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 | GERD | Headaches, dizziness, fatigue, stabbing hip pain, urinary incotinence, ears ringing, pressure in neck and head, burning mouth, anxiety, weight gain, muscle cramps, lower back pain, nausea, finger inflamation, blurry eyes, nightmares. | Very expensive and too many side effects. | F | 46 | 6 weeks | 2/10/2007 | 4 | GERD | Everything was fine until 2 days after stopping the treatment. Had joint pain, inflammation in both index joints, muscles pain in feet, arms and hands. It did solve my GERD problem however. | I know I am susceptible to have a type of "Gout", a sort of arthritis caused by acid in your joints. I thus hypothesized that the side-effects I experienced are caused by the sudden increase of acid level in my organism following the end of the treatment??? | M | 28 | 8 weeks | 1/25/2007 | 1 | acid reflux | Approximately 12 hours after taking protonix I got severe pains in my stomach and intestines - like they were filled with broken glass. The pains were severe for about 6 hours and then tapered off. This seemed to happen each time I took protonix. As soon as I made the correlation, I stopped taking it. | I don't know if it worked. | F | 64 | 3 days | 1/11/2007 | 4 | per cardiologist after ACS | none | I just stopped taking protonix for 2 reasons. I always felt that the relief it gave me during a 3 day hospital stay for angioplasty with 2 stents was really unnecessary in the post-hospital period. I am a possible candidate for the infamous "donut hole" in my drug coverage and need to reduce costs. New studies question the wisdom of long-term protonix use so I stopped protonix 3 days ago with no symptoms of reflux or anything else. I had been on it for 33 months. | M | 75 | 33 months | 12/30/2006 | 2 | GERD | Anxiety and depression, Tremor. | It worked really well for my GERD but have stopped taking it because realized it was causing anxiety disorder and tremor. Turns out that lots of these drugs can have that as a side effect (Aciphex, Prevacid), so am going back to prilosec. | F | 3 months | 12/20/2006 | 3 | reflux | increase flatulence, but not greatly | stopped working effectively for me after 1 month | M | 52 | 30 days | 11/25/2006 | 2 | Erosive Gastritis | I have severe headaches on and off. | My doctor said it would take at least SIX MONTHS before I MIGHT see results. I stay home, don't go to school, and have no job. I have been ill for 2 years. I don't have time for medicine that works so slowly, even if it works at all. | F | 19 | 2 months | 11/2/2006 | 1 | ger/lpr | sore throat,acid taste,cankor sores,grasslike breath,dizziness, severe itching and rash. my dosage was 2 40mg/day | After 3 months of taking it I developed side effects, it may have helped with the ger and what healing may have occured may or may not have been using protonix, it took 2 weeks for me to recover.I took 1 20mg/day of prilosec and did much better.I am trying to PH balance which is working better than drugs. I am down to 1 prilosec every 2 days and hope to take only as needed or none at all. | M | 60 | 15 weeks | 11/1/2006 | 3 | stomach ulcers | lightheaded, dizziness on and off, and headache | I have been on it for 2 weeks and stomach symptoms improving but worried about being lightheaded and dizzy. | F | 44 | 14 days | 10/14/2006 | 5 | Acid reflux | None | Best drug I've ever taken. No side effects and no more heartburn. | M | 57 | 8 months | 10/12/2006 | 4 | gastro esophogeal reflux disease | fluttering cough | M | 50 | 30 days | 7/31/2006 | 3 | GERD | I took protonix, 40 mg daily for approximately 2 months. Was told by doctor to wean myself off protonix and try over the counter medication. I decreased medication to every other day, then stopped protonix completely. I began to experience leg weakness, lightheadness, anxious feeling and nausea. Has anyone experienced withdrawal symtoms after discontinuing Protonix???? | F | 58 | | 7/29/2006 | 1 | gerd | no side effects | did not help at all | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 7/29/2006 | 1 | LPRD | Sever headache, severe urninary tract problems and pain in bladder, developed some acne, abnormal dreams, raised blood pressure. Headaches developed right away. Other symptoms gadually developed after 2 weeks. | The medicine works very well for it's purpose but I can't take because of the side effects. Stopped medicaiton. Was taking only 40 mg each morning. | F | 49 | 4 weeks | 7/17/2006 | 5 | Acid Reflux | No side effects noticed. | I love to eat garlic and onions, this stuff works immediately. If I miss a day I can tell. This is a wonderful drug! | F | 28 | 3 months | 6/30/2006 | 5 | Acid Reflux | No side effects really for me. I did have looser stools while I was on Protonix. | Worked Great for me! | M | 27 | 3 months | 6/26/2006 | 5 | Reflux | I haven't noticed any adverse side effects, although I have systemic lupus, so it would be hard to tell if new aches and pains were caused by the meds or the lupus. | F | 42 | 6 weeks | 6/17/2006 | 1 | gerd | after a week, had increasingly bad diarrhea, stomach cramps and pain, nausea. stopped taking protonix, and diarrhea went away. ugh. | F | 30 | 14 days | 5/18/2006 | 2 | Acid Reflux | Mild headaches, some body aches--nothing too serious | Quit using Protonix because it made my Acid Reflux worse! Especially at night. On Pepcid AC now and it seems to be working just fine. Chewing on raw almonds has also helped a great deal. Whatever you do, don't chew gum (especially any type of minty gum), take vinegar or eat pickles! All three of these things were supposed to be natural means of healing Acid Reflux and they made mine so much worse. Have lost 7 lbs. in two weeks by walking, eating small portions and eliminating coffee, soda, most desserts and FAST FOOD!!! Losing weight will make your lives so much easier if you have a hiatal hernia. | F | 38 | 4 days | 4/19/2006 | 5 | GERD | No side effects. | I'm 39 yrs. old and have been on everything from Axid, Aciphex, Prilosec, Zantac, to now Protonix. I had to go off Prilosec only because my presciption drup plan thru my insurance would not cover it once it went OTC. My doctor, at my request, changed my medication due to the fact that Prilosec OTC was going to cost me more than my co-pay for another RX drug! She put me on Nexium. I HATED it. I felt bad and this was mostly due to the DIZZINESS it caused me to have. After telling her of my symptoms, the doctor placed me on Protonix. For me, it is working just as well as the Prilosec was! :) | M | 39 | 1.5 years | 4/10/2006 |