Select a community
Mood Conditions including Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, OCD, and PTSD
Find out more about the PatientsLikeMe
Mood Conditions Community
Home > Community Treatment Reports > Prilosec (omeprazole) Treatment Report
What is Prilosec?

Prilosec® is a proton pump inhibitor used in the treatment of heartburn and other symptoms associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Acid reflux (GER gastroesophageal reflux) 10 7
Other 3 0
Gastritis 3 1
Stomach pain 2 1
General health 1 0
Support another treatment 1 0

Mouse over the table for more information

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 11%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
3 33%
None
5 56%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth
2 22%
Vertigo
1 11%
Constipation
1 11%
hair loss
1 11%
gas
1 11%
Sleep disturbances
1 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  20mg as needed 20 mg weekly 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 12 Number of Patients: 12 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Prilosec (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
1 100% Expense: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Prilosec

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Prilosec

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
0
2
3
7

Stopped Taking Prilosec

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
8 89%
Usually
1 11%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 11%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
8 89%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 11%
$25-49
2 22%
< $25
5 56%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on November 23, 2009.