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 | mild gastritis - deviated septum | heart palpitations - lasting from 30 mins to two hours | i tend to take no drugs - only pepto bismal or certs when necessary - but nexium stopped burning and acidic symptoms in minutes - incredibly effective stopping acid - but i sense potential deadly results if i were to continue use. the racing heart tells me to stop it. I used 30 pills across a six week period - and never had palpitations until nexium was started. | M | 61 | 1 months | 10/15/2008 | 2 | acid reflux | extreme hunger; joint pain, which has since developed into full-blown rheumatoid arthritis | I don't know whether Nexium is responsible for my arthritis, but the symptoms started very shortly after I began taking it, and there's no history of arthritis in my family. Until more is known, this drug ought to be avoided. | M | 25 | 3 months | 10/14/2008 | 1 | Reflux, lesions on esophagus | Started 40 mg. nexium about 1 year ago, increased to 80 mg 1/08. A few months ago started to have severe joint pain, felt winded walking up steps, some heart palpitations, chills, flu like symptoms severe sore throat that came and went. When consulted MD's they told me I was depressed--MD switched me to aciphex, took it for 1 week and realized I felt horrible after taking it--vision problems, couldn't eat, trouble swallowing, Stopped taking everything a little over 2 weeks ago, symtpoms slowly going away but not completely yet. Still feel sick sometimes after eating. Anyone have experience like this? I have never felt this way. | F | 46 | 1 years | 10/11/2008 | 1 | hernia, gastritis, acid reflux | back pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, shortness of breath, depression, anxiety, fatigue, nausa, bloating... | this medication has ruined the best years of my life... | M | 23 | 5 months | 10/8/2008 | 1 | Acid Reflux | anxiety, chronic insomnia, shaking hands, breathlessness, bloating, sporadic chest pains, difficulty concentrating, paranoia, depression and constant boredom, burning and prickling sensation in hands, and foot cramps. | I am so glad I found this website. I had surgery several months ago, and thought all my problems were effects from the general anesthesia. It just so happens that around the same time as my surgery, my insurance company informed me that they wouldn't pay for Aciphex, which I had been taking for about 1 year without trouble. My pharmacy substituted my prescription with Nexium and ever since, I have had an unbelievable collection of "side effects", the worse two being Insomnia and Anxiety. As I type this I haven't slept for 3 days! My family doctor put me on Ambien about two months ago, but every time I try to come off of it, I can't sleep at all. When I first went on the drug, I suffered severe panic attacks for about three weeks. All my life I have been a very relaxed, mellow, and happy person, until I began taking Nexium. Also, I am not the kind of person that usually experiences any side effects of medication, so it has taken this website and everyone's experiences to o | M | 43 | 3 months | 10/7/2008 | 1 | GERD | Joint pains..muscle pains.. | Please visit us to submit your feedback...if you suffer from similiar side effects www.nexium-vs-joints.com | M | 29 | 4 months | 10/7/2008 | 5 | acid reflux/hiatal hernia | none | I am one of those lucky people for whom nexium has worked perfectly. Before starting treatment, I was having extreme difficulty swallowing. Within a week on nexium, my symptoms cleared up immediately, with no side effects. | M | 55 | 7 years | 9/30/2008 | 1 | gastritis | headache, insomnia, anxiety, heart palpitations, unreal feeling, foggy thinking | After about a couple of days on this drug, I started waking up throughout the night feeling really anxious, sometimes nightmares, sometimes just really anxious feeling. I am now on day 6 and I feel really anxious all day, at night I feel exhausted. Also my head has this weird feeling like I want to put a hat on to keep it from sort of coming out... doesn't make sense but it's feels really weird. | F | 31 | 6 days | 9/29/2008 | 1 | hernia, gastritis | depression, anxiety, back pain, hip pain, joint pain , nausa, bloating, fatigue, shoulder pain | i took 80 mg of nexium / prilosec for 3 months and started having joint pain all over my body plus all kinds of stomach symptoms...i've been off of it for two weeks now and my wrists are starting to feel a bit better but my other joints still hurt....i had hip and back pain two years ago when i was on this drug and went away few months after i stopped, i went back on nexium 4 months ago again for heartburn and now I have pain in all my joints....i hate this | M | 25 | 4 months | 9/28/2008 | 1 | gerd | fatigue, palpitations while on. Now off with Nexium and have dizziness, trembling, tingling anxiety almost passing out. | I am a PA. I have prescribed this for years and had no idea what coming off of this med could potentially do. Not had complaints from patients about psych/pain/tingling. Never been put on meds for anxiety. Now am on alprazolam and Lexapro to control the anxiety symptoms just to function as a wife and mom of two young children. I want to know how long this will last. I have been off for 1 week and the withdrawals are not getting better. I was on for three years and it worked great. If I knew this would happen if I went on it, I would've never started. People, we need answers. Any suggestions about how to approach? | F | 39 | 3 years | 9/27/2008 | 4 | severe GERD | excessive gas and stomach rumblings but only at night (I take it with food contrary to what the advice is) | Nexium SAVED MY LIFE. I have taken it for 8+ years. It has made it so I can have a normal life and prior to this drug I was only able to eat rice and drink ginger ale. Within days of taking it, I was improving and have been great ever since. | F | 31 | 8 years | 9/20/2008 | 4 | hiatal hernia | very few, slight digestion change. initially I had some side effects- nausea ect but they subsided after a little time. | I just wanted to comment quickly because I see many comments from people who only took this for a few days. I've been taking some type of proton pump inhibitor since I was 17. I think the main thing to remember is this drug will change things in your body, it blocks the production of stomach acid. That being said, some changes should be expected early on in the treatment, in my opinion. It is a drug to help with a specific condition. Surely in some cases people will not be able to handle it- I had a friend who stopped taking it because he couldn't handle the change in digestion. But in the long run for me it is worth it if I don't end up with Barrett's. For me it was like starting any other medication, my body just had to get used to it. It has been a great help in my life, no heartburn unless I skip it for a day. Good luck everyone! | F | 26 | 5 years | 9/19/2008 | 1 | Acid reflux, GERD | Dizziness, anxiety, back pain, weak and heavy legs and to a lesser extent arms, sore knees, feet cramps. | I took 40 mg twice a day for 2 weeks and then went down to once a day for a week. By the end of the first two weeks my lower back felt like I had pulled it and my legs felt like they had ankle weights on them. Hamstrings also felt really tight. I don't know if all this is related to Nexium but my legs and arms felt fine before I started taking it. I've usually very active and it made me not want to exercise at all. I even went to a spine specialist because I thought I had done something to my back. It might work for some people but did not help me one bit. Made me worse. | M | 23 | 3 weeks | 9/17/2008 | 2 | reflux | foggy brain , weakness , maybe anxiety | M | 56 | 6 times | 9/16/2008 | 1 | heartburn | very swollen eye brows and swollen bays under eyes. | terrible side effects on me. | M | 73 | 6 days | 9/16/2008 | 1 | Gerd | Fatigue, flu-like symptoms. | I was so happy to find this site. I was so sick and I couldn't understand why. It never occured to me that a well known drug like Nexium could cause me so much discomfort. | M | 42 | 21 days | 9/6/2008 | 1 | GERD | I was on Nexium for 6 months and after about 4 months I began to notice substantial hair loss. I had blood tests run and saw quite a few doctors to determine what was causing the hair loss and finally discovered it is a "rare" side effect to the drug and have since stopped taking it. I researched and found it is probably not that rare just very under reported. | My primary symptom was a cough which only slightly improved on the drug. | F | 42 | 6 months | 9/4/2008 | 4 | Acid reflux | After two and half years on Nexium, I developed a huge amount of gas and severe bloating. The gas also caused heart palpitations. I have a mechanical aortic valve in my heart and cannot afford to have this problem. | This drug did cure my acid reflux however why I was asked to stay on it for such a long time is hard to understand. Astra Zeneca said it is usually recomended for 4-8 weeks, not years. I went thru every test known to man earlier this year but all came back totally normal. The only possible culprit was Nexium. After stopping it for several months my symptoms dissapeared. The only thing I came up with (and a doctor agreed) is that long term use of this drug kills the bad bacteria in your system. But over time it also kills off the good bacteria in our systems which we need for digestion.Also note Astra Zeneca said the longest study they have done is for twelve months. For those of us who have been on this drug for years they really don't know what problems can occur. | M | 70 | 2 years | 9/2/2008 | 1 | Ulcers | Anxiety, nightmares, pain in hands and feet, excrutiating headaches, insomnia. | I have only been taking Nexium for a week and a half so I didn't really think it could be causing my symptoms. Considering it is the only thing I am doing different I decided to research it a little more. I am amazed at the similarities to everyone else that has posted on here. I have cried for 7 days straight over the tiniest things. I have had a constant headache. I wake up every night shaking from hellish nightmares, that is if I actually fall asleep. I have had occasional shooting pains in my chest and heart palpitations. I feel as if I am going crazy. The pain that I experienced from my ulcers was more severe for the first two days but has subsided since then. I only feel a twinge here and there. I would rather experience the pain from the ulcers though than the horrible side effects I have from the medication. | F | 33 | 10 days | 8/31/2008 | 1 | Gerd | I have only taken two 40mg. pills. The first night I had vivid bad dreams. The second day I took it, I experienced nausea, dry mouth, severe pain in my hip, pain in my finger joints, pain in my calf muscles. I went online and found this site. Now, I know its "not just me"...I am not going to continue taking this drug. I am so appreciative of people who come online and let us know that we are not taking an "innocuous" drug, as the Drs. like to say...I will look for something holistic. Thank you to everyone here who commented. | F | 59 | 2 days | 8/29/2008 |