 4  stomach ulcer gas, strange muscle pain and cramping that got worse over time, neck pain, head pain, arthritis like pain, muscles felt weaker and less firm even though I was working out more, weight gain the stomach ulcer pain went away after a few days but the muscle pain was becoming a problem - I will try to go off it and use Pepcid Complete F 50 7 months
5/22/2007
 5  Acid Reflux Feeling of fullness after eating less food. Reading a number of the comments written before me, I'm worried some people may get the wrong impressions of this drug. Aciphex is an ion-pump inhibitor, meaning it 'turns off' a number of the pumps in your stomach that produce and secrete acid into it. Keeping this in mind, you shouldn't be surprised if you feel more gassy, as that's simply because the food in your stomach isn't being broken down to the same extant, and the bacteria in your intestines is doing much more of the work, hence the gas byproducts. The sleeplessness seems to preeminently in users you have only been taking it for a very short time. If your body is used to heartburn while you sleep, as lying prone allows more acid to seep into the esophagus , then sleeping heartburn free may take some getting used to. Don't be so quick to blame these terrible side effects on the drug, but think as to why this may be happening. Regardless, this drug has changed my life. If gone from popping Tums all day and never sleeping d M 20 1.7 years
5/20/2007
 1  GERD, Barrett's Esophagus Nausea, bubbly feeling in stomach, burping, bad acid reflux, headache, weird rash. Took me a while to realize it was the med causing this because daughter came down with stomach virus at about the same time. F 47 60 days
5/14/2007
 3  Reflux Stomach bloat - Gas - left arm tingle. I sometimes think I am having a heart attack. Shortness of breath. Heart, treadmill, all check fine. I noticed when I would skip two doses in a row, I would get the acid back, but I felt better as far as the bloat/gas went. I am at my wits end. After reading the posts here, I am going to try to go off of it and do something different. I am miserable and my wife is tired of the burps. M 2 years
5/13/2007
 3  severe GERD There was no question of not taking it when I started: I had SEVERE acid reflux and a bleeding ulcer from three years of taking pain medications without a break. I had it so bad I lost my voice, could not breathe, docs didn't know what was wrong. Finally someone figured it out, went on Aciphex. Once my body got used to it, it was fine, no reflux, no bothersome symptoms. But then, at two years, I noticed I was gaining weight, my hair started falling out, my skin got a nasty pallor. I read about bone loss and possible stomach polyps. As others have noted, when you try to go off, there's a rebound effect. I've been taking 1/2 pill daily, will continue until I can come off entirely. So far so good, had reflux only initially (went on a GERD diet at the same time), but now bowels are in an uproar. F 61 2 years
5/7/2007
 1  barrett's esophagus, hiatal hernia extreme drymouth, itching, weight gain, increased blood pressure Bad headaches for the first 2 weeks. Worked OK, but had also raised my bed 8". I quit after 9 mos (20mg/day) & drymouth & itching stopped. Quitting abruptly apparently causes pumps to over-produce acid, so took Pepcid Complete for 2 weeks. Now I'm OK w/a few Tums and occasional Pepcid Complete. The side effects were not worth it! Avoiding certain foods and not eating before sleeping is the answer for me...as well as the adjustable bed I am buying. F 57 9 months
5/7/2007
 2  Ulcer in the esoph Heaviness in the right arm, constipation, belching on empty stomach, belching food (h20 too) up 2-3 hrs after a meal. In the mornings there is constant feeling of air building up in my stomach and change in complection/acnie I went to the Dr for mild heart attack like symptoms, coughing and occasionally having trouble digesting food, an upper GI determined I had an ulser. Although I have insurance, I still came out of pocket 40 dollars. I can't tell if it's making things worse or better. Thinking about stopping. F 46 7 days
5/5/2007
 5  GERD None. I've have taken Axid for years. Worked Great with No side effects. Axid stopped working one day. My doctor had me try Prevacid. The stomach pain from Prevacid was unbelieveable. Next up was Protnix. The Protonix did not cause any pain and had no side effects, but it was not totally effective in eliminating the Acid Reflux. On my last visit, I mentioned this and asked him about trying another. He gave me samples of Aciphex. This is the best so far. It works great for Acid Reflux, and I have NO side effects. This is the lesser known of the PPI class drugs, but it works Great. It's not as colorful or flashy as the "Purple Pill" but it works! If the Other PPI's cause pain or are not effective, try this one. Works great, No side effects, not even the headaches some people report. If your drug isn't totally working for you, ask for a doctors sample and try another. ALL PPI's are NOT equal!! M 44 3 months
5/4/2007
 5  GERD None I have been taken Aciphex (20 mg /day) since 04-06-00 and have had no problem. I have also tried, but have had a lot of discomfort with other PPIs (Prilosec, Prevacid and Zegerid) as well as the propulsive medication (Propulsid). I had various symptoms of gastric distress and sometimes Left arm pain with these other meds, but never with Aciphex. It has been my “magic bullet”. One important consideration for those of you who may also have osteoporosis, my endocrinologist recommended that I switch from calcium carbonate (which needs an acid environment for absorption) to calcium citrate which doesn’t. This way Aciphex treatment will not be a problem for absorbing the elemental calcium. My advice to those of you who can’t tolerate Aciphex is try other PPIs before giving up on PPIs. F 72 7 years
5/1/2007
 4  GERD, LPR, achalasia slight queasiness occasionally My insurance wouldn't pay for Prilosec, so the doctor said Aciphex is ok too. It dramatically reduced the inflammation in my esophagus, larynx, adam's apple and glands. My cough is gone, and I have no heartburn. I don't know what the long term implications will be, but I am very pleased so far F 54 3 days
4/27/2007
 3  Gerd Severe cramping, leg pain and anxiety. These symptoms were becoming debilitating. I did not know this drug was causing my symptoms. It did help my Gerd. I also have IBS and thought I was just having another flare up. The symptoms were lasting way too long for it to be a flare up. I skipped the medication for 2 days and felt sooo much better. I had my physician switch me to Prevacid and it works great. F 36 51 days
4/23/2007
 4  Crohn's disease, acid reflux headaches, nausea I just started AciPhex less than a week ago and so far it's been working. My pain is gone and I'm eating normally again, but something isn't right. I also started Sucralfate, and for the first time today I am feeling extreme nausea, dizziness, fatigue, and chills. I wish I knew which medicine this is related to. I have Crohn's disease, so I take this along with many other medications. I just want something that works, but I'm scared that the side effects of this drug may hurt my future. F 18 3 days
4/17/2007
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