prilosec

[n]

Hi,

    My doctor prescribed prilosec about 3 months ago for what he feels is Acid Reflux (Gerd?)  Is this drug safe to take over an extended period of time?  Id also like to know if there are any gastro/intestinal problems that can cause wide spread burning, tingling, twitching, muscle pain, ear pain throughout the body?  I know that seems far fetched, but I have explored EVERYTHING, (neurologists, etc) and so far no one has been able to come up with anything.  Thank you for your time.

[courtney]

This is a reply to Lisa (Sat., Dec. 30, 2000).  I couldn't help but notice a similarity between your symptoms and those experienced by my mother.  She recently had her esophagus dilated because of a disorder called "Shotskis Ring".  Certain foods, especially tortillas and certain kinds of bread flour, would cause her severe pain and the feeling that she was choking.  She suffered through this for about a year and just tried to avoid those foods.  Attacks would come on with no warning.  The surgery was done on an outpatient basis and was perfectly painless and highly successful.  She regrets having waited so long to be treated.  I wish you much success in your diagnosis and treatment.

[kelly]

Lisa, I too have experienced the clicking when swallowing.  I was recently diagnosed with a hietal hernia and acid reflux.  I am on Prilosec 20 mg twice a day and regalan 4 times a day.  I have been experiencing fatigue, my doctor is testing me for Myastenia Gravis and Mono.  I have this feeling of a lump in my throat and have trouble swallowing sometimes unless I clear my throat.  I did have buring in my chest but this has been relieved since on the Prilosec and Regalan.  I do have this fatique and now wonder if it is from the meds.  I am going to a ENT specialist next week to see if I have chronic sinusitis?  It does help to share symptoms.

[lisa]

I've been taking Prilosec for 3-4 years now & i've got to admit i thought it was a lifesaver because none of the pepcids or zantac's, over the counters worked for me. I've never been officially diagnosed with GERD, even after numerous barium upper GI tests which supposedly don't show anything! But, i know i suffer tormenting heart burn & i always throw up in my throat & so i've taken Prilosec ever since, if i miss a day, its like living in hell & tourment, the acid reflux is that bad, i know you all can relate! Anyhow, i'm now starting to have major problems swallowing, i've always had difficulty like swallowing tortillas & swallowing pills cuz they always seem "stuck" in my throat for hours on end, but latley, i'm having major pain in my throat, and everytime i swallow, eating or not, my throat "clicks", my doctors think this sounds crazy and no one in my family knows what the heck i'm talking about. Does anyone have or has ever had their throat feel as if its closing & click when they swallow? Its extremely painful & all i can think of is that it must be related to my reflux disease. I don't know why my doctor has never reevaluated me taking my Prilosec & why i've never mentioned my swallowing difficulties over the years, but this month has gotten sooo bad, i feel panicked & anxious & the problem of swallowing & my throat closing is causing me serious mental anguish & my doctor only refers me to an allergy clinic! I don't know what else to do & how to get the help i need? I feel like no doctor will take me seriously & how do you get a darn refferal to a specialist when your in an HMO. Its like pulling teeth! I feel like i have a lump in my throat as well & i have alot of jaw pain, i was told i had TMJ, wonder if that's related in any way? Anyone have any advice for me? Itd be greatly appreciated, i don't know where else to turn other than to my fellow sufferers & survivors, god we're all so strong to have gone through this stuff! I'm considering stopping my Prilosec but i am not sure if i should do it on my own, i think i need a doctors guidance on what to do, so how do i get myself to the doctor i need to see?

[bob]

Hmmmm....lots of the same stuff. Well, I've been on Prilosec for a year an a half, but since the co-pay on my insurance is half the price for Prevacid, i switched today.
I actually have an app't with a GE next week, as if I don't take my PPI drug daily, I basically can't swallow anything. The other night I slept sitting up, because my stomach contents were flooding into my esophagus.
I am really considering just getting the preliminary tests for having a Nissen fudoplasty done.
Just wondered if the side effects of the surgery outweigh the side effects of long term use of Proton Pump Inhibitors.

--Bob

[faye]

Try Axid it works and you can get it over the counter without a presription. I suffered for two years and tried all the drugs out there and then along came the Axid and now I can eat anything I want and sleep with no pain or spasm. I take two a day and thats it.Axid it is great!

[Thomas M Obst]

I've Been On The Ol Prilosec For A Week Now An Haven't Got Much
Relief Yet, The First Few Days It Seemed To Help But Woke Up The
Sixth Day With That Burning Sensation Above The Stomach.
I've Read In This Fourm That You MUST Take Prilosec At The
Same Time Every Day An Some People Take Longer To Respond! Like Me! Ive Been On Previcid, Zantac, AN Aciphex All Did Nothing!
Been Through Echo,stress Test, Upper GI(NASTY) An Endo Last January With My Gastro, All Of Witch The Outcome Were Normal.
Upper GI Ruled In Hital Hernia An Mild Acid Reflux!
Good Luck To All!