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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEXIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Slight throat raspiness from GERD? | Couldn't tolerate it, mainly severe constipation. But it seems to have altered my digestive processes long after stopping. | Stopped after two weeks, but have had stomach problems ever since that I NEVER HAD BEFORE. Could eat anything with no problems(don't think I really ever had GERD), and now have problems with digesting many foods, especially beef. Much gas and abdominal pain, with PVCs when really severe, even six months after stopping. No one seems to post about any side effects or changes AFTER stopping taking Nexium. Please email me if you have experienced any ONGOING problems you think were CAUSED by Nexium. | M | 66 | 14 days | 6/1/2008 | 1 | gerd | HEART PALPITATIONS, SEVERE headache, tingling sensation all over, dizziness, anxiety, tremor, confusion, nightmare, blurred vision, constipation, severe neck pain, flu like symptoms.. you name it. | i thought I was having a heart attack or a stroke. worst headaches of my life, heart palpitations, tingling sensation all over my body, hand tremor, blurred vision... i stopped taking it several weeks ago but some of the side effects are still present. i hope it's not permanent.. STAY AWAY FROM NEXIUM. it can be deadly if you ask me. | F | 26 | 3 weeks | 5/31/2008 | 5 | GERD | None | I tried ranitidine, but it just wasn't powerful enough. I've been on Nexium now for over three years without any acid reflux. I've had no side effects that I'm aware of. | M | 45 | 3 years | 5/30/2008 | 2 | gerd diagnosis | tired, no energy, tightness in chest. | M | 5 days | 5/28/2008 | 3 | LPR and GERD | Made my dry eyes worse somewhat. Loose stools first couple of weeks but found out that part of that was the Maalox/antacids. Now and then my feet swell a little | It helps the hoarseness caused by my LPR somewhat. The burning feeling in my stomach during early AM is pretty much gone. My GERD cough is almost all gone. BUT-I am really controlling my diet and sleeping with head of bed raised too. | F | 52 | 45 days | 5/26/2008 | 2 | Gastritis, Nausea | ANXIETY, light headed, fatigued, mood swings, | I was having intense nausea and digestive issues for about a month until the dr put me on nexium. It seemed to work for a while as I was able to eat normally, however I immediately started having anxiety (which I have never had before) and did not realize it was the Nexium until recently. Have been off of it for 2 days and have noticed a difference | F | 22 | 2 months | 5/26/2008 | 1 | insurance stopped paying for other | I have been on the drug one month and have gained 8Lbs and have the worst stomach pain and bloating. My abdomen is fully distended and hurts constantly, like being constipated. | F | 49 | 4 weeks | 5/26/2008 | 1 | acid reflux | bloating, leg pain, upper abdominal shard like pinching pain, blurred vision, rash and petechiae. | Since taking this medicine I have had one symptom after another. The ankle and knee pain has lasted for 4 months. Terrible bloating and the petechiae comes and goes. I am stopping this medicine today! | F | 46 | 8 months | 5/25/2008 | 5 | GERD, esophageal stricture frm acid | I"m on 40 mg, morning and night, and I have some diarrhea, which I don't mind because I was quite constipated prior. Nexium is wonderful! I love it. | I was on it for 2 1/2 weeks before I noticed a change and then almost instantaneously, all my symptoms resolved. I can eat tomatoes, japalenos, pretty much anything. I no longer have Maalox at work, car, home, purse, etc..... This has saved my life! | F | 40 | 26 days | 5/21/2008 | 3 | gerd, hiatal hernia, | headaches, heart palpitation, sore neck, dizziness, light headiness, tired, loss of memory. | Seemed to help for years but last year or so my heart would jump and sometimes I would get light headed and dizzy like I was going to fall over. I thought I was going to have a heart attack and would get headaches all the time. Never thought it was nexium until it happened right after I took a pill. I stopped taking it and I am starting to feel better now. Will have to control stomach some other way. I was diagnosed with gerd and a hiatal hernia because I couldn't swallow but it turned out I had tonsil problems and had them removed. Another drug where they don't tell you all the side effects. I feel better that I'm not alone but I think the drug companys and doctors are quick to prescribe this. | M | 38 | 6 years | 5/11/2008 | 3 | Painful Hyper acidity | Have been going through about 3 years of severe hyper acidity - have had ALL the scopes etc, no Dr came up up with a definitive answer why other then for me to take P.P.I. drugs. I would love to know if anyone else on these drugs have started to experience severe arthritis type pain in all the joints of the body. It started off in my hands and has now moved to my knees, ankles with severe, burning pain in my entire hip region especially at night while lying down. I have done some research and there are warnings that P.P.I. drugs carry the potential of leaching bone density to a high degree for people on these drugs so I am now wondering if other people had these same symptoms and since stopping the P.P.I drugs, did these symptoms disappear once more. I have been on doses of 40mg's of Nexium, most times but had to push it up to 80mg's per day for a couple of months. Been taking these meds for plus minus 3 years now. Would LOVE some feedback please. You can write to me at Ladeebyrdsa@ | I have checked off 'somewhat satisfied' as the Nexium (and other brands I have been on) does seem to control the acidity problems but am SO worried now about the other side effects....) | F | 51 | 3 years | 5/10/2008 | 1 | GERD | Headaches, heart palpitations, hunger pains, shortness of breath, racing heart, depression, tired | BAD BAD BAD BAD It may have stopped my heart burn but I feel like I'm having a stroke. Worst headaches of my life on a daily basis combined with other symptoms... I would choose heartburn anyday. This drug is a SCAM, it should be removed from the market immediately. | M | 21 | 3 months | 5/2/2008 | 2 | Acid Reflux / GERD | I have been taking nexium for about 6 months now; hence I've stopped taking it one week ago. Some side effects I've experienced while taking nexium include shortness of breath, nausea, loss of control of hands (cold feeling), severe upper abdominal pains that last for a few minutes and go away, tiredness, and increased anxiety. This all started after having my gall bladder removed and taking nexium. | This all started 1 year ago when I had my gall bladder removed. I haven't felt the same since. If anyone has experienced any symptoms like I explained from having their gall bladder removed please feel free to email me. | M | 27 | 6 months | 4/23/2008 | 1 | Hiatus Hernia | Headaches, dizziness, tingling (mainly legs/feet and arms/hands), neck/jaw stiffness, back/joint pain, anxiety, racing heart. | I felt as though I had aged 40 years with all the side effects I was experiencing! However, did help with GERD | F | 43 | 8 weeks | 4/21/2008 | 1 | Very Frequent Heartburn/Acid Reflux | Over 8 years (age 32-39) have gained 75 lbs with same diet (or healthier) as up to age 32. Blurriness over past few years on and off, getting more frequent, and according to emerg doc, 1st migraine ever (with aurora, which is why I was in emerg) a few months ago. Bloating and most recently severe lower left side pain. Joint and back pain on and off during past 6 years (past year jaw joint pain/clicking - from bone density decrease?). Lack of energy, depression, and panic feelings throughout past 5-6 years. Nexium is the only 'regular' medication I've ever been on, and have had no job/life/home changes in over 15 years to 'account' for things. | Used to have daily acid reflux/heartburn pre-2000. Nexium did make that disappear, but many other problems subtly crept up that peaked recently with severe lower-left abdominal pain lasting weeks. All the other effects over the past 8 years seem to be coming together like a puzzle. Stopped Nexium and used TUMS a few times a day as wife started a Weight Watchers diet for me with decreased coffee and processed food. After 5 days. NO MORE HEARTBURN. Time to take care of yourself as the Nexium studies show... there are no controlled studies after 6 months! | M | 39 | 8 years | 4/20/2008 | 1 | acid reflux | Headache, diarrhea, restlessness, no sense of time, nausea, stomach pains, lower abdomen pain, tinging in left hand/fingers/fingertips | Took one 40mg of Nexium after ENT thought it might help more than 20mg OTC Prilosec. After taking in afternoon, headache and nausea started. At night, restlessness and no sense of time. I had two hours of sleep. Upon waking, left hand started to tingle intensely. I wasn't sure if this was due to my peripheral neuropathy, anxiety, or Nexium. After quitting completely all side effects went away. To everyone reading this, take the good and the bad. We're all different and different things happen with different people. | F | 21 | 1 days | 4/19/2008 | 1 | Removal of Beneign Stomach Polyps | Took just over one week and then all of a sudden today my face and eyes feel like they are on fire and red and swelling. It looks like I've been sunburned and am chilled even though my face and head are burning. I am in such pain as it moves to my scalp and neck. I only use organic products and haven't made any changes, but the nexium after my surgery last week. | I've never had indigestion so why take this stuff. I am really scared and in pain but don't see this as a side effect on the Nexium site. I am trying to drink a lot of water and tea to flush this garbage out of my system, but it's time release! | F | 55 | 9 days | 4/17/2008 | 3 | GERD | The posting from the 43 year old female on 3/29/08 could have been written by me. Same procedures and tests, all normal. Have been on Nexium for 9 months. Began noticing mild "funny feeling" palpitations in chest early on but did not equate it with Nexium but thought it might be related to GERD. Thought GERD was getting worse and GP put me on TWO nexium per day. Began to feel some sort of "pressure starting in my chest and traveling upwards to my neck and jaws. EKG and everything else, normal. Still did not make any correlation. Developed chronic prostatitus and while I don't know whether or not the nexium has had anything to do with it, I began to feel so bad, I too, thought I had some strange incurable malady. GP wanted to put me on "anxiety" medicine. I almost punched him. Long story short, I've been off nexium for two days now. Will try to stay off for a while and see if anything changes. So far...So good. good. | Will post a follow up when I can make a definite connection between my "side effects" and the nexium | M | 55 | 9 months | 4/16/2008 | 2 | GERD, h pylori | I would like to add the following side effects: it made my osteoporosis worse, possibly because calcium needs to be absorbed in an acid environment. In addition, my hair (head and body) were thinning at an alarming rate. | I stopped taking the drug about 5 months ago and my hair just started growing back in. Rebound burning in stomach, depression and insomnia stopped after less than a week, fortunately. Still have dry eyes, nose and mouth, however. | F | 55 | 9 months | 4/14/2008 | 1 | GERD/acid reflux | Some relief from acid reflux symptoms, but had diarrhea almost on a daily basis, daily stomach pain which kept me feeling like I needed to eat all the time, and worst of all--decreased bone density (discovered later, due to incomplete absorption of minerals), condition known as osteopenia (precursor to osteoporosis). | Am now 61, but started this drug around age 52. Had suffered with GERD for at least 20 years, but symptoms got worse with age and increasing weight. Went off Nexium, then to Prevacid, and later to Prilosec, hoping to get fewer side effects, but not successful at this at all. All together, was on proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs for about 7 years. Gallbladder removed at age 44. Diagnosed with rare-type pancreas tumor in 2005 and had surgery in Dec. 2005. Went off all PPI drugs in early 2006. Real reasons for GERD: eating too much sugar and wheat (and other gluten grains) for many years, and not enough bile acids for proper digestion. MY CURE: taking bile acid salts and full-strength pancreatic enzymes supplements with every meal. Drastically changed my diet to high-fat, moderate-protein, low-carb (NO wheat or other gluten grains) with absolutely no processed food; added raw dairy and grassfed, pastured, locally-grown beef, poultry, and pork, organic produce. I have normal digestion now | F | 61 | 1 years | 4/13/2008 |