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 |
| 5 | H pylori | nothing | i should have taken it a really long time ago. i had no idea how bad my reflux had gotten. i love, love, love it. it's only been a few days, but wow, i feel cured. | F | 29 | 4 days | 9/20/2007 | 1 | GERD | While taking some muscle pains on shoulder thinking that caused by using too much PC at work. After stop taking I developed weak body that caused shoulder pain,knee pains, cold legs that annoys me a lot. I was a person who never went to a doctor for serious issue till age 25. I believe that it weakens my immune system, it makes it more vulenreable for those pains. Many medication may cure something along may take something from you. Please lets sue this company before it damage more on peoples body. Some doctors are contracted with medicine companies. They get some percentage of what they prescribe.I hope I didnt develop reuamatic or some other diseases by using nexium. | I think we should sue this company for destroying peoples life. Any one agree with me, pls email me. | M | 27 | 3 months | 9/15/2007 | 3 | nervous stomach | Blurred vision, unexplained weight gain, distended stomach, very painful hip, back and ankle pain. | I have been using Nexium for approx. 5 years. I assumed that it was a benign drug and never made the connection between the Nexium and the myriad of health problems I had been having. A great disappointment is the fact that my physician is basically a pharmaceutical shill as opposed to objectively considering that the Nexium may have been the cause of my health issues. It outrages me because I spent time going to specialists (rheumatalogist, opthalmalogist) to determine what what causing my pain/eye problems. The Nexium helped somewhat with my stomach issue, but the cost I paid wasn't worth it. I would have fared better with an OTC drug. Much gratitude to those who shared their experiences with Nexium and helped me to decide to stop using it immediately. | F | 55 | 5 years | 9/14/2007 | 1 | gerd | Feet pain,joint pain,hip pain,severe back/neck/rib pain,dizziness,anxiety,trouble sleeping,bad nightmares,chest pain,heart palpitations,sharp pain behind eyes,blurry vision,abdominal pain,bloating,constipation,fatigue,depression | I have taken nexium for about 7yrs and about two weeks ago I ran out and didn't have the money to get more. Within 24 hrs my symptoms were getting better. I was able to work in my yard for 5 days straight without back pain when usually after a few hours I would be in bed for days afterwards. I couldn't figure out at first why i was feeling better then the light bulb came on!! I spent thousands of dollars last winter trying to find out what was causing my stomach pains and bloating and now I feel so much better. The bloat and pain is gone. usually in the mornings I can barely walk to the bathroom from the foot pain and now I'm walking every morning for an hour. I haven't had any dizziness either. I have been sleeping better without back pain. I'm sure with time I will feel so much better. I can't believe I have spent so may yrs crippled from this drug. I even went off of it last winter and my Gastro told me it was a great drug and to not stop it. I did try aciphex which had the same sym | F | 38 | 7 years | 9/10/2007 | 4 | GURD | Hair loss, achy joints, especially fingers and toes, weight gain, irritability. Nexium did help my Gurd but the side effects were not worth it. | F | 45 | 9 weeks | 9/6/2007 | 3 | severe reflux not helped by prilose | Hot flashes, mild hallucinations (My partners face was all red and crawling one night, kinda freaked me out eh?) hives, systemic itching at lymph sites, extreme dizziness, ringing in ears, tingliness in mouth, edema in hands and feet up to knees | I"m going to stop taking this and see if the symptoms go away, as I've been tested for every thing under the sun and am supposedly "fine". The thing is, it REALLY cures the reflux, which is a life-altering malady, and could lead to cancer if I don't treat it. I tried Prevacid before this, and what I didn't vomit shot out the other end on that drug. | M | 47 | 30 days | 9/4/2007 | 4 | acid reflux | Thinning hair. I was losing a lot of hair - more than I had before taking it. My pharmacist said Nexium might block iron absorbtion so I started taking iron supplements but I still lost a lot of hair. I stopped the Nexium and have noticed that my hair is not coming out nearly as much. I wish I had stopped sooner. | If I didn't have the hair loss I would have continued to take the medication because otherwise it worked great. There was an obvious difference in how my stomach felt after eating. | F | 50 | 2 years | 9/3/2007 | 5 | acid reflux | mild nausea when started, mild headache when started...both gone | Nexium works perfectly. It has little if no side effects. The negative descriptions you are reading about here are from people who do not understand themselves! It is impossible to get depressed from Nexium, or to have panic attacks!...that is completely ridiculous. These people have a pre-existig condition and are looking for something to blame it on. Don't worry about taking Nexium....other than the cost, Nexium is a Non-adverse medication...it is extremely well tolerated, and cannot create the negative symptoms listed here in this forum! | M | 41 | 2 years | 9/1/2007 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Severe headaches that lasts for days. Headaches severe enough to wake me from a sound sleep. Leg pain and restlessness at night that made it difficult to go to sleep. | Doctor recommended I take Nexium as needed for occassional acid reflux and stomach bloating. When I started, my bowel movements stopped for several days and gas increased substantially through both ends. The headaches increased in intensity over several days. Had to stop taking Nexium after 4-7 days. Tried taking Nexium 4 times over a 6 month period. I was finally told by my doctor that headaches and leg pain are known side effects. Stopped taking Nexium and have replaced it with Pepcid AC Complete. Pepcid has the same gas effect but no issues with the bowel movements and no headaches. | M | 48 | 6 months | 9/1/2007 | 5 | Gerd | I have never experienced any side effects and I have been taking it for about 8 years. | This is a wonder drug! I have tried Pepcid,Zantac,Aciphex,Prilosec and nothing works like my Nexium! I recommend it highly to anyone. I take one capsule every evening and I never have heartburn or Gerd, no matter what I eat. | F | 50 | 8 days | 8/27/2007 | 5 | Acid reflux | Zero | It has made my life 100% better | M | 33 | 2 years | 8/25/2007 | 1 | Barrett's Espohagus/GERD | 1.Chest pain, tightness, like having a heart attack 2. Leg and feet cramping 2. Migraines 3. Sinus problems worsened 4. Tingling throughout my body 5. Nervousness 6. Feeling of malaise 7. Fatigue 8. Brain fog 9. Arthritis flared up 10. Brittle hair 11. Brittle nails 12. Bad taste in mouth 13. Some days completely exhausted | I took Nexium from Aug. 06 to Jan 07 and the symptoms got worse so I stopped the meds. The GERD started to get worse in July 07 and I started on the Nexium again, but all the symptoms came back. I just went off it again, been off 5 days and feel better, although I have some acid backing up, I will start taking ACV and orange peel extract. I am taking a probiotic which is helping my digestive system. I would not recommend Nexium to anyone at this time. | F | 60 | 6 months | 8/22/2007 | 1 | GERD | After about 4 months began experiencing weakness (especially in the legs), fatigue, anxiety, chills/insomnia at night, muscle and joint pain, general feeling of illness | I've been off the Nexium for 9 days and feel much better, but still not 100%. I imagine it takes at least a few weeks to get out of your system. On Protonix now. If anyone had similar symptoms to me on Nexium and then switched to Protonix, please email me and let me know how it was. | M | 20 | 4 months | 8/19/2007 | 3 | acid reflux / heartburn | Major hair loss, weight gain, hot flashes, chest pains, extreme fatigue, back pain, neck pain, depression, anxiety, enlarged abdomen, loss of libido | This medication helped me tremendously the first year I was on it but the last two years I've experienced many, many symptoms that were unexplainable. I am not on any other medications and have always been healthy so the symptoms I've experienced the last two years were driving me crazy. I've had all kinds of tests done which indicated I was fine so I started to research my symptoms myself. After finding this site I finally feel like I'm not going crazy! No more Nexium for me, I need my life back! | F | 34 | 3 days | 8/16/2007 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Dizziness, loss of pheripheral vision for a few hours, depression, distorted reality vision; I would look at my arm and it looked liked it wasn't mine, joint pain, back pain. | Everything was ok for 2 months but when I started boxing training all symptoms started to happen. My body wasn't absorving the necessary nutrients it needed, vitamins didn't work, calcium didn't work. You can eat CRAP and if you take nexium it will not give you heartburn, but you'll stop absorving everything your body needs. Psychological effects were awful, my wife thought I had to pay a visit to the psychiatrist. When I got off Nexium it took about a month and a half to start feeling good again, all side effects gone except for spine and shoulder pain but getting better. A drug doesn't affect a single organ in your body, it affects everything. | M | 30 | 4 months | 8/15/2007 | 4 | Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR) | Mild nausea. | Absolutely necessary to take double doses (40 mg x 2) to bring about control of LPR. Improvement has stabilized at about 85% over onset of symptoms. Only side effect evident is nausea which is totally controlled by digestive enzymes with each meal. Possible "breast enlargement" in male(?) (but MD said there was no breast tissue), so maybe it is just a result of age (Seinfeld episode "Manseire"?). So, for the most part, the worst of it is the cost! | M | 53 | 3 years | 8/10/2007 | 1 | Acid Reflux | Severe leg pain in the back of the legs, ankle pain and feet burning. I was on Nexium for several years, went off of it for 18 months. Took it again for 12 days and the side effects are much more severe the second time. The pain is wearing me out and I cannot take narcotic drugs to eliminate it. | M | 49 | 12 days | 8/9/2007 | 3 | Acid Reflux | Apperantly alot of my problems are from this drug. Weight gain, depression, fibromyalgia, headache, anxiety attacks. I did not know about these side effects. I just had not put it together. But now that I think about it, all symtoms started after taking this drug | I have suffered for 3 years now with severe pain to the point of quiting a very well paying job. I have been to every specialist there is. All have said I have fibromyalgia, and there is nothing I can do but suffer, and get addicted to more drugs to cope. Thanks to this site I will not be taking any more of this drug. If anyone has any suggestions of a natural remedy please let me know. | F | 39 | 3 years | 8/7/2007 | 1 | stomach ulcer | migrane headaches, constipation, joint and back pain,stomach bloating, loss of energy, sleep problems | i am writing on behalf of my husband whotook his life after taking this medication for 3 weeks. this was the only thing that changed in his life . the changes occured so quickly i did not attribute the issues to this medication until it was to late. please take this med of the market. be careful everyone | M | 49 | | 8/6/2007 | 5 | GERD | zero | I was very sad to read all of the bad experiences that people have had with Nexium. I've been taking nexium daily for 7 years and i have never experienced any side effects. I feel very lucky because i had very severe GERD. The only problem is that if you stop taking the drug, not only do all of your symptoms return, but they are intensified by what feels like a thousand. It's obviously different for everyone, and my advice would be read ALL or as many people's comments as you can so you can be prepared for what to possibly expect. | F | 27 | 7 years | 7/31/2007 |