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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEXIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Gastritis | NONE | I went to my doctor after feeling nauseous almost every day for 4 months. Despite being underweight to begin with, I lost around 16 pounds because I had no appetite 95% of the time. My doctor gave me Nexium because she believed I had gastritis (inflammation of stomach lining). After reading the reviews on this website, I was terrified of taking this medication! I put it off for almost 3 weeks because I was so frightened of all of the nasty side effects so many people said they had. But finally, I decided I had to try the Nexium because I was tired of feeling sick all of the time. Within 48 hours of beginning Nexium, my nausea was gone and my appetite was back! I think it's important to mention that I did NOT swallow the capsules whole - I have severe difficulty swallowing pills, so I would open up the capsules and swallow the tiny beads inside with a spoonful of applesauce. I also made sure not to eat until an hour had passed. There were a few days where I "cheated" and ate when about 50 minutes had passed, but I always waited at least that long. For the two weeks I was on Nexium, I very, very rarely felt nauseous and was feeling so good and happy to be hungry that I've already gained a few pounds back! And I had NO SIDE EFFECTS. Now, it's been over 3 days since I finished up the Nexium and I'm not feeling as good, but I don't feel nearly as nasty as I did before I took the meds! | F | 24 | 15 days 40 1X day | 10/5/2012 | 3 | stomach acid, sour stomach | Liked that my sour stomach and acid stomach is gone. But, have joint pain already, within 12 hrs of first dose. After reading some posts here, I am throwing the Nexium away. Thanks every one. Will tell Dr I was afraid of side effects and will try pervacid, mallox, change diet etc. | M | 45 | 2 days 40mg | 9/14/2012 | 1 | possible ulcer, gastro | Itching, foggy head, sleepiness, anxiety, irrational thinking | I've been on it for 8 days. Today was my last dose, thanks to this site. Thought I was starting to loose it. Worked fine for the stomach ulcer pain, but the side effects are worse. I itch. Not a poison ivy kind of itch, just a phantom itch here and then there... ect. My skin feels hypersensitive. I've also started to get anxious. Thinking about the itching - irrational thinking, like my skin had creepy crawl thing going on. PLEASE consider something else. Prevacid worked just fine for me - no side effects. Prevacid here I come. I'll post back in a couple of days if symptoms continue. But I have a feeling they'll stop... | M | 44 | 8 days 40 MG 1X day | 9/4/2012 | 1 | stomach ulcers | Joint, muscle, bone pain in my ankles, lower legs, and arms/elbows. Hair loss on lower legs, fatigue. | I had my 3rd ANA (anti-nuclear antibody) test completed in July for my diagnosis of Drug Induced Lupus from taking Nexium. The result was a 4.2 (normal is 0.0 to 0.9). My first test was a 6.2 in Nov. 2011 and 2nd test was a 5.1 in January 2012. At this rate I will be better in about a year (hopefully). I am still experiencing pain in my lower legs and elbows. The pain in my legs moved to the outside and I have lost all my leg hair on the outside of my lower legs. This drug has caused a lack of quality of life for a year now. I am unable to do a lot of things I used to take for granted. The ulcers I was suffering from were nothing compared to the ill side effects of Nexium. I am having a particularly bad day today and am suffering from extreme fatigue along with the side effects. I have good days and bad days. I am seriously considering contacting an attorney. How this drug was ever approved and deemed safe is beyond me! | M | 38 | 40mg 1X day | 8/17/2012 Patient History | 2 | Acid | Moderate stomach ache, anxiety, loss of appetite. | Went to see a doctor because of a headache and some stomach acid. The doc asked me if I had sushi or any raw food recently which I had. He prescribed Nexium 40mg, Metrolag and Motillium... He suspected H.Pylori (came back negative) and bacterial infection from eating raw food. After I was done with the other two and only took Nexium, my stomach pains were absolutely horrible. No acid though, but felt like I'd swallowed a rock. It's an absolute misery. I'm on vacation, and I'm stopping Nexium. I've had enough of stomach aches! When I get home, I'll inform the doctor of my side effects which were worse than my original complaint. If I get acid again, I'll just take Tums or if it gets really bad then Zantec - tried one pill awhile back and it worked like a charm. I just don't care for Nexium side effects. | M | 36 | 8 days 40 1X day | 8/14/2012 | 1 | Hypersensitive Oesophagus | Made acid worse resulting in having to increase the dose and ultimatley becoming trapped on this drug. Constipation, urinary frequency, tinnitus and heart palpitations - | Don't get sucked into taking this drug unless you are at deaths door!! I eat very healthily, don't smoke or drink etc and was given Nexium 20mg for heartburn. This had to be upped to 40mg and then overnight I developed extreme acid reflux that I never had before (rebound?) I am now trapped on 80mg with hellish side effects and if I try to come off the pain is ten times worse than the original condition. | F | 37 | 1 years 40mg 2X day | 8/3/2012 | 4 | gerd | The medication took about two weeks to fully kick in, I have been on the medication for 18 months and have had diarrhea every single day. Not the painful kind that burns just really loose sudden stools. This medication has helped my gerd extremely, if you can tough out the diarrhea its worth it. And if you are getting cold sweats your dose is too high. I had suffered with gerd for two years. At this point my gerd related ulcers are fully healed and I no longer get heartburn | F | 24 | 1 days 40 mg caps | 7/25/2012 | 1 | Reflux | After taking nexium for two weeks I had what I thought was a nervous break down! I had been fine up until then but suddenly I was crying uncontrolably, irritable, thinking irrational thoughts and convinced I was going crazy! I needed my parents or friends with me all the time and had to take two weeks off work. I had everyone panicked thinking I had fallen in to a deep depression. Immense feelings of guilt were bought up and I thought I would never be ok. 2 months on I am still shaken but getting better each day. I have been out in to overdrive and am still anxious at the thought of another episode like this EVER. I have never been through anything scarier. Do not take this tablet!!!!! | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 7/16/2012 | 1 | gerd | I hate this pill. Its been the worst thing i have ever taken. I thought i was going crazy. Not sleeping, crazy anxiety. Vivid dreams that cause more anxiety. The body pain is so bad i thought i had a nerve disorder, spent so much money on chiropractors and massage but nothing helped, now i know why. I dont ever post things, but after feeling like i was losing my mind i feel that if this post helps others how could i not warn others to avoid this evil purple pill. | F | 33 | 1 years 20 | 7/14/2012 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Severe allergic conjunctivitis, skin rashes, chest and arm pain, anxiety, dry mouth | At first I did not associate my symptoms with the Nexium since I had been taking it for so many years. I always had the skin rashes during my time taking Nexium, I went to the doctor and got medication, thought it was fungal infections that would not clear up. Over the last 2 years I developed extremely swollen, red eyes. They were always oozing and felt like I had sand in them. I went to the doctor and they said it was allergies, get rid of the pets, clean the house, allergy proof your house for dust mites. We got rid of the cats, the dog, the birds (all found good homes), cleaned house constantly, still took copious amounts of allergy medications and eye drops. Nothing was clearing it up. The one day a light bulb went off and my wife went online researching side effects of Nexium. The claim was a very small number of people had developed conjunctivitis from taking Nexium, plus skin rashes, and all the other symptoms I was experiencing. Immediately I stopped taking Nexium and within days the eyes cleared up, the skin rashes cleared up. After blaming our cats and dog for all this it was the Nexium all along...what a nightmare. I then tried taking Pepcid AC and immediately my eyes reacted again. I am now taking natural products to help my acid reflux and hoping for the best. I will never take Nexium again. | M | 35 | 10 years 40 mg 1X day | 7/13/2012 | 4 | GERD | diarrhea | Every crap is an emergency, but it's better than lying in bed feeling like an alien is about to burst out of your chest. | M | 32 | 3 years 40mg 1X day | 7/5/2012 | 1 | To counter act taking Diclac table | Severe shoulder pain, unable to lift hand over head due to pain. Pain in left knee and hip, also pain in groin area. Unable to bend properly even to put socks on. getting up and down stairs in house was a nightmare and very painfull. | If prescribed dont take it, look for something else. After afew days of not taking it symptoms eased. Would never take it again. | M | 41 | 10 days 40mg 1X day | 6/24/2012 | 1 | Reflux | bloating, double vision / blurred vision, Tinnitus | Tooked Nexium only 2 Days, 15 Hours after the first Pill i get Tinnitus and a blurred / double Vision. I stopped using Nexium 10 Days ago and all side effects are still persistent, my life is now the hell. I consulted many Doctors, but the dont know how to stop the side effects of Nexium. So at the Moment it looks like, that i now need Glasses, because of permanent side effects of Nexium. Sorry for my bad English. | M | 27 | 2 days 20mg 1X day | 6/23/2012 | 1 | GERD | Heart palpitations;anxiety;chest pain;burping;swelling in lower feet and legs;weight gain;tingling/numbness in head,face,left arm and hand;increased hypertension | As with others who have posted, I came looking for this site because I noticed these weird symptoms and wondered if it could be the nexium. Well, it looks like a big possibility. Those who have posted have noticed have the same symptoms as I and I think it's too much to be a coincidence. I never had any of these symptoms, except the hypertension, which is worse now (bp med was doubled 2 weeks ago), prior to taking nexium. I just refilled my next 3 month prescription, but won't be taking it. I've been taking it for 3 months now, and symptoms keep appearing and getting worse. I'm going back to prevacid. I took it for many years with no known side effects. Of course, any of the ppi's will cause you to have severe rebound acid if you miss a day...that's the way that goes, but I will never take another nexium. I can't wait to feel better. I actually made a trip to the E.R. because I thought I was having a stroke becaue I had the tingling and numbness of my head, face, and left arm. Half a day of testing and everything, including a ct scan, was fine. Now I see it is a common side effect of nexium. | F | 51 | 3 months 40MG 1X day | 6/15/2012 | 2 | Possible GERD throat problems | Low back, hip and upper thigh pain. Also suffered a right rib fracture - no injury. I reported this to FDA. I notice their ads now give this warning! | Woukd not take this again long term. The longer I took it the worse I felt. ENT and GI docs love to prescribe this. I was able to deal with stomach problems using Tums, Peptones when needed. My husband uses Pepcid with good results when needed | F | 62 | 3 months 2X day | 6/12/2012 | 1 | GERD | Gas and bloating, diarrhea alternating with constipation, hair loss, overwhelming nausea while lying in bed in the morning to the point I took a pregnancy test. | M | 38 | 21 days 20mg 1X day | 6/6/2012 | 1 | Reflux | Heart palpitations, pain in chest going to back, constipation, blurry eyes, anxiety, shortness of breath so using asthma inhaler more, bloating, memory problems, stomach ache, needing to take Mylanta as well to relieve pain in chest. | Took Nexium 40mg p/day in 2004 for 4 years and at first it helped then did not, stopped as I was losing my hair. Managed with over the counter tablets (Zantac and Mylanta) then had a bout of bad pain in chest in 2010, endoscopy showed a bit of inflammation in stomach so back on Nexium 20mg. Kept getting feeling of fullness in chest with a feeling of fluttering in heart like palpitations due to start but they never did. Came off Nexium as it did not help and scared of losing hair again. March 2012 - bad pains in chest after eating anything so back on Nexium 40mg for 5 weeks and all symptoms returned only this time I had actual heart palpitations which were severe for half a day, strangely enough they stopped after I ate a tiny meal. Stopped taking tablets 6 days ago and palpitations have subsided, feeling better, more energy, less anxious, bloating constipation and stomach pain gone, but still the odd fluttering feeling which subsides after eating or taking a Mylanta tablet. Saw Dr yesterday blood pressure high - never had blood pressure problems before. Have now changed to Zantac which I was taking off and on before . It is helping and can eat a little but pain comes on when hungry. Was told not to drink carbonated drinks which I don't like anyway but Ginger Beer/Ale helps immensely as soon as I have burped I feel fine! Going to see specialist again soon to make sure all is well internally but I will never take Nexium again!! It has caused a lot of stress/pain! | F | 65 | 5 weeks 40mg 1X day | 5/30/2012 | 4 | gastritis | so far soo good... side effects :GASSSSSSSS!! | F | 20 | 1 days 1xD 40mg | 5/28/2012 | 1 | reflux heartburn | this pill caused me to have dizzy spells nausea weight loss anxiety heart palps pain under right rib and many other side affects including ruining digestive system for months | none of my side affects started until months after taking it all side affects still stayed when i quit nausea dizzyness and burning did not improve for 2 months please take care when taking this drug and if you want to quit please be patient it takes a long time for your body to adjust and start too feel better | M | 40 | 1 years 2X day | 5/28/2012 | 5 | GERD | None but just concerned about long term use. I haven't taken it in four days and the heartburn is back. I found some natural chew tablets for heartburn with aloe vera in it and it does help but my stomach constantly growls and I feel like I am starving all the time. | F | 55 | 10 years 30 1X day | 5/21/2012 |