OMEPRAZOLE Reviews (OMEPRAZOLE)

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OMEPRAZOLE  (OMEPRAZOLE):  Omeprazole is used to treat certain stomach and esophagus problems (such as acid reflux, ulcers). It works by decreasing the amount of acid your stomach makes. It relieves symptoms such as heartburn, difficulty swallowing, and persistent cough. This medication helps heal acid damage to the stomach and esophagus, helps prevent ulcers, and may help prevent cancer of the esophagus. Omeprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). If you are self-treating with this medication, over-the-counter omeprazole products are used to treat frequent heartburn (occurring 2 or more days a week). Since it may take 1 to 4 days to have full effect, these products do not relieve heartburn right away. For over-the-counter products, carefully read the package instructions to make sure the product is right for you. Check the ingredients on the label even if you have used the product before. The manufacturer may have changed the ingredients. Also, products with similar brand names may contain different ingredients meant for different purposes. Taking the wrong product could harm you.   FDA Approval Date: 2009-01-21 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  abdominal pain bad rib cage pain headaches anxiety blurred vision gas blurred vision even though i've been taking it for 9 days i don't like the way it's making me feel. F 18 9 days
40 mg
5/9/2020
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 3  Stomach This medication omeprazol is so harmful I always feel am shaking inside my body and lost of appetite and feeling unhappy and please can someone tells me how long this medication can go out of your system Omeprazol is good for the stomach but the side effects are so too much and harmful 30 7 weeks
40mg to 10
5/4/2020
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 5  Stomach pain by rib cage, nausea No side effects, my pain has lessened so much F 42 3 days
20 MG
4/20/2020
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 1  Food not digesting or so I thought Stomach pain and severe anxiety please please someone get in touch with me I'm desperate to speak with someone about these. Side effects who would have thought an anti acid. Could disrupt my life like it has and is F 54 2 days
3/30/2020
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 3  Acid reflux-vomiting-pain in back Acid rising up the esophagus-pain in middle of back-nausea-excess wind-burping-heartburn. Stops working after the first year! F 60 3 years
20 mg 1X day
3/12/2020
 1  GERD Severe diarrhea, muscle pain, anxiety, brain fog, vision distrubance, tooth decay. Started taking this drug 6 years ago. Never occurred to me what the consequences of proton pump inhibitors were on the gut fluora, basically reduces acid strength in your stomach allowing for bad bacteria to live in your gut and in your mouth. I have had so many health problems since taking Omeprazole it is actually when all my problems began from diverticulitis to severe tooth decay. Do yourself a favor do not take this drug. Both my husband and I quit taking it and so many of our health issues have subsided. Wish I had known this drug was only meant to be taken two weeks at a time no more than three times a year. Reaearch PPI's. See for yourself, F 54 6 years
40 mg 1X day
2/26/2020
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 3  Acid Ichy skin dry eyes It was fine for 2 years now have very bad hives tried others in this family of meds now back to omeprazole 20mg see what happens F 59 5 years
40mg
2/13/2020
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 1  symptoms of gastritis nausea, loose bowels, loss of appetite, weight loss, brain fog, depression, fatigue, hair loss, stomach pain, disturbed sleep, heart racing on initial movement, and more! I have a mild-ish crohn's which I keep in check through the autoimmune protocol diet. After a period of extreme stress last summer, I had my first crohn's flare in five years. I developed gastro pain that my doc throught could be gastritis or ulcer. She prescribed Omeprazole 40 mg. Initially, the drug quelled the burning pain. I developed other symptoms but didn't realize that they were related to the drug. Second month I tapered to 20 mg. Third month I tapered to 10 mg. I kept telling my doc that I felt the drug was worsening my Crohn's and worsening the gastritis. I developed nausea, fullness, which curbed my appetite, so I lost weight. I developed brain fog, jitteriness, depression, anxiety, fatigue, hair loss, constant burping and flatulence, stomach pain and a sense of tenderness in my liver. I had symptoms of gastritis in the beginning, but I developed so many more. Life became miserable and work was affected.Suddenly I realized that the drug might actually be causing all these things. A week ago I cold-turkeyed off and have experienced no acid reflux. Slowly, slowly all my other symptoms are receding. The first to go were the brain fog and jitteriness, depression almost gone, hair loss less, sleep better, burping 1/3 of what I was, and flatulence is pretty much gone. Less fatigued. Still waiting for slight nausea to go and appetite to return fully. Still have a feeling of tenderness in stomach and liver. Read Chris Kresser on PPI drugs and what they do to the body. F 66 90 days
40 1X day
2/12/2020
 1  Originally for tightness in chest originally for Tightness in chest and given omeprazole 20mg they help and seemed to do the job but after stopping the symptoms come back . Wish I never did as headache lasted for days now .I have bad heartburn Which I never had to start with Bloated stomach and can not eat with out acid coming up . feel worse than ever and life turned up side down . Now waiting for investigation in to what’s going on wish I never started taking these F 51 3 months
20mg
2/9/2020
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 2  Heartburn I had extremely bad heartburn and at first the Prilosec helped but the side effects are extreme, and are not worth it. I have lost approximately 50lbs since October due to loss of appetite. I too have extreme Anxiety and thought it was something else but now see that is due to this medication. I was wondering where the Anxiety was coming from because I am usually not an anxious person. I have experienced itching, brain fogginess, shakiness, and insomnia. Now the prilosec has not been as effective and am trying to wean my body off of. I'm not saying don't listen to the doctor, but even they don't know what all the side effects are to the drug. And, when you tell them the rare and unusual side effects they look at strange!!! F 52 90 days
80mg at fi
1/31/2020
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 2  Hearrburn I had extremely bad heartburn and at first the Prilosec helped but the side effects are extreme, and are not worth it. I have lost approximately 50lbs since October due to loss of appetite. I too have extreme Anxiety and thought it was something else but now see that is due to this medication. I was wondering where the Anxiety was coming from because I am usually not an anxious person. I have experienced itching, brain fogginess, shakiness, and insomnia. Now the prilosec has not been as effective and am trying to wean my body off of. I'm not saying don't listen to the doctor, but even they don't know what all the side effects are to the drug. And, when you tell them the rare and unusual side effects they look at strange!!! F 52 90 days
80mg at fi
1/31/2020
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 1  Gastritis, heartburn I had nausea, pain under ribs, back pain, anxiety, insomnia, and shortness of breath. When I was put on this med, I honestly thought I was losing my mind. I was having shortness of breath one night where I kept waking up every hour because it felt like I stopped breathing. I felt like my brain had stopped telling my body to breathe. Went to ER and they released me since they couldn’t find a serious cause of my shortness of breath. Found this website and saw people had the same side effects. Stopped the pill and within 2 days I was feeling normal again. F 31 5 days
40 mg
1/25/2020
 1  GERD Increased Anxiety (fear without cause), Intense headache on top and sides of head, foggy head, dizziness, back aches, weak feeling in wrists. My doctor prescribed me 40mg Omeprazole to take once a day for a 30 day period to treat GERD. My heartburn went away in just a few hours. By about the 13th day, I started to have bad bouts of anxiety for no reason while I was home. All I wanted to do was lay down and my mind was constantly racing. These feelings lasted for 4-5 days. It also felt like I was walking on air and I had aches and pains, particularly in my back and sides. I discovered through online research that many others have had this type of anxiety and symptoms after roughly 1-2 weeks on the pill. I stopped taking the omeprazole after 24 days. Two days later, my anxiety got better but I now had the worst tension headache that also felt like a migraine at times. This headache gradually tapered off to a 1-3 on the pain scale but lasted nearly a month. During that month, the anxiety came back and lasted about 3 days. Then it came back for another 6 days. I researched online that omeprazole can stay in your system for 3-5 days after stopping, but then you can suffer withdrawal symptoms, which can last as long as 3 months. It’s now 60 days since I last took omeprazole and I hope I’m in the clear however these withdrawal symptoms can come back in waves, though less intense. I’ve also gone to the doctor several times since taking the pill and everything is fine with me, hence the omeprazole was to blame. A pill that works is not worth it if the side effects are poison. This drug needs to be re-eval M 32 24 days
40 MG
1/18/2020
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 1  Bloating, burping, stomach pain Pain under ribs, lump in throat, nausea, stomach pain, gurgling, belching, heart palpitations, anxiety, panic, depression, crying spells, loss of appetite, body tremors, shaking. My Dr started me on Prilosec for some stomach issues I was having. I was told it might be gastritis or an ulcer. A month after starting Prilosec I had lost 15 pounds and had a scope done, only to find out that my stomach and esophagus are normal. Discovered on my own that dairy was causing my issues all along and the omeprazole was causing all my other issues. I have lost weeks of my life because of this drug. The side effects came on gradually so it was difficult to separate my original symptoms from side effects of the drug. I quit cold turkey 11 days ago because I need this poison out of my body. Stomach pain subsided within a couple of days. I have had crazy high anxiety, tremors, fatigue, weakness, muscle contractions, and nausea during withdrawal. I'm hoping it fully leaves my system soon so I can get my life back. F 38 6 weeks
20mg
12/17/2019
 1  Acid reflux Eye twitch, muscle spasms all over body, one sided head pain I take various medications as I’m disabled, yet this is the worst one I’ve ever taken. I came off Omeprazole 3 days ago and waiting to see if the muscle twitches and eye twitch and one sided head pain will stop. If not I will need to see neurologist, but I only got these issues when I started Omeprazole so I know this is the cause. What worries me is will these side effects ever go away. My anxiety is also through the roof. I wish I’d never touched this drug F 47 4 months
2x 20mg
12/15/2019
 1  Acid Reflux The fourth day I was taking Omeprazole I woke up with a huge headache on my left side of my neck and up the side of my face into my jaw. I was nauseated and had diarrhea. I thought it was something else affecting me, maybe a bug. Next day, the side of my face felt numb and nausea and horrible head pain. It comes in waves and each wave I feel like vomiting. It occured to me it was from the Omeprazole. I can't believe I took another one yesterday. I could've prevented this head pain this morning. I am stopping this medicine right away. But I've never had this kind of reaction before, it's really scary. I'd rather go back to Ranitidine. This drug is poison. Never again. This drug may work for some folks, but if you are having any bad side effects, like I did, stop it immediately. It may cause more harm than good. F 51 5 days
20 mg 1X day
12/5/2019
 1  Gastritis Horrible back and neck pain. Tightness in the middle of my back so painful I could barely get out of bed. F 52 60 days
20
10/28/2019
 3  Hiatal Hernia Anxiety, shortness of breath, felt like I was having a heart attack, increased heart rate, left arm bicep tightness, chest fullness/pain , dizzyiness, muscle cramps forearms and legs, tightness in neck, stress headaches, pressure in temples and back of head. Fixed my Acid Reflux, started on 80mg, weenes to 40 and then to 20 mg. Appetite returned. Learning to manage side affects to get back to work . Blood pressure is back to normal. Hiatal herniia pain was spiking BP. HR is still high. Am trying 1 pill per 24hr. 17hrs in and no reflux with spagetti dinner last night. Slept through the night as well. M 51 8 days
40mg
10/27/2019
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 1  Acid reflux Extreme nervousness, lack of energy, tingling in hands, feet, arms. Heavy feeling in legs. Brain fog. Side effects came on slowly until they were intolerable. Went to the doctor for help. Didn’t Know what was going on with me. Blood panel normal. Finally it dawned on me that it might be this drug. Immediately stopped and emailed my doctor. He said go off the drug, but could take 2 weeks to see reduction in symptoms. It’s been 5 days and no relief. Now I also have nausea. If anyone has a way to detox from this med, please let me know. F 65 90 days
40 mg
9/15/2019
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 1  suspected gerd Hello! I am a very active 51 year old with three children who's ages range from 6 to 13. March 5th 2019 I was experiencing difficulty belching so I reached into my medicine cabinet and took a very old prescription(6 years to be exact) of 20mg omeprazole...not a very smart thing to do! A few days later I had a muscle spasm in my stomach followed by tightening of my stomach muscles. I continued to take these pills not knowing that they might possibly be the cause of my stomach issues. The sensation of this tightness in my stomach made it difficult to breathe so I went to the ER where they ran a battery of tests which everything came back normal. The ER doctor diagnosed me with gastritis. I was prescribed 40 mg of omeprazole for 2 weeks and that's when all hell broke loose! I was experiencing constipation along with rumbling and churning in my stomach. I had no pain at all only that tightness in my abdomen. I felt it was time to see my GP to let her know about my situation and she give me another prescription of 40mg of omeprazole... per my request. She also gave me a referral to see a gastroenterologist. I had a colonoscopy and an endoscopy and everything was fine except for a little acid issue.. The gastroenterologist doctor told me to continue with an OTC Omeprazole for yet another two more weeks. I started Googling symptoms of gerd and gastritis and felt as though I did not suffer from either of those. I joined a facebook support group for gerd and was sent a message from I really feel it is a dangerous drug and should be taken with some caution. I would recommend going the natural route: eating a healthy diet, baking soda, Apple cider vinegar, losing weight etc, etc... F 51 6 weeks
40 MG
9/8/2019
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