Dexilant User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

• Canna...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 20, 2016

For GERD "....kinda ran out of room so this is a 2nd post,hope that's ok. Anyone suffering from cramps, diarrhea, bloating, emergencies, after taking this medication should read: I have gotten a dairy allergy after using this medicine, I would highly recom- Mend total withdrawal of dairy if you have had a similar experience. I've been dealing with these side effects for 10 months and tried various things. I assumed it had just aggravated my IBS as symptoms slowly subsided yet after a vacation with too much Rich restauraunt food, symptoms ( 3am emergency waking, constant cramps, ect.) returned. Only after total removal of dairy Am I kind of back to normal, I am able to access medical cannabis living in Canada which can drop 4-6 movements/ to1-2 day!"

• Lane
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 4, 2018

For GERD "This is the only medication I have tried that actually worked and I've tried a lot of them. It helps cure it not just cover it up like the others try to do. It's better to have something that eventually heals it so you don't even require medications. And it's waaaay better than evasively having your stomach tied up around your esophagus. My Dr. had samples and they were working for me but when that supply ran out I would have been required to pay $330.00 a month because my so called insurance wouldn't pay for it. They were okay with evasive surgery though!!! SAD ~"

• JustLB
• October 18, 2015

For GERD "I have acid reflux caused as a side effect from a cancer medicine I can't stop taking yet. I have tried several GERD treatments, Dexilant is the only one that makes me feel "normal." I have been on it for 60 days and have developed a constant, dull headache and intermittent SEVERE leg cramps (more like seizures as the muscles become rigid and inflexible). I would rather have the reflux symptoms than the sleep disruption and pain. Additionally, my insurance only pays $15.00 toward it and dexilant "never pay more than $20" coupon brings it down to $170.00 a month."

• Spark...
• September 4, 2015

For GERD "Good Morning Everyone I am sacred that I am dying, the Dr's tell me I'm not but my intuition and my body are telling me different. I have been suffering from acid reflux for a few yrs now not knowing it because I don't have acid coming back up or gas or any other usual symptoms. The symptoms for me is my breathing is getting increasingly more difficult and wheezing non stop and persistant coughing with constant chest infections because my lungs are drowning in fluid. This is how I was told I have Gerd .. Dr put me on Dexilant 60mg daily, have been on now for 7 days feel nothing .. no change what so ever except extreme shoulders and upper back pain cannot raise my arms to put a shirt on without it bringing tears. I'm 53 yrs young."

• Smokey
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 12, 2020

For GERD "I tried all of the reflux meds out there. My doctor prescribed so many. Dexilant is the only one that has worked. I’ve been on it 18 months. Had a urinalysis done a couple of weeks ago. My kidney has decreased from last year. It is now a three-5 is the worst. Doctor reduced my dose to one every other day. As well as it works for Gerd, it can have side effects. Have urinalysis and blood work regularly."

• Deanna...
• May 3, 2015

For GERD "The best PPI I have used and I have tried them all. I was always needing to take the other once daily PPIs twice a day but not this one! My insurance refused to pay for the Nexuim I was on so I was required to switch...I am so glad that happened! Only costs $22 a month with my insurance and the company coupon."

• Millt...
• November 24, 2016

For GERD "Dexilant works for my acid reflux but sometimes loose stool and sometimes I just feel like I have to go to the bathroom. I had gallbladder surgery a couple years ago sometimes still have upset stomach. I was on Prilosec I was I had stayed on the Prilosec. I had two colonoscopy and two upper GI endoscopy and in September I had a upper GI imagery study on my stomach all my test came back negative. I have a gastroenterology appointment on Dec 7th."

• Anonymous
• November 7, 2011

For GERD "I have been taking this medicine for about two weeks. It is very effective in controlling my acid reflux. I do see in a post that someone is taking this three times per day. That is excessive and perhaps dangerous. Proton pump inhibitors have been implicated in osteoporosis, so I think once a day is sufficient."

• Anonymous
• November 2, 2011

For GERD "I have been taking Dexilant for over a year now. I had many of these symptoms for a few months with the gas and bloating, but after a few months of taking it that has all gone away. I did not have diarrhea or vomiting, but some constipation. I am wonderful everyday now unless I don't take it even one day and then I am miserable again with the heartburn. "

• Shehada
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 8, 2017

For GERD "First week in to taking this drug was perfect. Second week onwards I suffered from nausea, fatigue, body ache, diarrhea, etc... I would recommend to stop this medication once side effects kick in. Other side effects I experienced were stomach ache, feeling weak and feeling uncomfortable swallowing food."

• CRano
• May 1, 2019

For GERD "I was given Delixant for acid reflux. It worked well in the beginning. I could eat whatever I wanted without any kind of food bothering me. After 3 weeks of taking the drug, I started to get a rash that soon spread all over my body and then I started having trouble breathing one day. 4 doctors later, the dermatologist was the one to get it right- that it was an allergic reaction to Dexilant. I cannot take this drug."

• cliff
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 24, 2019

For Erosive Esophagitis "20 years ago I had a nissan wrap (a type of GERD surgery). Some dr. said I should not have had it and just taken the meds for control of acid. Since then I have taken different proton pump type meds with good effect. In Jan of this year my specialist who scopes me told me to get off pantprazole, which wasn't easy. In May I went for my Veterans physical and the dr said my throat was red and I might be having some reflux. I started taking pantprazole 20 mg once a day and then up to twice a day 30 mg. I kept getting worse. Now they have me on dexilant 60 mg and I'm having trouble at nights with reflux??????"

• tum...
• February 13, 2011

"I don't know what to call my symptoms. It felt like I had a horse outside and inside simultaneously kicking my ribcage really hard. I was supposed to have had an endoscopy but the nurse woke me after I had been asleep for less than an hr and I could not return to sleep so being thirsty I drank water, therefore I could not be put under anesthesia. I am a bit gassy, but so far I haven't had serious side effects. Let me put it this way, not only did the chest hurt so bad I thought I was having heart attack but the acid backed up into my throat on a different night waking me up out of a sound sleep and feeling like I'd just had a spoonful of sulfuric acid. I was living in FEAR of this awful pain returning. It was so horrid it made me throw up, and I never throw up. So I've been on the Dexilant about a week now and haven't noticed any side effects I can't live with. My doctor says it will heal my stomach lining which he believes to have become irritated based on the symptoms I described to him. The chest pains have not come back and neither has the burning acid in throat so maybe, hopefully, it's working."

• Amand...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 13, 2017

For Barrett's Esophagus "I have weight loss surgery and was told my GERD would be cured after my surgery. Well they lied and it's actually worse. Dexilant is the only med that takes the edge off. However, it is so expensive. When I was on Obama care I paid over $300 a month for it. However, I have no choice but to take it or not eat. It's always a fight with me insurance company. I wish they would make a generic or make it cheaper. Hoping it is helping my barrettes esophagus so I don't get cancer."

• Jjano
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 17, 2020

For GERD "I moved got stressed was started on this wasn’t really doing much I went to Zantac did better. Then I was put in antidepressants and the trouble began worse so they gave me this drug as the others weren’t working. Then told me to double it I felt horrid gas muscle pain it doubled my mental health state. Since then I’ve had iron issues stopped the antidepressants as I was so constipated I had to do enemas all of the time. That didn’t solve the problem. My GI Dr said take gaviscon whatever you need on top of it. Well I stopped growing hair on my legs I’m so bloated nauseous since I have been on meds. I’ve tried to stop the dexilant but it comes back worse the stress from the bloating muscle pain dry throat nausea. When I go to the bathroom it feels like squeezed dried air and no relief feeling. Frail and exhausted this drug makes me dehydrated and sick. Be careful and not easy to get off"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 18, 2019

For GERD "I have been taking dexilant for 5+ years and is best medicine I have found for GERD, plus other gastro issues. Other meds just don't work as well for me. It gives me full relief for 24 hours, I take one each morning before breakfast. I did develop AFIB [irregular, fast heart rate] while after taking it and started taking 1 magnesium citrate each day since dexilant and others may affect magnesium absorption. AFIB went away , magnesium blood levels fine, all is good."

• DennisP
• Taken for 10 years or more
• March 10, 2019

For GERD "Been taking first Prevacid and now Dexilant for over 10 years for severe GERD. Have tried every other product for acid reflux and this is the only one that works for me. Doc says he sees this in about 10% of patients where only one med works. Prilosec has no effect and Protonix makes my GERD worse. Have had no side effects from Dexilant. Insurance tried to push OTC only but my Medicare Part D now covers it."

• john...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 4, 2021

For GERD "I started dexilant 12 days ago. At the end of the first week I developed fatigue, muscle soreness and muscle cramping. My heart rate became irregular, the rate was increased and I could feel my heart beat through my whole body. My sleep has also been affected. After finding all my side effects online, I have stopped taking the medicine. Hopefully the side effects will subside soon."

• Maz
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 20, 2019

For GERD "Dexilant sas ok at first; helped to remove bad cramps and heartburn. Soon as I started this prescription, I was constipated (went to the bathroom only 2-3 times a week) and I've never had this kind of issue before. Decided to follow my 2 months regimen to cure a gastritis - GERD (doctors don't know) and stopped it yesterday because I was getting my throat really sore and burning. Today, digestion seems okay and no constipation (finally) ; throat burns much more less already."

• Saoirse
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 16, 2016

For Barrett's Esophagus "I've been taking Dexilant for about eight years. I've tried the other drugs for this diagnosis. Without Dexilant, the pain from acid reflux is so excruciating it has nearly brought me to my knees. I'm on Medicare and pay $100 a month for this drug, but it's worth every penny."

• Bumpe...
• January 5, 2017

For GERD "I am really an odd duck on this site! I had no stomach problems what so ever when I began taking Dexilant. I had been diagnosed with RA and were starting the RA regiment of drugs. My doc thought it might be wise to put a layer between those drugs and my stomach lining. All went along fine until we changed insurance companies and the new one would not pay for Dexilant. Now I have problems. At first my doc wrote to the insurance company to appeal their decision about Dexilant. While we waited he kept giving me samples to hold me over. Now out, nausea horrible. Test after test reveals nothing. Thanks"

• DaniBr
• January 16, 2011

"I have been having stomach problems and my doctor gave me a month sample of this. It doesn't seem to have any effect on my stomach, I have however been having mood swings. I stopped taking it and my mood was back to normal. Strange but true. This may work for others, but not for me."

• Merri...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 1, 2015

For Barrett's Esophagus "My Neurotologist/Otologist (Super-Specialist) put me on this for my Erosive Esophagus and Presby ...it works hands-down better than any other PPI's I can tell it is healing..He put me on 60mg 1x a day for 4 months..into my 1 1/2 months, and it is definately working!! Croaking is becoming less frequent, I am already optimistic that it will heal..and the croaking will stop! You must taper off when the time comes."

• Trentg
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 20, 2015

For GERD "My doctor gave me a sample of this medication after a couple years of stomach problems. I've tried Zantac and tums, nothing seemed to work. I took one of these capsules, and didn't touch another one. It's now been a week and I can drink apple Juice with no problems at all ! :)"

• Anonymous
• December 28, 2011

"I was put on 3 other medications before my insurance would approve Dexilant, which was the only medication to work for me. I have terrible sour pain in my stomach no matter what I eat. Heartburn so bad I can't sleep and I am terrified to eat anything because of the pain. Dexilant cured me, I loved it. I could eat anything I wanted and I had no noticeable side effects. I took it for about 3 or 4 months, and then, about a week ago, it stopped working. I have no idea why, and all my pains are back. I don't know what to do, I've tried many other medicines for my pain and this was the only one to work, but now it's as if I haven't taken anything."