PROTONIX Reviews (PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.0 (677 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROTONIX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROTONIX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Acid Reflux/Gastritis | I thought this drug was great because it kept my acid reflux at bay and I didn't have to worry about it, but now I just found out that I have several gastric polyps (30) and they most likely were caused by long term use of PPI's (proton pump inhibitors) like Protonix and Prilosec, which I was on before the Protonix. This is not good, so now I had to get off (slowly) but I am having to deal with the heartburn/acid reflux every day again now. I am very mad that none of my doctors that knew I was on this stuff for years didn't even warm me that this could happen with long term use. My advice is to stay off the stuff unless it's completely necessary, then only take it for a while, not several years. | I am trying all the natural stuff I can find, (aloe vera, apple cider vinegar, baking soda, etc.) but so far, they don't work as well as the protonix did. | F | 50 | 40 mg 1X day | 2/1/2012 | 1 | Suspected Acid Reflux | Took my first Protonix pill in the afternoon. At about 2:30 AM that night, I woke up with a fast heart rate very unusual for me. It was about 100 BPM vs normal at 56-60 BPM. This took a while to subside. I almost called an ambulance because this condition can be indicative of a blood stream drop in magnesium which can cause heart failure. Frequent urination and vivid dreams with shoulder pain persisted throughout the night. | If you take this medicine and start getting fast, slow, or irregular heart rate, consider going to the emergency room if the symptoms do not stop in short order. There are other serious symptoms which are listed on the warning sheet. | M | 57 | 1 days 40 MG 1X day | 1/27/2012 | 5 | acid refux | I didn't think any until I read this article. Ringing in the ears, weight gain,anxiety, burning mouth, not sure what else. BUT I am concerned about vitamin B deficiency, osteo, and other side effects that aren't listed here. | It works. While saying that I loved that drug, I changed my diet to fruit, raw and fresh veggies, chicken, turkey, fish. I am seeing a nutritionalist who designed a diet with recepies that will help me lose weight. After the first day I could tell a difference in my acid reflux. after a week I am going to talk to my doc because I want off this med. Several years ago, I did quit taking it and had to eat tums like crazy but I quit taking it. Yes AR was worse for a couple of days but I was determine. I am 58 years old and will do what I can to quit taking this drug and with the guidance from the nutrationalist. BTW-a small cup of Dairy Queen ice cream stopped AR in its tracks for me as well :) but I do not eat it anymore with my new reducing plan. Remember many times it is because of people being overweight that they have Acid Reflux. | F | 58 | 13 years 40MG 1X day | 1/21/2012 | 5 | Bleeding ulcer | None | M | 29 | 3 months | 1/6/2012 | 3 | GERD, ULCER, IBS | Dizzy, off balance when walking, lightheaded, joint pain especially knee, feeling of sinus pressure, nausea, diarrhea | I enjoyed not having the GERD issues. Had been on Prevacid (generic for 4 years). Take the Protonix with Bentyl and Carafate. Past two days the symptoms have occurred. Today I will take the Carafate and Bentyl and get back on the Prevacid to see what happens. I am too scared to take Protonix as is, but all the other comments here have me believing this is the right thing to do. Will call Dr. on Monday. Not liking the usage of all 3 as prescribed. | F | 42 | 18 days 40 2X day | 11/26/2011 | 5 | heartburn reflux | Protonix has been a life saver for me. Nothing else worked. I have to take the name brand. Generic did NO good. My doctor always has to prior aurhuorize brand name for the insurance company. Heaven forbid you would have to take name brand in their eyes.it is the best medicine I've ever had for my stomach trouble. | F | 10 years 40mg | 11/20/2011 | 3 | GERD | Maybe Joint pain, muscle pain | I have posted on 02/06/11 earlier. After more than 11years of using Protonix, I have finally had a better control of my GERD. I have stopped taking Protonix or any other prescription drug for almost three months without any intolerable acid reflux. I started drinking a lot of water, especially 30 minutes before each meal. I drink 8 oz of water every time before I eat. I have also elevated my bed, eat 5 meals a day with smaller portion, and stay away from food which causes acid reflux. But the major difference comes from drinking more water. After stopping taking Protonix, my joint pain/muscle pain also went away. | M | 57 | 11 years 1X day | 11/18/2011 | 1 | acid reflux | headaches, nausea was terrible, light headed, very tired, and my blood pressure dropped. (The b/p dropping was a plus, but I don't like it sitting that low when I know it's not in my normal range.) I had orthostatic hypotension upon standing. | I would not suggest anyone taking this drug unless you have no other options. I'd rather have the acid reflux and try to change my diet and deal. | F | 41 | 3 days 40 1X day | 10/29/2011 | 4 | Mild GERD and bleeding | Bloating cause by slower digestion (because lowered stomach acid), slight regurgitation cause by slower digestion, softer stool. | This med is effective at reducing acid in the stomach. But be aware that with lowered acid levels, your digestion will be a lot slower which means bloating and some regurgitation after meals. I started taking it after stomach pain and black stool. I took it for almost 2 months but decided to make diet changes instead. It turns out it was soda that's causing my stomach problems (I drink about 2 to 3 cans a day). I stop drinking Coke and slowly go off Protonix in 1 month period and it works out fine for me. Now there's no stomach pain. NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU GO OFF SLOWLY. With the lowered stomach acid level for a whole month, your body produce a large amount of chemical signals telling you stomach to produce acid. If you go off it suddenly, you will get extreme amount of acid in your stomach! You need to introduce acid back into your stomach slowly so you body stop producing those chemical signals. What I did was 1 day Protonix, next day take 2 150mg-Zantac; after a week of this, I take 1 day Protonix, then 2 days of 2 150mg-Zantac; another week, I take just 2 Zantacs no Protonix, then 1 Zantacs a day, then I stopped completely. Your schedule might vary; talk to your doctor. On hindsight, I should have done a lower dosage Protonix 20mg instead of Zantac since I have no side effects with it. If stomach pain comes back then maybe is something else in your diet that needs to change (think about what ever that's unhealthy or listed as possible causes), but in the me | M | 31 | 2 months 40mg 1X day | 10/14/2011 | 1 | GERD | Anxiety, depression, fatigue, jitteriness | Was prescribed protonix to treat GERD. Started taking it shortly after taking Pepcid AC. Noticed these side effects only about 1 week after taking Protonix. | M | 30 | 2 weeks 40mg 2X day | 10/9/2011 | 2 | acid reflux | sinus pressure and headaches, dizziness, ringing in the ears, stomach cramping, | I could initially tell a difference with reflux in taking protonix, but started having headaches and pressure on left side and ringing in the ears, which I presummed was due to sinus infection. Also had to really watch my diet and felt like acid reflux worsened over time. Stopped taking protonix because I really don't like taking any medications and did not feel like acid reflux was worse than the side effects. Having been on no other medications, I know it was from protonix. Started taking magnesium supplement and all symptoms, including acid reflux stopped. I would recommend researching how magnesium plays a role in bodily functions, especially how it reduces acid in your stomach naturally. Now I only take a magnesium supplement and have complete relief. | F | 34 | 2 months 40 mg 1X day | 9/30/2011 | 5 | Severe acid reflux/ GERD | None | I love this stuff. I am a lap band patient and have severe acid reflux. It was so bad that my band would swell tight. This medicine is saving me. I have no reflux anymore. I can lay down at night and not feel like I have acid in my throat and my band doesn't swell anymore. | F | 43 | 1 months 40mg 1X day | 9/28/2011 | 4 | ulcer, GRED | occasional dizziness (like having too many drinks), ringing in the ears, flatulence | I started taking this after having an ulcer caused by Aleve. I take it when needed now for acid reflux. I can take this easily. The generic version causes severe diarrhea. | M | 61 | 8 years 40mg 1X day | 9/17/2011 | 1 | gerd | fatigue, severe stomach pain, extremely low blood pressure, confusion, headache, weakness | I advise everyone to not PPI's anymore because it causes dependence, once you stop taking it you feel more acidity than every before. When i started taking this i ha rdly had any reflux problem, but after taking it continuously for months my symptoms worsened. I experienced more side effects than its benefits. Now when i try to stop this medication i feel acid rebound, and i am now stuck up with this.....feel like crying .....this has become a multi billion dollar industry and doctors and pharma companies are playing with the lives of the people...i..i earnestly plead everyone to start spreading worldwide awareness about the side effects of these PPI's .....and we should try to stop this ever flourishing industry....i wish i had never consulted a gastroentrologist for such a minor problem..... | M | 24 | 6 months 40 mg 1X day | 9/1/2011 | 2 | Acid Reflux | severe stomach pains, fatigue | Altho at first it seemed the protonix helped, 2yrs later really had to watch more what was eating - absolutely nothing with tomato sauce or spices. One night the pain was so severe went to ER (again) and this time they did a CT "with" contrast and low & behold a huge gallstone - immediate/emergency gallbladder removed and ER surgeon told my husband it was the worst one he'd ever seen (not largest but grossest). My recommendation if you're having GERD and it gets worse on protonix, have your gallbladder checked and removed. That was 1.5yrs ago and have not had acid reflux since and can eat again. | F | 50 | 2 years 40mg 2X day | 8/29/2011 | 2 | GERD | DIARRHEA, FATIGUE | SO FAR THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN MY GERD. INSURANCE DOES NOT PAY FOR TWICE A DAY. WILL TRY TO GAVE THE DOCTOR GIVE ME SOMETHING ELSE | M | 46 | 4 days 40 2X day | 7/30/2011 | 2 | Occasional Heartburn | I have been on every PPI and this is the best one. I have weened from 80 mg to 60 to 40 to 20, soon I will go to 10. I eat a strict diet and take many enzymes and DGL with every meal. The belching and discomfort and burning (most likely gastritis, caused by the PPIs as it started after I took the drugs) have 90 percent gone. I am dreaming for the first time in two years since I started this med. Every time you go down in dosage you get rebound. 20 to 10 mg is essential as I tried cold turkey and after 4 days you are hurting badly. Let your gastrin levels slowly go back to normal. The funny thing is, I only had heartburn in the first place because I would eat pizza late at night after singing in bars and such with cigarette smoke, around alcohol, etc. On top of a horrible diet I was asking for it. The doctors who prescribe this sure do get their bonus, but I wonder if it's worth the price of their souls haha. Most of us don't even need this, we just need a wake up call. If we stopped e | I gave it a two only because it stopped the reflux. This is NOT A CURE. It makes you completely dependent. Cyclical profit needs cyclical demand, and cyclical demand in the pharmaceutical world means cyclical sickness. What major cures have their been since Polio? There is too much money in sickness. Google how much the reflux business is worth every year....it's no conspiracy, it's just business. | M | 23 | 2 years 80mg 1X day | 5/3/2011 | 1 | GERD | I lost 3 pants sizes and became extremely ill with a swollen liver and gallbladder before I knew what was causing the reaction. I had blood work that came back normal, but for a month I thought I was dying because I was sick every time I ate. Finally tapered off, but still left with symptoms of chronic fatigue now. | F | 50 | 1 years 30 mg 1X day | 4/7/2011 | 5 | Acid reflux | None | I'm surprised so many people had side effects from this drug as I experienced complete relief from acid trouble with no side effects. However I don't trust these drugs are safe long term, so I only take it when I have major flare ups and it works well. | M | 28 | 1 months 40 mg 1X day | 3/31/2011 | 4 | GERD | yellow stool | F | 63 | 14 days 40 1X day | 3/18/2011 |