Side Effect Of Nexium?

[SANDY]

I'm new to this site but it looks like a lot of good information and advice!
I have GERD, hiatal hernia and small spot of Barrett's. My doctor says to continue with 40mg of Nexium daily and scope again in 5 years. I've been on 40mg Nexium daily for 1 year and am doing well with it. However, after about 6 months I started noticing ringing and sounds in my head and ears. Have any of you Nexium users experienced this? When I mentioned it to my doctor, he brushed it off and sent me to an ear doctor who didn't find anything wrong.

[Bob]

And Welcome. I had ringing in the left ear mostly. Am I swear it was from the ppi (I was on prilosec and protonix) I had a bunch of side effects. I have been off of then for almost 60 day and doing much better, but still have some ringing after eating. Remember everybodys body is different, there is great advice and debate on this board. But what works for one does not always work for everyone. So always check with your Docs before changing, stopping or adding meds. Enjoy the site and good luck Bob

[McGinn]

My experience with Nexium was that it gave me headaches, there are a lot of diffrent PPI's you can try that may give you better results. I just recently had a Nissen Fundoplication and when I was meeting with diffrent surgeons to deceide on who to chose I heard the same thing that I should have the surgery if there is any Barretts present. I do not have Barretts but you may want to get a second opionon about the Barretts as this can lead to other problems if not resolved.
Take care,
Mark

[daw]

Originally posted by SANDY
...I have GERD, hiatal hernia and small spot of Barrett's. My doctor says to continue with 40mg of Nexium daily and scope again in 5 years.

You don't want to wait 5 years for an endoscopy when you have Barrett's, no matter how small an area. Please get a second opinion.

[daw]

Originally posted by McGinn
...I just recently had a Nissen Fundoplication and when I was meeting with diffrent surgeons to deceide on who to chose I heard the same thing that I should have the surgery if there is any Barretts present. I do not have Barretts but you may want to get a second opionon about the Barretts as this can lead to other problems if not resolved.


Be aware that there are no guarantees that surgery may resolve the Barrett's. If sucessful it can stop the acid reflux but the Barrett's that is already there may progress to dysplasia and beyond anyway. Also it may be more difficult to biopsy short segments of Barrett's after a fundo.

There are some people with Barrett's on this forum who have had good biopsy reports after the fundo...and there are some with Barrett's that have had good biopsy reports while only taking medication. There is no fast rule and having surgery is a very individual decision.

[GW]

Hi Sandy,

One of the medicines I decided to take to help me cure the inflammation in my esophagus was an anti anxiety drug called Xanax. I had already been diagnosed awhile back with Tinnitis (ringing in ears) due to .....who knows what.....I'm a drummer, guitar player, been around loud industrial sounds in the field and in the shop, plus I've been to about a thousand concerts in my life. Oh, the doc said , it could just be old age setting in. I'm 51......I told him to kiss off! :D ......kidding!

Ok, the xanax helped with not only some panic attacks I was beginning to get all the time......my acid refluxing was going "bazonkers" because stress fires off excess bile, thus causing too much of an acid concentration in the stomach, which in turn produces pressure that causes the extra "toxic juices" to push its way past the LES and into the esophagus. So......the drug, with Prilosec and lifestyle changes allowed for my inflammation to heal.

Now, one of the cool side effects of Xanax is that it made the Tinnitis to go away as well. It's true.....they did a study.

As a side note......my "ringing" always was worse in the Springtime. We think (docs and I) it may come on stronger then because of allergy junk, causing all kinds of pressure in the head cavities.

G