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debbie2862 · 03-12-2006, 09:34 AM

I've been taking Aciphex for 3 1/2 weeks now as well as adhering to a very strict 'no acid' diet. At first I was taking one a day but when I went to the doc last week and told him that I still have symptoms, he told me to go to 2x a day.
While the stomach discomfort I was having is gone, it seems like all my throat symptoms have gotten worse. I'm coughing more and feel a bit hoarse. Also, I feel like I have a weight on my upper chest/throat area. I guess I just feel like my chest is congested but I don't have a cold or anything.

Has anyone else experienced this? Also, does this mean that the acid is still coming up and there has been no healing going on for the past 3 weeks??? I've only been on 2x a day since Friday but still having these symptoms. Doc told me to come back in 2 weeks if no results but I don't want to wait that long. What do you think??

viblakah · 03-12-2006, 10:16 AM

My doc started me out on aciphex twice a day and it took me a good 4-5 weeks to feel improvement. At times I can still feel a lump in my throat, but not nearly like it was. I am on a bland,bland diet and the minute I try to add something in it I can feel the difference. He also told me that it was going to take months for me to heal. Good luck and I hope you start feeling better!

spider37 · 03-12-2006, 11:13 AM

if you feel like there is alot of weight on your chest and are haveing a hard time to breath you need to change meds this happend to me with nexium it is an alleric reaction

debbie2862 · 03-12-2006, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by viblakah

My doc started me out on aciphex twice a day and it took me a good 4-5 weeks to feel improvement. At times I can still feel a lump in my throat, but not nearly like it was. I am on a bland,bland diet and the minute I try to add something in it I can feel the difference. He also told me that it was going to take months for me to heal. Good luck and I hope you start feeling better!

How bad was your esophagitis? My doctor told me that mine was the least severe kind and that it would be OK if I took the meds for only 4-6 weeks.

I'm just concerned that if there are still symptoms that it isn't healing. Did your doctor tell you otherwise? Thanks for answering.

taape · 03-12-2006, 06:44 PM

i've been taking Aciphex for a month now one pill a day. The doctor told me to take it twice a day so I started on Friday night. I don't have the breathing problems you mention but my stomach doesn't feel any better. I'm trying to get into a specialist. If I have an ulcer rather than GERD would the Acipex be prescribed for that?