User Reviews for pantoprazole oral

Would not recommend to anyone with current mental health issues. Experience horrible anxiety and irritability that oddly set in after starting it. Further, I felt as though everything I ate sat like a rock and caused bad constipation. Lower dosage helped the constipation, but anxiety/worry did not subside and GERD symptoms increased.

Doctor changed me from Omeprazole 20 mg to Pantoprazole 40 mg. I feel horrible. Terrible heartburn, chest pain, burping, nausea. Going back to Omeprazole and will take 40 mg to try and manage GERD. Against my better judgement since all of these PPI’s aren’t good for you and I believe I actually have low stomach acid as a result of taking these drugs for 15 years. Also have been diagnosed with SIBO likely because of PPI’s. Will be discussing with doctor and would advise anyone to be careful when taking PPI’s. Read More Read Less

No heartburn at all with PANTOPRAZOLE SOD DR 40 mg And no side effects 5 Stars

Bad cough from stomach acid working over my esophagus. This medication started working almost immediately. Once I lose weight (my biggest problem) I'll stop using it.

I was on Pantoprazole 40 mg for 2 years. During it seemed to work but I noticed my joints always ached, my ankles were swollen, I had constant diarrhea, heart palpitations, blurred vision and the list goes on. About 6 months ago, I started having severe anxiety/panic attacks. I noticed this would only happen when I took the medicine. I stopped the medicine cold Turkey. I no longer have joint pain, my ankles are not swollen and I have normal bowels. However, my anxiety has not stopped. This medication will leave you in a condition worse than what you started with. I will never take it again! Read More Read Less

I had some stomach pain due to some food I ate and decided to go to the doctor to check just in case and he subscribed me pantoprazole 40mg. I started to take it next day in the morning and by the end of that day I had a bit of headache which I thought it was due to the fact that I ate very little. Next morning I woke up with a headache again and took a paracetamol but around noon it got worse, so I took some ibuprofen. Next day I woke up quite well but just as I was driving my wife to work I felt something wrong. I came back home, had a nap, was feeling a little better and went on with my day. Around 2pm I was driving when the my hands started to get cold, my heart started racing and my anxiety was sky high. I could barely drive my way back home safely. I got home, tried to rest, but the anxiety, mental confusion and sort of desperation didn't go. At some point I decided to have a shower and see if that would help and during the shower occur to me that this could be a side effect of this crap, and after reading the papers and some reviews, sure enough it was. I stopped the thing right away and still took me good 4 days to recover. The side effects of this S**t was way worse than the issue I had that lead me to take it. Never again!!!Read More Read Less

Severe irritability. So bad that I thought I was losing my mind. This medicine was total s**t for me. Plus the anxiety from thinking I was losing my mind caused SO much more acid that the GERD got worse. This “medicine” almost drove me to suicide.

started gaining weight 3 or 4 lbs a month went from 220 to 255 in five month

After being on this medication for a period of time I developed a heart condition that may be related to this medication

Gastritis. I was diagnosed with Gastritis and ibs and celiac disease. I cut out all gluten, and changed my diet to a nothing below a ph of 5 diet (low acid, more alkaline diet). Still was having stomach bloating and burning. Was put on 40mg once a day of Pantoprazole. Started to help immediately with the bloating and burning. Within a couple weeks I started having some skin issues, ear lobes were cracking, arms were flaking and dry. But I didn’t want to stop taking it because it really helped my stomach. I could tell it was healing finally. So I asked to cut the dose. New script of 20mg a day, and I put aloe on my skin everyday and I’m good. Ear lobes are normal again, my skin is dry but after pure aloe off of Amazon it’s fine all day. I use dove soap when I shower so it dosent dry my skin to bad, and I’m making it work, I’ve tried Pepcid AC, didn’t do anything for stomach hit gave me heart palpitations. Try Nexium, made me crazy, and depressed. Pantoprazole dosent affect me mentally, and it works on my stomach. Not more bloat. I can deal with putting on lotion once a day to be able to eat again. Don’t listen to all the bad reviews, eveyone is different. Most people won’t leave a good review when a med works. They are just happy the problem is fixed and they forget about it and go back to their lives Read More Read Less

I had basically eliminated my reflux when I bought an adjustable bed. My Dr. Wanted me to take this as a precaution against esophageal swelling. After a week of this drug I had worse reflux than I ever had. I read reviews on it and most people were having problems so I stopped taking it. A month later and I still have throat pain from acids. I'm worried it won't go away. Please consider the risks before taking this drug.

I took Pantoprazole for almost 10 weeks. The 1st few weeks the med worked pretty good for my heartburn/gerd, but that was all of the good news. Starting around week 5 I started having bad gas, burping, constipation, nausea... along with loss of appetite. These side effects were also accompanied by anxiety, dizziness and depression that were pretty severe. I stopped the medicine 5 days ago and the anxiety and dizziness are starting to get better and my stomach is also returning to normal. NOT A GOOD MED for me!!!Read More Read Less

Run don’t walk from this. It helped my stomach but gave me sever anxiety. Feeling I can’t explain. Like I was going crazy. I took it for 8 weeks and it got worse. I felt like I was crazy. Like I wanted to scream help me. It was nuts. I stopped it on my own. Went to Zantac it was back on the market and it helped my stomach. It took about 3 weeks but each day I started feeling better and better. I would never ever take this again.

Protonix/pantoprazole worked great. However, I noticed I started gaining weight after several months. I made excuses for the weight gain but realized I wasn't eating much and was still gaining weight. When I gained 25 lbs after being on pantoprozole after a few years I couldn't take it any more. The weight gain was out of control and made me depressed. I decided recently to get off pantoprozole and go back to pepcid ac. I have no idea how long it is going to take me to lose all this weight from taking this medication. I hope in the next 6 months I see some weight loss. Be careful taking this medication. Some doctors will swear it doesn't cause weight while googling Protonix you will find it actually does. Wish I read on this site where someone else had weight gain from this medication and how long it took to lose it after getting off of it. Read More Read Less

I started pantoprazole 11 months ago for Barretts/Gerd. I was diagnosed by 2 different doctors and prescribed pantoprazole. I have experienced extreme heart palpitations, horrible nausea, liver and kidney aches and extreme high blood pressure. Not wanting my Barretts to get worse, I have stayed on the drug. Wanting a third opinion and feeling pantoprazole was making me sicker I went to San Francisco (UCSF) for a third opinion. I don't have Barretts according to UCSF. I'm furious these two small town doctors misdiagnosed me! Hence I have been slowing getting off pantoprazole. Now, one month later...I have no nausea or any other issues I had in taking pantoprazole. Please read carefully the side effects of this drug, especially if your a women over 60 years of age as far as heart palpitations. I've had two major heart tests this past year due to severe heart palpitations from this drug. As both tests showed my heart was perfect, I feel heathy for the first time in 11 months because I'm totally off pantoprazole. Read More Read Less

I've been on this medication for nearly 2 years eating whatever I want with no heartburn at all. Love it!

I've been taking this medication for years because of a hyena hernia I don't know if it's good for me or not cuz somebody tell me

If your like me and dead the reviews don’t, obviously a lot of people who had bad experiences which is a small amount. Super helpful. I’ve been on the medication for under a month and absolutely no issues at all. Literally within the second day I had no acid reflux no heartburn. 10/10 recommend

This is the worst drug I've ever taken. It's caused me ongoing stomach pain, extreme joint pain feeling like I had just run a marathon, fatigue, extreme anxiety and depression, brain fog, loss of concentration and lightheadedness.

Originally prescribed 40mg delayer release for GERD. Wanted me to take it days on end for yrs. PPI's are not meant for yrs. I had reaction (in my 60's w progressive M.S. & seizures). This med gave me severe vertigo, hives, stomach swelling. Throw out closet. Then was put on Famotidine for yrs. Ended up in E.D. with intestinal bleed. Famotidine can cause colitis & Pantoprazole can cause C-Diff intestinal bleed. I am appalled in E.D. they actually put this in my I.V. drip w/o asking me and for what? I wasn't in there for heartburn. I had G.I. bleed. I got immediately sicker. I didn't know until 2 weeks later they put it in my I.V. Do not allow Drs to take control of your meds when they don't even ask you what you can and can't take.Read More Read Less