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Reviewer: oliveira, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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worried about side effects
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Reviewer: natural believer, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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With horrible acid reflux, I have been on this medicine for years, in the very beginning, for a short year or two, it seemed to help quite a bit, but then, afterward, it really didn't do anything. Then when I reached the 5th years on, it seemed to do more harm than goods. My acid reflux problem was worsen, let along all the side effects I encountered. So one day, I decided to drop it completel
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Reviewer: Colleen, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I have been taking this for a year and it was quite effective for several months. However, the last 3 months I've had a lot of acid reflux and burning in my throat and this medication seems to have lost its effectiveness. I'm very careful what I eat so my diet is not the problem.
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Reviewer: 75 or over Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Is it best to take protonix in the am or pm
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Reviewer: jw, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Was still experiencing acid reflux especially during the night sleeping. With that and worried about side effects over time decided to stop taking it. Experienced even more severe heartburn after stopping. Seems it altered my stomach chemistry and made things worse.
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