NEXIUM Reviews (ESOMEPRAZOLE MAGNESIUM)Average Rating: 2.2 (1126 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NEXIUM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEXIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | GERD | Constant hunger, muscle pain, lightheadedness, blurred vision, bloodshot eyes, headache with sinus pain, chest pain and breathing issues | I thought I was losing my mind and that I was going to die. Thank you so much for this site. I have been on Nexium, 40% a day for over a year this time. I have been on the this and prilosec for years... Thank you for possibly saving my life. | F | 50 | 14 months | 2/10/2009 | 5 | Severe GERD | gas | I try to skip a dose now and then but, when I do, the beast comes raging back and I am on fire. So, the gas issue is well worth the benefit (although I can't speak for my partner). | M | 59 | 5 years | 1/29/2009 | 1 | Stomach problems due to vomiting | The vomiting and diarrhea I wanted it to cure,became worse. Moreover: Nausea, fatigue, lethargy,insomnia,extreme anxiety, depression, suicidal, sadness, trouble breathing,shaking. | About the depression etc, I want to add, that I had never felt any similar emotions in my life. I thought I was going crazy, I was even ready to visit a therapist, but then I remembered reading some of the side effects of Nexium and then it dawned on me. I stopped the medication and I felt better at once. Some symptoms like sadness, nausea and insomnia still pop up for no reason, but I'm at the 3rd day without it and I hope in a day or two it will be out of my system | F | 21 | 1 weeks | 1/23/2009 | 2 | GERD | pain around the eyes, sensitve and dry eyes | I was given a trial of Nexium to see if it would help with GERD and while it seemed to work, I noticed that my eyes were becoming very sensitive and I would often get headaches around them. After my trial, I had to wait a week to get back into my doctor and saw that it went away. I'd rather deal with a little stomach pain than have the top half of my head always aching. | F | 21 | 1 months | 1/22/2009 | 2 | gerd | Itching, sore stomach, bloating, slight vision issues | Probably does what its supposed to but at what cost physically. For people suffering with GERD - small meals, dont't eat prior to several hours before bedtime, raise your bed 4 inches, no caffeine, spices, citrus, tomatoes etc. Apples seem to work. Also a suppliment called heartburn ease. Going to go cold turkey. May Almighty G_d have mercy on me. | M | 56 | 14 days | 1/22/2009 | 3 | Severe acid reflux | Really bad headaches first few weeks then achy daily headaches every day after. Blurred vision, dizzy and confused a few hours after taking. Sleep disrupted nightly, contantly hungry even after eating and very very emotional. Cry over almost everything and last but not least just feel tired and achy in the joints for 2-3 hours after taking. Kids and friends think I am going crazy, I think I am going crazy. Help.... | I really had no idea that a pill could really do this to you for something as simple as an acid reflux pill. I seriously thought something was really wrong with me and not sure what to do. I am a healthy 39 year old and after taking this little purple pill (40 mg) daily, feel like I am going crazy. The side effects just dont seem to be worth it. I am tempted to start the Aciphex which works great just not covered under insurance. No wonder the Nexium people are basically giving this away for free every month for 6 months. Too many people going off of it and finding something better. | F | 39 | 60 days | 1/16/2009 | 3 | GERD | Insomnia, bloating, headache, extreme muscle aches in lower extremities, feeling extremely cold in lower extremities | Seems like every pill you take for one illness creates an entirely new set of ills. | F | 58 | 3 days | 1/12/2009 | 4 | GERD | Hair loss, dizziness | After around 1 year of taking it I started experiencing dizziness, just found this website and didn't think about hair loss as a posible side efect until I read on site. After 2 years still dizzy and balding. Will stop taking and see what happens for a month. | M | 44 | 2 years | 1/8/2009 | 3 | oesophahus infection - A type - | constant sinus problems, weight loss, minor blurred vision, muscles pains, depressed, headaches | I was happy to find this website. Couldn't find any feedback in Belgium (where I live) and thought I was going crazy. As to my doctor it is unlikely that Nexium is the cause of these side effects. I would like to be the one I used to be again, but then I have to stop taking this medication. Not taking care of this disease might cause stomac cancer in the long run. What to do? | F | 50 | 4 months | 1/7/2009 | 5 | erosive esophagitis & Barrett's | While on 40 mg daily, severe, constant headaches with dizziness. No side effects on 20 mg daily. | After reducing dosage to 20 miligrams, my life changed!!! I could take Nexium with absolutely no side effects. I believe this drug made by AstraZeneca (not Merck) saved my life. I was diagnosed with GERD in 1992 and had tried other drugs: Zantac, Prilosec, Prevacid, Aciphex and Protonix. Some worked but none HEALED my endoscopically diagnosed Erosive Esophagitis that developed into Barrett's Disease. My esophagus was the size of a pencil when first scoped. I had to have it "stretched" each year from 1993 thru 2003. The erosions have healed according to the endoscope results. I have to have the EGD with biopsy each year to rule out cancer from the Barrett's Disease. Readers of this post that have had adverse reactions to this drug, PLEASE have your Dr. simply reduce the dosage!! | F | 66 | 7 years | 1/4/2009 | 5 | GERD | Nausea and dizziness after stopping the medication. | My main problem with Nexium is the side effects once I stopped taking it. Before Nexium I have severe chest pains and after ruling out heart problems, I was sent to the GI specialist and after a scope it was determined I had GERD. I started with 20mg and after the 1st month went to 40mg, daily. I have had no chest pains since I started the Nexium and my tests have all been fine. So last week My GI said to stop the Nexium and to try and control my GERD with diet. Ever since I stopped, I have been dizzy and can not stop the feeling of throwing up. My stomach is upset all the time and I just want to lie down. They need to publish the withdrawal effects. | F | 41 | 4 months | 1/2/2009 | 2 | hy pylori | difficulty swallowing | F | 55 | 2 months | 1/2/2009 | 1 | acid reflux | Extreme anxiety, Panic attacks, racing heart, heart palpitations, throat constriction, dizziness, dry mouth, headache, insomnia, depression, vivid dreams and nightmares sometimes waking up from them with a fast and hard heartbeat, moodiness, sinus problems. | I have been on Nexium for 5 months for acid reflux due to stress. Since then my anxiety has went through the roof. I have never had so many anxiety attacks or anything else for that matter since I started Nexium. Yes I have had EKG's echocardiograms, stress tests, blood tests, breathing tests and every other test I can think of and everything always comes up clear for my heart and blood. My doctor keeps telling me it is just the anxiety and has prescribed xanax for me which I am reluctant to take as it can become habit forming. We have not even discussed the possibility of all of the symptoms I have being side effects. I just don't think it is by accident that my anxiety has jumped ten fold and all of these other symptoms have shown up since I started taking Nexium. I am so glad I found this website to hear that other people are experiencing the same things that I am. Now I know it is not just me or that I am going crazy. Thank you everyone for sharing and I wish you all the best. | M | 42 | 4 months | 12/31/2008 | 2 | Poss. GERD | Fatigue, dizzyness, excessive bloating and gas,gas causing chest pain , foggy thinking | Had infrequent attacks of moderate gas causing some Premature Atrial Contractions. Dr. wanted to try this med. I took it for three days before side effects started . I am sensitive to medication so I persisted for several more days but side effects were to much to take. Waited four days and Started back for one dose and within 24 hours side effects returned with force. I read people with Penicillin allergy should not take this and I do have that so maybe a connection. I know I felt better before the medication than after it. It does make you feel like removing yourself from society until it all passes. I am going to try DGL to calm stomach. | F | 58 | 7 days | 12/30/2008 | 1 | Acid Reflux & misc. stomach issues | ANXIETY | I am SOOOO glad I found this site! I was prescribed Nexium to help with some stomach/acid issues I'd been having. Not only did it not help me, it made me feel like a head case! Doing routine, pleasurable, and fun things started making me anxious. Long car rides, pedicures, church...all made me SO anxious. My heart would race, I'd feel nauseous and shake, and I felt hot...I just wanted to get out or get away. It was the most awful feeling. Usually lasted about 30-40 minutes. Until taking Nexium, I've never experienced such a thing. I realized that it was probably the Nexium, since I would feel fine in the morning, take it in the afternoon, and feel like crap in the hours after taking it. And as I mentioned earlier, I've never experienced anxiety like that in my life until I started the Nexium. I have stopped taking the Nexium, and have not had the anxiety since. Thanks to everyone for sharing their experiences!! | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 12/29/2008 | 1 | GERD/esophagitis | Initially, migraines twice or more weekly. After several months of 40mg, sometimes 80mg daily, horrible heart palpitations and anxiety that prompted me to go to a cardiologist. Wore a holter monitor, had an EKG and an ECHO, all of which showed "normal". This made me feel as if I was going bonkers, because I don't usually have these conditions. Also, vivid dreams (in the brief time I was sleeping). I averaged 4 to 5 hours of sleep a night. I want to also mention burning sensation in my stomach, and gurgling digestive sounds (even though the acid was supposedly suppressed). I just felt that something was "not right". | Physicians should be more forthright about alerting their patients to these possible side effects. | F | 60 | 7 months | 12/28/2008 | 1 | GERD | racing heart, tremor, anxiety, throat constriction, dizziness | Worked well for my GERD but couldn't stand the side effects. Tried Prilosec, Protonix, Aciphex, Nexium - same thing. Finally stopped everything (mistake - I should have tapered off) and had a very difficult week! It took 4-5 days for the heart pounding to stop, and almost a week to stop shaking. Now I'm trying lifestyle changes and orange peel extract. | F | 52 | 4 weeks | 12/27/2008 | 5 | GERD | A little constipation | Never leave home without it. Nexium has been a life saver. | M | 73 | 18 months | 12/26/2008 | 3 | GERD | Since I starting taking the medication I have had terrible pains in the joints of my knees, feet and hands. It just dawned on me tonight that it was the nexium. I took my nexium (I take it twice a day)and about an hour later my joints started aching. I went online to do research on this and found this website, so I know I am not crazy. I also have terrible gas after I take the nexium. | F | 46 | 3 weeks | 12/26/2008 | 1 | GERD | SEVERE leg pain, especially knees and ankles! | F | 47 | 14 days | 12/26/2008 |