Rabeprazole FAQ

how long until my medication takes effect?

I take prevacid for GERD. This is my third medication...I used to take rabeprazole (pariet) and then I took nexium. both worked at first, and then stopped working. the prevacid worked at first and has stopped working also. my doctor and pharmacist told me I can double the dosage...so I'm wondering how long I should wait before I decide that this doesn't work either. the only symptom I am experiencing while ON the medication is an altered sense of taste. everything I eat tastes like it's gone bad. it's making me miserable to say the least as I love food and I am hungry! when I am not on medication or sometimes when medication just doesn't work my other symptoms are: a jabbing/tender feeling in my neck, a burning throat, a sour taste in my mouth chest & back pain. it's been over a year of this crap off and on and I'm getting pretty weary. so any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated, thanks.

I have been having the worst pains in between my ribs and went to the ER and they believe it is an ulcer and put me on ACIPHEX® or also known as rabeprazole sodium. I am nursing my 6 month old baby with full intentions of nursing for the full year. I have to take this medication for 60 days. My baby is NOT taking a bottle. (all breast shaped bottles/nipples tried) I've tried SO many times. He will take a sippy cup with water in it, but once he tastes my milk or formula, he spits it out. I'm aware of the result when searching yahoo or google for the reactions. I'm wondering if anyone out there has had to take this medication while nursing and did your baby lose weight? Did your baby have any reactions? Believe me, I understand each individual is different, but please, any information is greatly appreciated. I'm willing to wean him off of breastfeeding if it is best, but the key word is wean . Thank you thank you thank you for those who reply.

I am 30 years old and I have chronic acid regurgitation. I don't really have heartburn. My first symptom was neck pain, followed by a burning throat (I didn't realize at the time that the two were related, but the neck pain seems to correlate with the other symptoms). I was prescribed rabeprazole which made everything better really quickly. Then I stopped taking the medication only to have my symptoms return immediately along with a new symptom: a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE taste in my mouth. When I resumed taking the medication however, all my symptoms went away again. Then a few months later, the horrible taste returned and this time I didn't think it was the acid regurgitation, because it wasn't accompanied by a sore throat and the doctor sent me to the dentist (my teeth and mouth were perfect), and then for a sinus x-ray (all fine)...and THEN he prescribed Nexium. The nexium made me feel better again. Now it's been about 8 weeks and the horrible taste has returned. The Nexium is twice the dosage as the rabeprazole was, and as far as I know it's pretty much the same thing. My doctor has now prescribed prevacid for me to take, but I'm pretty discouraged at this point. It's beginning to look as though everything is just going to stop working. Maybe this means there's something else going on? I don't know what to do...my doctor seems unconcerned. Anybody else have this problem or know anything about it?

I had GERD and was on rabeprazole medication for 3 months and it went away but I am having the same throat symptoms. I think it may be allergies or post nasal drip but I am not sure. Does anyone out there have this?

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