OMEPRAZOLE Reviews (OMEPRAZOLE)Average Rating: 1.5 (238 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare OMEPRAZOLE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR OMEPRAZOLE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | heartburn and indigestion | depression, anxiety, panic feeling, skipped heart beats, chest pain, right shoulder pain, migraines, Charley horses/muscle spasms in legs, decrease in exercise tolerance along with some shortness of breath, occasional constipation. | I was satisfied with the heartburn treatment, but my anxiety level kept increasing to the point of near panic. I thought stress was causing it. Then, I had chest pains and skipped heart beats a few days ago. I googled "Prilosec and chest pain", and read many posts from people complaining of anxiety while taking it. Wow. It all makes sense now! I'm going to discuss alternative treatments with my doctor. I feel better already after not taking it for two days. | F | 56 | 3 months 20 mg 1X day | 5/4/2015 | 1 | Heartburn | I have been taking Omeprazole 20mg once per day for about 5 months. This past Friday night about an hour after a normal dinner, I started shivering and felt terrible. My palms started sweating and I had to immediately throw up. I do not suffer from panic attacks, I am a very laid back and mellow person, but this sure felt like one. I was naseous, I couldn't hold any food down, and I became a weeping mess (I was sad, confused, and thought my whole world was going to end). Once it finally subsided after an hour or so, I felt tired and sluggish and immediately went to bed. The next morning I had no appetite and didn't feel at all like myself. I managed to shower and felt a bit better, but I decided to visit the doctor, who said I probably had an autonomic nerve problem(?). I told him I took Omeprazole, but he said it was perfectly safe and not to worry. He prescribed an anit-nausea medicine and said to not eat big meals for a while (which I hadn't done anyway). I went home, had a small lu | M | 42 | 5 months 20mg 1X day | 4/27/2015 | 1 | hiatal hernia | I called my doctor and although she doesn't agree with my supposition about the omeprazole side effects, she okayed me going off of it. It is now 48 hours since I last took one, and so far the headaches are gone, and a good part of the pain in my back and right buttock. The rash still itches but not as it's a little better. It may take weeks or months for all of the toxicity to leave my system so I'm not expecting the rash to disappear over night. I feel slightly less bloated and again from what I have read of other peoples reports, that may take a while to abate as well. I will continue to report back here with each new development because one of the things I wanted to know, was how long to expect the side effects to continue once I stopped taking the omeprazole. I realize it's going to be different for everyone because it's affected by dosage, length of use, body size, and age. | M | 66 | 20 mg 1X day | 7/19/2014 Patient History | 1 | acid reflux - barretts | POISON TO ME......USE WITH CAUTION | M | 56 | 6 weeks 40mg 1X day | 6/5/2014 | 1 | Acid reflux | Panic attack,headache ,arm pain, depression , didn't like light, sweat hands n feet, chest pain, heart beating. Fast | This med got me so depressed it's not for me at all bad ass headache in I never get headache | F | 27 | 20 mg 1X day | 5/19/2014 | 4 | Acid reflux | Severe anxiety after about 60 days, depression | Worked very well for acid reflux, I was in bad shape so I had to take it every day for 3 months. The incessant coughing stopped, and the chest pains went away completely within days. I didn't notice the anxiety at first, but as it got worse, I got the point where I had a near breakdown and became non-functional for a week. I became severely depressed as well. I began to suspect the omeprazole, as I do not ever normally experience that level of anxiety, and my suspicions were confirmed when I stopped taking the drug. Within 3 days, my anxiety level was back to normal, and after a week, the depression lifted. I would not recommend taking this drug for more than a month before taking a break from it. | F | 43 | 90 days 20mg 1X day | 3/8/2014 | 1 | acid reflux | Severe anxiety,loss of appetite,night sweats,severe neck/back/shoulder pain,panic attacks,insomnia,lack of interest in EVERYTHING,blurred vision,palpitations. | This drug is horrendous,never felt so depressed, but you do as your Dr. tells you and keep taking these tablets,they DON'T listen to you when you tell them these tablets are making you worse.Please stop taking them if any of these symptoms affect you.Took myself off them 7 days ago,endoscopy was all clear,feel so much better,awful ometrozole!!!! | M | 47 | 30 days 20 2X day | 2/28/2014 | 1 | Hiatal hernia | Many side effects, ie stomach polyps, drug interactions, vitamin absorption, hip pain, leg pain, disc degeneration, takes away the good bacteria in your stomach thereby unable to fight intestinal infections, like eColi, and also pneumonia. None of these side affects were known for years. | Unable to get off of Ppi's as acid reflux is much worse than before taking these. Caused hearing loss when needing Zithromax. Don't stay on these very long or you won't be able to stop them! | F | 68 | 15 years 20 1X day | 2/10/2014 | 1 | GERD | This medication worked wonders for my acid reflux and heartburn. But.. I started to experience horrible headaches, constant gas, anxiety, and insomnia. I Would not recommend this medication due to the awful side effects. | M | 36 | 3 months 20 MG | 1/14/2014 | 5 | Acid reflux | none | works very well | F | 43 | 8 years 20 mg 1X day | 5/9/2013 | 4 | Gerd | Occassional headaches | Extremely effective in controlling the symptoms | M | 47 | 3 months 20mg 1X day | 3/27/2012 | 1 | ulcer pain | Vertigo, dizzy, severe nausea, anxiety, body shaking | F | 45 | 5 weeks 20 1X day | 3/25/2012 | 1 | to protect from NSAIDs | generally feeling unwell; terrible indigestion, bloating and stomach spasms; rib pain; muscle and joint pains; chest pains and palpitations; sore swollen cysts on head; buzzing in ear; consitapation; not to mention the mental effects of feeling disconnected, angry, hypersensitive, depressed etc. | When I increased to 20mg twice a day it was effective at healing the inflammation caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammoraties. However, the real problems started when I tried to stop taking Omeprazole. The rebound acidity is far worse than anything i had before ever starting to take it and if I could turn the clock back I would never take it. Still trying to get off it! | F | 48 | 2 months 20mg 2X day | 2/3/2012 | 5 | Acid reflux | Occassional headache | Extremely efficient at completely removing the effects of reflux | M | 46 | 40 days 20mg 1X day | 9/28/2011 | 5 | GERD | None. | Solves issue. | F | 46 | 10 years 20mg 1X day | 6/25/2011 | 5 | GERD from h.pylori infection/ulcer | Quick relief of acid symptoms. Developed vaginal thrush, but these were caused by antibiotics I was taking alongside this med...500 mg x amoxicillin and 400 mg metronidazole. | Took Lansoprazole before this and it helped with my acid, but I still had acid aspiration on my lungs when waking up each morning. Omeprazole takes away the chest pain associated with acid apsiration and the 'sticky-lung-peeling-apart' feeling you get when you wake up. Highly recommended. | F | 29 | 6 weeks 40 mg 1X day | 10/29/2010 | 5 | Chronic Acid Reflux | None | Totally effective. | M | 71 | 3 months 20mg 1X day | 10/26/2010 | 5 | acid reflux | none so far | works great for me. | M | 72 | 2 months 20mg. 1X day | 6/5/2010 |