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 | gerd | Some joint and muscle pain but tolerable, prefer that over the severe heartburn and nausea I have endured before taking it. All in all 100% satisfied with nexium. | F | 25 | 5 months 22.3 mg | 10/7/2014 | 2 | Acid reflux | Worked well for my acid reflux. After 5 days of taking this medication, I began having some muscles soreness in my chest and a little in my arms. I thought it was strange that I was having muscle soreness for no apparent reason. I took extra strength Tylenol and it helped with the pain. The next morning I woke up with muscle soreness/tightness in my fore arms, ankles, and wrists. I also had soreness in my upper arms, shoulder blades, calves, etc. Almost all over my body! I began to worry! I knew I had just started Nexium, so decided to look up side effects. And there it was, muscle soreness or muscle cramps! I was shocked! I immediately stopped taking it. It has only been about 36 hours since I have been off the medication and my symptoms are still there, but not as severe! I am hoping in another 24 hours, I will be back to normal! I would still recommend this product for acid reflux. With that being said, it is important to look up all side effects from a medication. Everyone's body is different. Anything new you take should be taken with caution and detail. My fiancé takes Nexium and has no problems with it at all, where I had severe symptoms. | F | 32 | 6 days 22.3 | 9/22/2014 | 1 | Has and bloating | After 12 days of Nexxium I had to be hospitalized for Diverticulitis | F | 60 | 5 days 22 mg | 9/22/2014 | 2 | acid reflux, stomach ulcer | Churning uncomfortable stomach, stomach cramps, wind, dizziness, fatigue, feeling as if I'm hungry all the time.. constipation, slight diarrhea when not constipated.. everything hurts I don't like this medication I'm on, and I have to be on it for another 6 or so days! Not happy at all. | F | 18 | 2 days 20mg | 9/19/2014 | 2 | Acid reflux | VERY BAD muscles cramping in legs. | F | 48 | 3 days 22.3 | 9/17/2014 | 2 | GERD | Trouble sleeping, chest pain, bloating and abdominal pain. | F | 66 | 3 days 40 MG x 1 | 8/24/2014 | 1 | gerd symptoms | Although heartburn and sternum pain improved I quickly developed worse symptoms that I hadn't had before! Side effects include stomach upset and constant uncomfortable gurgling of stomach, muscle twitches, severe acid taste in mouth (which I did have before but has intensified with Nexium) heart palpitations, General malaise and fatigue.My doctor has encouraged me to continue but after 5 days I'm done. I feel considerably worse now than I did before starting this drug! I am losing weight, exercising,no coffee and generally taking good care of myself. I WILL FOLLOW up with my doctor but my mind is made up that I am done. I know my body better than anyone else and Nexium was not good for it! | F | 43 | 5 days 20mg twice | 8/24/2014 | 2 | Dr Rx for pain with early satiety | I did not have heartburn before taking this drug. My doctor thought it would help my stomach pains from eating (I feel very full whenever I eat only tiny amounts). The first week on Nexium, I felt no change for better or worse. The second week, I started getting bad heartburn and acid taste deep in my throat. I stopped taking Nexium after the 14 day course, and the heartburn and acid taste went away in about 2 days. I often have paradoxical reactions to medicines, but I successfully took Nexium for heartburn while pregnant and at that time, it worked wonders; I would have been miserable throughout my pregnancy without it (I stopped taking it the day my daughter was born and had no recurrence or rebound heartburn even though I had been on it for 7 months). However, after this last experience with Nexium, I'm adding it to my list of drugs that don't work right on me. | F | 41 | 14 days 20 1X day | 8/20/2014 | 5 | GERD, acid reflux | None. Zip. Zero. This had healed my esophagus and allowed me to live my life again. I read these reviews and laugh out loud. I guess all of the "rarest of rare" side effect victims found this site at once. It isn't perfect, but it works. | F | 40 | 10 years 40 | 8/17/2014 | 1 | Acid Reflux, Indigestion | Extreme bloating, indigestion, pain | I will never, ever take this pill again! Within 2 hours of taking it my stomach bloated so much that I couldn't wear my (loose-fitting) jeans. Excessive bowel movements. This intensified all of my glass and bloating! AWFUL!!! | F | 58 | 4 days 20 mg 1X day | 8/2/2014 | 3 | GERD | Severe foot & leg cramps, joint pain, difficulty getting a deep breath, short term memory loss | I gradually developed very severe foot & leg cramps that became debilitating over the years, but I didn't associate them with the Nexium initially. I now take 500 mg of magnesium each day to control this problem. I blamed most of my side effects on my age although I couldn't understand why friends my age didn't seem to be having these difficulties. I'm 5' 2" 115 lbs and was fairly active before these issues began. The shortness of breath was a little scary and my doctor sent me for tests to rule out heart and lung diseases and everything came out normal. Over the years, from time to time I would try to stop taking Nexium, but each time the reflux was worse than ever and I assumed that I was getting worse. I now know that when you try to stop taking it after long term use, your body will start mass producing stomach acid making you think you're getting worse. I'm off of this drug now for about 3 weeks and feel so much better than I have in years. I went through hell for a couple of weeks and used over the counter remedies to help wean myself off. This drug is addictive in my opinion and should not be used for more than a couple of weeks at a time. | F | 59 | 8 years 40 MG 1X day | 7/18/2014 | 1 | indigestion | Gave me extremely painful gas as a side effect.Thought I was having a heart attack. I took Prilosec for years and switched to Nexium when it became otc. Very bad idea. | F | 50 | 1 months 22.3 mg | 7/18/2014 | 1 | GERD | Nausea, lack of appetite, anxiety, mental fog, loss of weight, depression, terrible drug | F | 60 | 1 years 40 Mgs | 7/16/2014 | 3 | Reflux and stomach pain | After the first couple of weeks of using Nexium my abdomen became inflamed. I didn't make a direct connection to it at first, but, then I also began to feel breast tenderness that did not go away and now after 4 weeks I have had sudden weight gain. I am barely able to button up pants that I wore comfortably just 4 weeks ago. As if that wasn't enough, I woke up this morning w terrible body ache all over my body. And the following evening even stronger pain in all my muscles in my hands, arms, shoulders , thighs, back and legs. It even hurts when I swallow, which is a scary thing. I will stop using this product immediately and discuss with my doctor. It's sad because I was finally starting to feel some relief of my stomach issues while using this medication. | F | 40 | 4 weeks 40mg | 7/5/2014 | 5 | Severe acid reflux | Haven't experienced any adverse effects at all. This is the only thing I tried that actually takes away ALL my acid reflux away! I am so happy that I can go to bed at night without having to "drink pickle juice" "chew gum" or sit up half the night. A great product!! | F | 57 | 2 weeks 50mg | 6/24/2014 | 3 | Acid Reflux | Loose stool and very bloated. Seem to have increased sense of smell with regard to my tap water. | M | 44 | 5 days 20 MG 1X day | 6/18/2014 | 5 | GERD | flatulence | Nexium at a dosage of 40 mg has worked optimally at eliminating my severe case of GERD, and I have not experienced a return of symptoms since the second day of dosing. Before I was prescribed Nexium, I was given Protonix (omeprazole) at 40 mg for GERD, but I experienced a very rare side effect that produced severe bone pain, especially within the joints. In retrospect, I do not have a memory of Protonix ever resolving any of my GERD, even though I was taking as prescribed daily for two weeks before stopping, and then for another week before completely stopping Protonix. Nexium works perfectly. | F | 49 | 3 months 40 1X day | 6/4/2014 | 4 | GERD | Joints cracking and achy | M | 50 | 2 years 20 2X day | 6/2/2014 | 4 | GERD | Weak knees, painful knees, a little exhaustion | They work fine, but if you want to avoid painful knees, take a magnesium and calcium supplement each day. But i can't use them for more than 14 days in a row before i have to take 2 weeks break. They work better than Pantoprazole, which gave me a severe fatigue and dark coloured urine and back pain. PPI´s are for healthy people, are you like any modern human being: eat a lot of junk and consume very little calcium and a lot of soda, PPI´s will wreck you, take a brake from it once a while to avoid serious side effects. | M | 27 | 6 months 20 1X day | 6/2/2014 | 1 | Hiatal Hernia/Acid Reflux | It took a while for side effects to kick in, but once they did, they were severe. I had extreme anxiety and panic attacks--worried that I was going to die. I had brain fog, difficulty thinking and speaking clearly--felt drunk and tired all the time. I'd get weird joint and muscle pain that couldn't be explained as well as tingling in my extremities. In general, I felt like I was losing my mind and my body was falling apart. | There might be a benefit to taking this drug for a short period of time, but I'd greatly caution anyone against taking it for a longer period of time. Once I realized that the drug was causing all my problems, the symptoms slowly went away. But it took at least a year for the most problematic symptoms (anxiety, brain fog) to disappear. Thankfully, though, they are gone. | M | 35 | 5 years 40mg 1X day | 6/1/2014 |