Anyone get extremely bad heartburn with Prozac? Burns throat so bad!

I've been Googling trying to figure out which one of my medications is causing this and I think I've found the culprit. No joke- it hurts SO BAD, like nearly unbearable. I take two 20mg blue capsules every morning. Drinking water, eating, nor antacids help so I guess I'll be talking to my pharmacist. The general consensus seems to be switching to to tablet form? I'm so sick of taking all these medicines.

If you are taking the 40mg blue capsule I swear it has battery acid in it. I talked with my pharmacist and he started giving me the 20mg. I take 2 of those made by a different drug company and I haven't had any more problems. I used to eat pepcid complete and drink baking soda in water to try to neutralize the qcid and it didn't work. Those big blue 40mg have some filler in them that's incompatible with life!

I am trying to figure out if this burn I’m having in my throat is from or Prozac or acid reflux…I was on 40mg (orange and blue) and also the 20mg (blue and white) and I have even tried the liquid but it tasted like acid…just recently got changed to the white tablets 20mg that are oval and say l334 I believe…has anyone since changed
To a new medication and the symptoms went away?

This only started happening in the past few years for me and it’s actually become unbearable. I’m currently taking 40mg capsules (orange and teal) and they are manufactured by AURO. Definitely going to inquire about other manufacturers

Switch to tablets instead of capsules. Something about the capsules made this happen to me so I switched to tablets and viola! Never happened again. Thank god because I constantly felt like a pill was stuck in my throat. I’d throw up randomly and get terrible GERD.

Oh yes! If you arr taking the blue capsule it will make you feel like you are going to shoot fire out of your mouth. It is awful. My pharmacist changed me to 2 twenty mg instead of one 40mg. Also make sure you eat a lot before you take it. Like a hamburger or something substantial. I swear that blue capsule has battery acid in it. Pepcid complete and mixing baking soda in water and drinking it give only mild if any relief. It is very painful.

This happened regularly to me when I took the 1/2 orange- 1/2 blue-green capsule. Switched back to the generic white capsule and does not happen anymore. I also am scared from when I had the heartburn so badly so I try to make sure I do not take it on an empty stomach and also with a glass of water.

I'm so happy I found this discussion. I have been taking the E91 20mg green/cream Aurobindo capsules for about 4 months now and my heartburn has gotten out of control. Burping up acid, waking up with a sore throat, radiating chest pain, etc. Pepcid is barely helping and taking frequent pepcid has reduced my serum iron levels. Eliminating caffeine, acidic foods, fried foods did not help at all. I also have ADHD and thought the heartburn might be the result of the low dose stimulant I take. NOPE. It's these stupid capsules. Looks like I will need to call my pharmacist and see if I can get the tablets instead.

I take the green and cream fluoxetine 20mg capsules and within 20 minutes have horrible burning sensation and pain in my oesophagus.the pain and burning is so bad I skip days before I have to take them now

So glad I found this thread - I have been having problems with severe heart burn after 20 mg fluoxetine tablets - I take 2. I already DO drink a ton of water and many times it still happens. It is the absolute worst as someone else mentioned feel like battery acid! I’m definitely going to talk to my pharm about a different manufacture or trying tablet form.

I, too, experience extreme heartburn- feels like my esophagus is on fire- when I take Prozac in the morning and also drink coffee. I have recently tried taking it at night with some water and it works for me. It does not seem to affect my sleep either:)

I'm so glad I ran across this post. I've struggled with heartburn for many years now and didn't dream that it could be from the Prozac (I seldom eat rich foods and drink minimal sodas and caffeine.) When I first started taking it, I didn't have any problems. About 10 years ago I started taking the 20mg white tab (Aurobindo) and I've had heartburn ever since. I didn't put two and two together. Recently, I've done some looking into it and ran across this post! I used to take the capsules, (can't even remember what they looked like). But this post has made me realize that it could be the tab so I'll go to the pharmacist tomorrow and ask what my options are. Has anyone had relief from heartburn with changing from the white tab to other brands?

I just upped my dosage for Prozac and now take an orange and blue capsule. My entire esophagus burns for hours. Today it has lasted all day long. Eating or drinking does not help or further hurt it. Almost feels like spasms now. I’m a little scared- it can’t be good on the inside if I’m hurting this much!