November 4th, 2010 by admin

Managing the Side Effects of Aciphex

If you are taking prescription medication for acid-reflux, ulcers, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, or any other condition resulting in excess stomach acid, you also might experience any of a long list of side effects. These include:

• Headaches
• Stomach aches
• Indigestion
• Nausea
• Constipation
• Dry mouth
• Changes in appetite
• Muscle pain
• Bone pain
• Vertigo
• Sleepiness
• Sleep trouble including insomnia

If you experience extreme forms of these side effects or they do not go away, you should contact your doctor. However, if it is a side effect that you and your doctor have agreed you can deal with, below are various ways of handling the complication. The recommended remedies are food, drink, and herbal. You’ll know when to turn to ibuprofen and Pepto-Bismol.

Headaches

The most common way to cure a headache? Drink lots of water, make sure you’ve got your vitamins, and add some caffeine to the mix. A big batch of green tea and fruit is great for this. Also important are dietary fiber and manganese. Avocado is probably the best natural remedy for headache because of this. Read the rest of this entry »