NEXIUM Reviews (ESOMEPRAZOLE MAGNESIUM)Average Rating: 2.2 (1129 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NEXIUM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEXIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | GERD | Joints cracking and achy | M | 50 | 2 years 20 2X day | 6/2/2014 | 4 | GERD | Weak knees, painful knees, a little exhaustion | They work fine, but if you want to avoid painful knees, take a magnesium and calcium supplement each day. But i can't use them for more than 14 days in a row before i have to take 2 weeks break. They work better than Pantoprazole, which gave me a severe fatigue and dark coloured urine and back pain. PPI´s are for healthy people, are you like any modern human being: eat a lot of junk and consume very little calcium and a lot of soda, PPI´s will wreck you, take a brake from it once a while to avoid serious side effects. | M | 27 | 6 months 20 1X day | 6/2/2014 | 1 | Hiatal Hernia/Acid Reflux | It took a while for side effects to kick in, but once they did, they were severe. I had extreme anxiety and panic attacks--worried that I was going to die. I had brain fog, difficulty thinking and speaking clearly--felt drunk and tired all the time. I'd get weird joint and muscle pain that couldn't be explained as well as tingling in my extremities. In general, I felt like I was losing my mind and my body was falling apart. | There might be a benefit to taking this drug for a short period of time, but I'd greatly caution anyone against taking it for a longer period of time. Once I realized that the drug was causing all my problems, the symptoms slowly went away. But it took at least a year for the most problematic symptoms (anxiety, brain fog) to disappear. Thankfully, though, they are gone. | M | 35 | 5 years 40mg 1X day | 6/1/2014 | 3 | 1 days | 5/29/2014 | 2 | acid reflux | Skin burning sensation and pain all over the body | F | 34 | 2 weeks | 5/24/2014 | 1 | GERD | I took this drug for 1 year, during which time I experienced severe insomnia and developed fibromyalgia. Taking large doses of magnesium maleate helps, which led me to believe that Nexium does indeed cause low magnesium levels (one of the stated side effects). This was seven years ago and my fibro is still ongoing. This medication basically ruined my life. | F | 62 | 1 years | 4/27/2014 | 2 | acid reflux | chest pain, dyspepsia, and light constipation | M | 50 | 20mg 1X day | 4/8/2014 Patient History | 3 | acid reflux.. | Nada. I think ya'l are blaming nexium for all your problems because its the easiest solution. I'm only new to nexium but it has worked wonders. I still get some gord type pain between ribs but nothing like i had b4 taking nexium. I'm in the middle of a lifestyle change and notice when i excercise regularly i dont get the pain as much. Alot of foods bring on all the so called side effects that ya'l are talking of. But each to there own, if u stop taking it and feel better than hoorah for you. Its all in the mind. :-) good luck everyone. | F | 30 | 2 months 1 a day | 3/17/2014 | 3 | prevent ulcers after stomach cancer | Sweats. fast heartbeat but not intolerable. Digestive disturbance but again not intolerable and not all the time. I take it because I have had stomach cancer and I believe it is preventative so the side effects pale into insignificance by comparison. | F | 62 | 4 months 40mg 1X day | 3/10/2014 | 3 | reflux | severe joint pain especially in the Knees and ankles. Felt like an old lady. Struggled to walk or stand for very long. Stopped taking a week ago. Went for a long walk tonight and the pain has stopped. Will make an appointment with my doctor to change medication. Temporarily taking Zantac which is helping the reflux | Nexium does help the reflux. But side effects are not worth it. I do have osteoarthritis and thought that getting older that my symptoms were getting worse but it was the Nexium. I actually also feel more clear headed. | F | 55 | 2 years 20 1X day | 1/29/2014 | 1 | I was taking nexium for acid reflux | Terrible headaches, hair loss, anxiety,depression and now peripheral neuropathy. | F | 38 | 2 years 40mg | 1/26/2014 | 4 | Acid Reflux | Difficulty swallowing, muscle cramps, muscle stiffness, dizziness, muscle twitching, vertigo, hightened anxiety w/ panic attacks, brain fog, dry eyes, heart palpitations | I have relied on Nexium for years for my continous heartburn. Every once in a while I would still get heartburn even while on Nexium. But the pain from a heartburn episode (which would last hours no matter what I tried for relief) was so intense I was terrified to go without Nexium. I thought I couldn't live with out it. Recently, my insurance company will no longer cover Nexium and because it's so expensive, I've been forced to find other means of treating my acid reflux. I was pretty upset about this at first, but I'm beginning to think it was a blessing. It's only been three days and I think so much clearer. I suffered from constant brain fog, but I blamed that on having a baby. Virtually every symptom I was experiencing I was blaming on something else. It's only been three days so it will be interesting to see if the decrese in problems continues and if my acid reflux stays under control. If it hadn't been for my insurance company I would've been on this forever. It seems a lot of you share the same symptoms, which gave me chills when I was reading this, but figured out a lot sooner than I did that perhaps Nexium is to blame. | F | 28 | 3 years 20mg 1X day | 1/22/2014 | 1 | Gerd | Began taking Nexium because I was concerned that a sore throat and mucus in throat may have been caused by acid reflux. Two days into taking them I began to experience reflux and heartburn which I hadn't experienced for some time. I continued to have dyspepsia and so decided to go off the drug. Symptoms continued but at day 4 off they are diminishing. Although I have experienced occasional acid reflux and heartburn and dyspepsia I have never had days of symptoms as I have had since starting nexium. | F | 62 | 12 days 40mg 1X day | 1/22/2014 | 1 | Hiatus Hernier | Brain Fog, short term memory issues, effects came on very gradually with my recognition that something was not right coming a lot later than it should have, the ability to retain telephone numbers, pin numbers & peoples names severally compromised, by changing to alternative medication the ability to recall phone numbers, pins, names Etc, other effects also but the above the most pronounced in my case, my advice do not use in the long term as I did. | M | 54 | 9 years 20 | 1/13/2014 | 4 | Acid reflux | Worked very well to relieve burning symptoms. Did not "heal" ulcer as some ads may have suggested. Works well as daily maintenence drug but is not meant to be taken at time of symptoms. Some constipation. | When drugs are forgotten or skipped, burning symptoms re-appear. | M | 52 | 3 years 40 MG 1X day | 11/11/2013 | 3 | Gerd/acid reflux | It worked for 2 days, then I soon felt bloated, nauseous, severe anxiety, frequently burping and a dry cough. I would occasionally get the lump in my throat sensation. | I forgot to take my tablet one night and I woke up and felt 100% better then I did when on nexium. I have been off it for a few days now and in the evening I tend to get a bit of bloating but that's generally from fatty foods I may have consumed. | F | 18 | 1 months 20mg 1X day | 11/11/2013 | 1 | reflux | Headache, feeling like I have not eaten in a week, feeling akin to a bad hangover, feel like I have drunk an entire bottle of wine, lethargy | M | 57 | 3 days 40 1X day | 11/1/2013 | 3 | Aid Refulx | Severe constipation | The medicine worked very well at managing my acid reflux (it disappeared while I was on it) but for two years I had to battle with very severe constipation virtually non-stop. I was on laxatives every couple of weeks as a result. As a note, if you suddenly stop taking Nexium you'll likely get very severe GERD for about one or two weeks. Give it time and after about two weeks that hyper acidity should disappear and you should be back to your normal self. For about three months I thought the Nexium had actually cured my heart burn and I wouldn't have to take it anymore but unfortunately the GERD slowly came back and I eventually had to go on to a similar product. | M | 26 | 2 years 40mg 1X day | 10/15/2013 | 1 | Acid Reflux | After taking just one capsule it caused some loss of feeling in my arms and legs for about an hour. I stopped taking it. | Aciphex and Zegerid work much better for me without the side effects of Nexium. After stopping Nexium, the side effects went away. | M | 51 | 1 days 30 MG. 1X day | 10/15/2013 | 1 | GERD | My side effects were: Daily Headaches, throat and tongue swelling, Difficulty Swallowing, Water Retention, sort muscles, numbness, tingling, or burning in my arms hands, palpitations, increased anxiety, chest pain, dizziness, hair falling out in droves, spasms and muscle cramps, feeling off balance, easy bruising, fatigue, increased heartbeat, hives, skin Inflammation and mood changes.Stiff and sore neck. Probably more just can't remember everything. | If you take this for an extended amount of time, it actually stops your body from absorbing vital nutrients such as b12 and magnesium and potassium. | F | 29 | 2 months 40mg 1X day | 10/13/2013 |