Rabeprazole for H Pylori, Side Effects Posted: 12-20-07 12:56pm
Hi
Just wondering if anyone is on Rabeprazole
for GERD?
I was diagnosed with H Pylori and just
came off the triple therapy and am on 20mg
Rabeprazole twice daily. I was on 150mg
Ranitidine twice daily before for about 2
weeks, but that made me feel quite ill, so
my doc switched me over to Rabeprazole.
Although I feel a bit better now after a
week of switching over to Rabeprazole, I'm
still feeling a bit ill. On Rantidine, I
had headaches, dizziness, nausea,
insomnia, fatigue and tiredness. After
switching to Rabeprazole now the nausea,
headaches and insomnia are gone, but I
still feel fatigue and tired. I have also
developed a bit of a cough and chest pain.
My neck is also a bit tender feeling
around the adam's apple area (can't help
but think it might be a thyroid thing).
The cough is very sparse, but then the
chest pain is what really bothers me.
It's sore when I push into my sternum or
just to either side of my sternum on the
rib cage. It also is sore when I get into
any position that compresses my ribs, or
if I take a deep breath I can feel it when
my rib cage is expanded.
My doc said it might be coincidental that
I developed a viral respiratory infection
at the same time as starting the meds. I
was reading around a few websites though
that says that both Ranitidine and
Rabeprazole both cause the types of
symptoms that I am having, however they
are rare.
Also, a note - I'm pretty sure my
cough/sore throat are not due to acid
reflux, because the meds are controlling
the acid quite well. Besides, I never had
these types of coughs and sore throat
before taking these meds, so why would
meds that are supposed to help with acid
make me feel symptoms associated with
GERD?
Anyway, just wondering about the side
effects and how rare they really are...
Anyone care to share any experiences
they've had with any of these two meds?
