What Causes Leg Pain At Night After Taking Omeporzole?

Posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2015

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Question : I am having leg pain at night that appears to be related to taking Omeporzole (Prilosec). I would like to try another medicine, just in case this is the cause. Do you know of another medicine that treats GERD as well as Omeprozole? I have also tried Ranitidine (Zantac) which did not work.

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (26 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
There are a lot of choices

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

there are a lot of choices. I'll mention some:

- pantoprazole 40mg once per day or twice per day (particularly when esophagitis is present)
- lansoprazole 30mg once per day or 30mg twice per day (same as above)
-rabeprazole 20mg once per or twice per day.

I can't provide results of efficacy comparisons because there aren't any direct (head to head) studies that addressed this issue.
So using any of them seems appropriate.

I hope I've helped!

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar