PROTONIX Reviews (PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.0 (670 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROTONIX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROTONIX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Doctor recommended/heart attack | Fatigue, reflux, cramps, jittery nervous feeling | I quit taking it after having a hard time with the insurance company. The first two weeks I felt no recourse, the next two weeks were difficult to get through. I thought I had an ulcer started, so I began to take Zantac and that relieved the burning in my chest. I became very anxious over those final two weeks, heart palpitations, disoriented, and constant burning. Today is the best I've felt in weeks. If you stop taking it - do it slowly. I quit cold turkey and paid the price. | M | 44 | 1 years 1X day | 2/6/2011 | 5 | GERD | None right now. However, I know that any acid reflux medicine will make your bones brittle after long term use, but I take a calcium supplement so I am hoping I can keep that from happening. | This is the only PPI that helped me. I tried prescription Nexium, Prevacid, Aciphex, also the OTC brands as well and none of them ever worked like Protonix does. The OTC brands made my throat burn. Protonix is also the cheaper one of them all when I fill the prescription as generic. I am hoping it will go OTC like Prilosec and Prevacid, but I doubt it will because it actually works, go figure! | F | 43 | 3 years 40MG 1X day | 1/31/2011 | 1 | Gerd | Loose Stools, Gas, Pains in Eyes, Anterior Ischemic Optical Neuropathy | I lost my right eye about 6 months after starting this drug. At the time, however, nobody associated the drug with the loss of eyesight. I was assured that AION rarely occured in both eyes. After taking the drug for two years, I lost the sight uin my left eye. Still, the doctors doubted any relationsip until I showed them an article about this, and then they thought it might be a good idea to stup using it. After stopping, I at least lost the sensation that there was something in my eyes, but the loss of eyesight is permanent. | M | 57 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 1/8/2011 | 1 | acid reflux | I started having pain in my stomach and ribs, I thought I was having a heart attack. Turns out that the protonix that was suppose to help my stomach was giving me the pain and after having an endoscopy exam found that my stomach is full of polyps from the protonix. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THIS DRUG TO ANYONE. | F | 45 | 3 years 40 mg 2X day | 12/29/2010 | 1 | Gerd | Headhead, sinus pain, extreme dizziness, tingling of face & tongue, sore joints and chest pains. I took this years ago and had no problems so I couldn't beleive it but once I stopped the symptoms went away. | F | 42 | 1 days 40mg 1X day | 12/28/2010 | 1 | GERD (acid reflux) | Acute foot and leg cramps which awakened me...cramps were so painful and could not be alleviated | I would never recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 65 | 6 weeks 60 1X day | 12/10/2010 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Anxiety, shortness of breath, nervousness, fatigue, headaches | Doctor gave me samples of this for mild reflux symptoms. He didn't give me instructions on what it was so I took it periodically until about 3 weeks ago. Started taking every day and that's when the side effects started. I quit taking 3 days ago and still same side effects with worsened headaches. I'm 30, not overweight, and no health problems at all. My reflux symptoms were very mild, something I will live with before I EVER take Protonix again. Glad I found this website, this has really scared me over the last few weeks. | M | 30 | 3 months 40 mg 1X day | 12/4/2010 | 1 | Reflux | Awakened with tachycardia, disturbing dreams (rarely ever had), extreme dry mouth, and numbness in hands and feet. Towards the end of the two year period, I experienced a nocturnal seizure which prompted an ER visit and scared my husband witless. Many tests later all were normal. Now, I have NEVER had a seizure before in my life. I don't take drugs or drink, I exercise daily (aerobically), weight stays normal for my height and I enjoy very good health. Seizures are listed as a "rare" side effect of this drug. You'll note that many others experience peripheral neuropathy, dizziness, bad headaches,strange dreams,these are neurological symptoms. Point is, this drug seriously messes with your electrolytes. That's one of the reasons for the fractures at five years taking this drug. Can't absorb calcium - can't absorb magnesium, raises your BP, raises your glucose. People over 40 be very wary of this drug. It is effective for short time use, but get off of it as soon as you a | Drug effective, but side effects are legion and deadly - maybe not for all, but for a significant number of people. How about the thousands who expeience side effects but don't post, tell their physicians and their physicians reassure them about what a safe drug this is. In my own case, my doctor told me her eight year old child was taking this drug. I pity the child! | F | 60 | 2 years 80mg 1X day | 11/14/2010 | 4 | acid reflux | need to take B12 shots every other week | It works-I can't miss a dose because the acid reflux comes back right away strongly. This medicine does not cure the problem, but it sure takes away the reflux pain and works quickly. | F | 55 | 1 years 40 mg 2X day | 11/7/2010 | 2 | GERD and hiatal hernia | Sore stomach, blurry vision, cramping in feet, some fatigue, increased anxiety | I went off this stuff recently -- had to do it slowly. My doctor suggested taking a pill every other day for a couple of weeks, then increasing the number of days in between doses slowly. I took me abut 8 weeks to get to where I was taking one pill every five days. I feel so much better, even though the first several weeks were hell because of the acid rebound. I took DGL (a chewable licorice extract) when the acid bothered me, tried to keep the number of Tums down, too had burning mouth, arm, etc., horrible, until finally my body got used to it all after about six weeks. I was tempted many times to go back on the stuff, but I toughed it out and I am very glad I did. | F | 60 | 5 months 40 MG 1X day | 11/5/2010 | 3 | Severe GERD due to Hiatal Hernia | HORRIBLE CRAMPS IN ARMS & LEGS! NUMBNESS IN FINGERS AND TOES upon waking. Rash on face and chest. Problems with left eye, feels like I have something in it. Very lethargic, tired all the time. Pains in neck and sometimes shoulders. Pains in joints, especially elbows. Pain radiates from elbows to forearms. I recently tried to stop taking it. AND THE BURNING STARTED AGAIN! I don't know which is worse .. the BURNING or THE CRAMPS and OTHER SIDE EFFECTS OF PROTONIX! DO NOT LET YOUR PHYSICIAN TELL YOU "There are no side effects." | I had no idea that the symptoms I was having (for a LONG TIME!)were the result of Protonix. IT DID TAKE CARE OF THE EXTREME BURNING from food/acid leaking into my Esophagus and reversed the VERY HARMFUL case of Barrett's Syndrome ... BURNED MY ENTIRE ESOPHAGUS! I could not live with the pain I was having and I remember keeping liquid Maalox with me ALWAYS!!! I had to wean off MANY different types of mediacation recently, due to PERICARDITIS condition. I had lots of side effects from EVERY MEDICATION I TOOK! It got down to taking only an 81mg aspirin/per day and 1 40mg Protonix/per day. THAT's when I discovered THE REMAINING SIDE EFFECTS WERE FROM PROTONIX and I stopped taking it for a week ... THE CRAMPING STOPPED! THE PAINS IN MY NECK STOPPED! THE NUMBNESS IN MY HANDS AND FEET STOPPED! THE PAIN IN MY JOINTS STOPPED! But.. I had to start taking it again because the BURNING CAME BACK VERY BAD!!! I wish there was a way to just take one every other day or once a week! I sure hate the side effects .. but it DOES WORK FOR SEVERE GERD and BARRETT'S SYNDROME!!! Your burning will stop .. mind did. | M | 71 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 10/29/2010 | 3 | acid reflux, ulcers | diarrhea, headaches, lightheadedness, extreme fatigue | Review written for 79 YO partner who has not fared well in the 3 weeks he has taken this medication. Thank goodness for this site. The FDA warnings about fractures scares me. We plan on calling his Dr. Monday to discuss alternatives or a lower dose. | M | 79 | 3 weeks 40 MG 2X day | 10/24/2010 | 4 | acid reflux and indigestion | severe migrane headaches, severe neck pain which took over ten days to disappear. Also one episode of a complete memory loss of my activies that lasted over one hour. Will never take this medicine again. | F | 79 | 4 days 40mg 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 1 | Erosive Eosophagitis | Dizziness/Lightheaded, Headaches, Nausea, Weakness of limbs, Fogginess and Anxiety | I thought I was not sensitive to meds ... well when I started having all these effects I had to think twice; when reading through the medication specification sheet it seemed harmless and suddenly my life was upside down and I felt I was dying or having some terrible disease. I am still not finished with all those terrifying tests but so far the doctors don't think I have anything more serious than the EE. I have to come to this website every day to convince myself this is just nasty side effects and it will be over soon as it appears this stuff can stay bound to blood carriers for weeks after stopping it. I sure hope it is the case and I do not have to go on this poison ever again. | F | 43 | 2 weeks 40 mg 2X day | 10/8/2010 | 5 | IBS/GERD after intestinal virus | The protonix healed my gut, but gave me 24/7 anxiety. I also lost my libido and ability to have an orgasm. Shortly after I began to wean off my daily dose these side effects disappeared. I will end the protonix this weekend. Grateful for the drug, but glad not to have to take it longer. | F | 56 | 2 months 40mg 1X day | 9/20/2010 | 2 | ulcer due to antibiotics | racing heart, nervousness, muscle spasms, severe abdomen pain, pressure in chest | F | 30 | 3 days 40 1X day | 9/18/2010 | 1 | Reflux | Severe urethral pain, thought I had a UTI. Lab work was negative for that. | Did not help the severe burning, sensation of a lump in the throat, and acid-eating feeling at all. | F | 61 | 17 days 30 MG 2X day | 9/16/2010 | 4 | acid reflex | Had 65 gastric polyps removed. Stomach was clear one year ago. Internet artical on gastric polyps states caused from proton pump medications | F | 79 | 2 years 40 1X day | 9/14/2010 | 3 | acid reflux | tingling in hands and feet,twitching, aching joints, chronic lower back pain. | protonix helped with the acid reflux but gave me a whole lot of other side effects. i love to play sports but find it so difficult because of the achy joints. i want to stop taking protonix but the acid reflux is to bad due to my ibs thinking of surgery. | M | 31 | 7 years 40mg 2X day | 9/6/2010 | 2 | reflux | Severe rash, it burns and itches | other reflux meds did the same thing, guess I am allergic | F | 55 | 4 weeks 1X day | 9/3/2010 |