Sucralfate for Stomach Ulcer User Reviews (Page 3)

• Cja...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 17, 2018

"First time I took this medication, I nearly choked to death! It did help my stomach pain, but I got to the point where I didn't want to take it because I was scared of choking. After I found out I can dissolve it in water, it's much better. It does help with GERD and my ulcer."

• lwi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 22, 2019

"If you're like me and the pill gets stuck in your throat - ask for the liquid version. It's super expensive, but shop around for the best price. The pills are choking hazards! The liquid is great, and it has a pleasant taste."

• ouc...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 31, 2022

Sucralfate "Doctor prescribed Carafate. 4 x a day. Works well if I take it at night and in the morning, but if I take the two day doses, I spend the day in bed. Nauseous, and it destroys my appetite. Seems to make the burning stomach worse. Suffering with gastritis for 6 months now. Can’t find relief. Also on Protonix and Tagamet. Bland diet when I can eat. Just seeking relief. It has made me really constipated as well. Will continue with the two doses, but can’t handle all 4."

• Kat...
• April 11, 2017

"I have persistent ulcers. They heal, then a few months later I develop more, and it is not H. pylori, so I was taking liquid Carafate. But then insurance changed, and what used to cost $10 a bottle is now $70 for 2 weeks, so my doctor said to dissolve the pill in 1 tablespoon of water. Pretty disgusting, but I also hate not eating or drinking 2 hours before or after. I see some people say 1 hour, but my doctor said 2. So darn inconvenient, and I'm thirsty all the time. I take many other meds for other issues, so I have to keep the meds separated from the Carafate for absorption. I wake up every 2 hours through the night also to take meds. It's making me crazy. 8 weeks 'til endoscopy to see if healed from THIS ulcer, then probably on Carafate for life, at least 2 times a day. I hate it."

• Can...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 5, 2020

"I’ve been on the sucralfate liquid 4 times daily, and within a few days, the stomach pain has cleared. Figuring out a schedule is the hardest, so I do two of my doses at night when I wake up, which I do a lot-definitely some insomnia with this stuff and brutal hot flashes."

• sto...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 6, 2022

"Given to me for what they guessed was an ulcer at the ER. Horrid headaches, makes my stomach hurt, leaves me nauseous for days after 1 dose (couldn't ever take it 4x a day as written), constipation, increased hunger, and urgency in urination increasing. I never had a test to confirm an ulcer. This med is awful for me."

• Sas...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 29, 2020

"The doctor put me on sucralfate, and at first, it seemed to be helping. I take 20 other pills a day plus this one 4 times a day. I find it hard to eat as I feel like vomiting. I just feel so wiped out since I am on it. I am working on diet changes, which I find hard but has to be done. I am 57 years old, and this started when I was in my 30s due to the doctor giving me the wrong pills, so now I have had to deal with this off and on for 20+ years. I get a lot of pain in my chest. This is my second time on this medication."

• WAR...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 28, 2022

"I was put on sucralfate immediately after I was diagnosed with my large stomach ulcer and my awful GERD that I had been dealing with, both of these medical problems that were very much so both agonizing and extremely debilitating to me. I've been on sucralfate for between 3-5 years now, and at first it seemed to be a wonder drug for me and seemed to continue to do so for the most part, but over this past year I've been seeming to have a lot of stomach problems. I'm constantly belching, and they absolutely have the most terrible odor to them, they smell just like sulfur. My stomach is in horrible pain all of the time. I'm ALWAYS, ALWAYS nauseous or vomiting. I've lost 50 lbs because either I can't eat because I'm right on the verge of vomiting or I get it down and it just comes right back up again, and this includes fluids too. So I'm battling these issues right now and never even thought that sucralfate might be part of the issues that I've got going on right now with me until NOW."

• Sbh...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 28, 2020

"So far, sucralfate has worked better than anything I had been prescribed so far. I was given this when I was in the hospital for a thyroid removal and couldn't keep anything on my stomach after the surgery. I still take it."

• Wun...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 15, 2022

"I had the most excruciating pain I've ever felt in my life with my ulcer. It was absolutely horrible. I couldn't sleep or eat. All I did was curl up in a ball and cry. I lost 40 lbs. It was truly a nightmare. The dr gave me sucralfate, and yes, the pill is huge and dissolves quickly, but honestly, I was at the point I would have done absolutely or taken absolutely anything to make the pain stop. This drug is an absolute miracle. It made me a little sleepy, but then again, the weeks I went without sleep probably caught up once I was hurting. It absolutely saved me."

• MyS...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 12, 2022

"I was prescribed sucralfate from my primary doctor after a sharp pain under my left breast. The dose was 3x/day, 1 hr before meals. After reading reviews of possible constipation, I decided to only try twice a day dosing, in the morning and before bed. At first, it seemed to help, but after the 3rd day, I kept noticing a burning sensation in my esophagus where I had no pain before. It was worse at night! It sort of radiated between my esophagus and my stomach (pain under my breast). I kept thinking it was just the ulcer, so I kept taking it. However, on day 5, I stopped because I wasn’t getting better. I decided to do natural remedies and just heal my ulcer. Cabbage juice has been proven to heal ulcers! Jay Kordich (the juice man from the 90s) did a study with a doctor from Stanford that proved it heals ulcers. This documentation is all over the Internet. Even a YouTube of Jay Kordich talking about the study. I hope this helps to heal someone else, as I am getting better!"

• jja...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 25, 2024

Sucralfate "I’ve been on this for 2.5 weeks now. It is completely hit & miss. Some days it helps, other days it’s as if I didn’t take it. I take it one hour before meals. It has made me a bit constipated. This can be easily fixed by taking 750 mg of magnesium before going to sleep. Overall, it’s not worked fantastic for me, unfortunately."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 4, 2023

"Sucralfate helped me quite a bit once I started taking it as directed. It was not easy to swallow, and the pharmacist recommended I break the pill in half. After that, I was able to swallow the pills and my GERD soon improved in the morning, and my chronic stomach pain was gone and I was able to sleep more comfortably. Omeprazole as well helped me too"

• raz...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 31, 2022

"Was so sick with stomach aches for 7 months, had an edge and found a minor ulcer, was put on sucralfate. This was all done by a gastro doctor. When my family doctor found out, he said I need to stop after the script runs out. Have any of you heard that? This is working for me."

• Cac...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 29, 2021

"Went to the ER for abdominal pain, turns out it was epiploic appendagitis. I've had ulcers for a long time, and nothing has helped. The ER doctor prescribed Carafate to help while I was down with the EA, and it has helped so much. It made me feel weird at first, full, guts felt swollen, not hungry, like I was on an elevator, tired...but that all went away after a week. It makes me a bit tired, but it fades after a half hour or so, and it is nice when it's bedtime because I have insomnia, and it helps me sleep. I highly, HIGHLY suggest dissolving it in water before taking it, it gets to about 3 times its normal size as soon as it gets wet. I tried to swallow it whole, choked on it, and it was hard to get out of my throat. It has made me lose my sense of taste now that it coats my mouth after being made into a slurry, but oh well. It is worth it for a month to heal long-standing, painful ulcers. I take 1 gm 4 times a day."

• Lyn...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 28, 2022

"I took liquid form sucralfate for 2 days, but it really irritated my tongue. I switched to the large pills, and at first, it would only help the lower part of my stomach, so I would crunch a DGL with it to coat the upper. I have been doing this along with omeprazole for 2-3 weeks now, and the pain has gone down a lot, and I can finally feel relief. My problem right now is constant dizziness, and I am trying to determine what is causing it. Maybe if I stop it for 24 hours I might see. Dosage is 1 pill twice a day."

• Bon...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 10, 2025

"Just saw the doctor a few days ago, and I'm having trouble swallowing and have been having severe nausea and acid reflux. I was already taking Nexium. She thinks my thyroid is pressing against my esophagus, plus she thinks my ulcers have come back. She put me on sucralfate. I hate this medication. I am so full of painful gas now, and I'm extremely weak, more weak and fatigued than I was before, and how in the world are you supposed to take this four times a day on an empty stomach? I mean, when are you supposed to eat? And I am so incredibly dizzy taking this. I'm going to tell her that I don't want to take it anymore. I will say that it has helped with the acid reflux, but I don't know if it's worth everything else."

• Tim...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 29, 2023

"I was prescribed 4 tablets a day for a stomach ulcer. The three pills in the day are fine without side effects. The one at bedtime during the night caused sweats, bloating, really reduced urine flow, and an upset stomach. The symptoms have not receded even after 3 weeks of taking them. Urine retention is the worst of all the side effects."

• Hel...
• December 28, 2016

"I was given the liquid form of Carafate w/Lidocaine in the ER yesterday since I have had horrible diarrhea (prior I had normal BM's). I went to the ER with severe upper abdomen pain that came in waves radiating to my back x5 days, not able to eat/drink anything with nausea. I could feel the weight dropping drastically. I was advised (just by speaking to me) by a doc that I had an ulcer. No testing of any kind, e.g., labs, physical exam, urinalysis (as I also complained of severe low back pain that has been debilitating and getting progressively worse, which the two may not be related), CT's, etc. I was then given a disgusting liquid (Sucralfate, which I could barely keep down). I was then discharged, diagnosis: gastritis!"

• CMc...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 18, 2019

Sucralfate "Got relief from the burning in my stomach. But, horrible headache and insomnia. Couldn’t sleep more than 1 hour. Had to stop by the second day!"

• Cut...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 7, 2019

Sucralfate "In five days - from severe evening upper belly pain to none. 10 out of 10!"

• jen...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 28, 2018

Sucralfate "I took this for gastritis. 10 out of 10."

• Jea...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 29, 2016

Sucralfate "I was put on Carafate for stomach ulcers. I am also taking two 30 mg of Prevacid a day. Since starting the Carafate, my indigestion has come back pretty bad."

• Anonymous
• April 5, 2012

"Worked well for stomach ulcers, but did not heal on its own. Needed the additional Nexium to reduce the acid. The combination works better than sucralfate by itself."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 27, 2021

Sucralfate "I've had multiple ulcers, and each time I was prescribed Carafate, it made the pain 10x worse. Really bad nausea and headaches. I still have never found relief from an ulcer."