I have been taking prevacid as well as nexium for the past ten years, and I noticed how my bones in my legs,arms, and back seem to hurt, crack and pop more than normal recently I didn’t think much of it at first nor did I think that it could be from my acid reflux medication. However since I stop talking the medication every day as prescribed, but only as needed I have found that my pain has lessen in my joints in my body. So perhaps the medication was doing more harm to other areas of my body while helping the acid reflux. I do feel that this should have been told to me as a patient what the side affects may be. Since it was not I do feel that I should be compensated for my life time condition of pain that I now have to endure with.

I have been taking nexuim for about 4 years 80 milg a day 40 morning and 40 at night. I started taking it for heart burn in 2007 then in 2008 I found out I had mild stomach erosion and was told to continue the medication. Then in dec of 2008 I had to have a back surgery for lumbar fusion L5-S1 and I never healed properly. Could it be from taking such a high dose of nexium for so long?? I am still on the medication and take it every day thinking that it was doing me some good. But I too have started having problems with my knees had a cortosone injection in my right knee for pain and it is on going can’t seem to get relief I am only 36 years old and falling apart. Don’t know if that is a big part of the problem but would like to know. I also want to know why I have NEVER been informed of this possible risk and if it was worth all the side affects that come with it. I have been taking different heart burn medication for about eight years but on nexium the longest. I would really like some answers.

I took nexium 40mg for about 2 years when i suffered a pretty bad break of the bone just above my ankle. I have always been a pretty athletic guy, and it deifinately struck me as odd that it broke as easily as it did. I continued taking nexium for about another 2 years or so after, then was switched to protonix. Not long after healing from my broken leg, i suffered a torn rotator cuff. Again for an activity that didnt seem to warrant such an injury. I wonder if there is any studies on these types of medications effecting ligaments or tendons. To this day i still get frequent pain in my ankle and both shoulders. I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place… i dont want to become brittle, yet acid reflux attacks are no picnic either!

I am a now 60 year old woman that has been taking Nexium for 12 years. I take 40m sometime twice a day then there are days when I don’t need it so much. I was dignoised with acid reflux in 1993 and over the years the insurance company’s have made me change medications about 5 times. In 2006 I broke my back from a simple fall, 2 years later I fell and busted my left knee, I have had to have surgery on both. I never go a day without hurting. Now my dentist wants me to be tested because in the last 5 years I have lost 8 teeth. Each one of these had to have a root canal and crown. I have teeth that have had root canal’s and crowns 40 some years ago and they are fine but the 8 in question have been worked on in the past 4 years. I also have to have dental surgery on the 12th of May because I have an infection in the bone of my upper left jaw. My doctor has cleaned the area then put antibiotic cream in it, then tomorrow I am having a bone graf. I am very scared about what is happining. I would like to know if there is anyway the damage can be reversed, I take Caltrate-D and have been taking the calcium suppliment for 10 years. Any help you can give me on this would be greatly appreciate.

I have been taking Nexium 40mg/day for 11 years and was diagnosed with gerd, the Nexium has been very effective at controlling my acid reflux I have tried to skip some days from time to time just to control expenses even received a letter from my insurance company telling me to continue with my medication as directed, last August I broke my left ankle in three places that required two plates and twelve screws to reattach was told in the ER it was a difficult break. If Nexium is proven to be a contributing factor in weak bones to the point of easy fracture then I will be seeking compensation as well.

Hello, I am 39 years old and this past year I had to have four teeth pulled. Severe infection supposedly ate my jawbone. The dentist says that I will have further trouble when I lose the rest of my teeth, because I have no jawbone to help steady the false teeth. I had 4 absessed front bottom teeth. I just found out this year that I have rhuematoid arthritus strongly in my blood, fibromyalgae, and I have known for years that I had scoliosis.

My mother has had both her knees replaced with artificials. I will need to get my knees done in the future if I am not careful. My knees crunch when I walk up or down steps. They hurt all the time, especially when it is damp or cold.

I took Nexium for several years, prescribed at 20 mg a day, then increased to 40 mg daily. The doctor informed me that any dose higher than that would require tests for ulcers. I have also taken prilosec. Currently, Doctor has me taking Rantidine, generic form of Zantac. I take 150 mg pill twice a day. Before that, I have heartburn for as long as I can remember, but I did not know what it was until I was a late teen.

I am experiencing the same problems as all of you above that I believe may be from taking Omeprazole. After 4 back surgeries with no future now ahead. I am stuck on disability now and I want to know how to get in touch with Ginny’s attorney in Toledo? I see this as my only option right now before I lose everything that I have worked my whole life to get?

My back is deteriating and my vertibrae is sitting on the nerve in my legs. I am in constant pain. Right now I am trying to cope with the pain, but it is so depressing.

I took nexium for many years. I than went to using omeprazole, as I could not afford my nexium. Which I am still using. I have Osteoporesis and Ostec arthritis, now taking Bovina once a month.
in June 2010, I had an nondisplaced fracture of the right anterior 7th rib.
I am now having problems with my knees hurting me, very bad leg pain and problems with my hands. They tell me with osteoporesis I have to be very careful as my bones can brake easy. I would like to know how do I get in tounch with the GINNY”s Attorney. I think I should have been told this when I was on this medicine, so many I wouldn’t have had the problem I am having now.

have been taking nexium for awhile and have been having severe problems with my bACK hip and leg. How do I go about getting something?

I am 39 years old and have been taking Nexium & Prevacid since I was about 24 years old… I am now on disability, and I am in chronic pain, in which I have to go to pain management often, I have degenertative bone disease, and had C5-C6 Neck bone fusion, and my other disc in my neck are going out…. I also have back pain, knee pain, ankle pain, and damaged nerves from my bones/disc deteriation…. I have been sick most of my life, and none of this started until I started taking prescriptions, one of the first prescritopns I had taken was for Acid reflux… I also take Plavix, and hearing that it could possibly interact with this too scares me, as I now have Heart Disease, Fibromylygia, and my Electrical System (brain and heart) cannot communicate, where I have to regulate my own blood pressure… I do not know if any of these prescriptions I have been taken for years have actually helped me or hurt me, but I am interested more into weather or not I should continue taking this medicine…and I would like to see about getting off it to see if my problems will improve.

i havetook nexium for years. but receive i have legs cramps pain my back ,hands .i see a doctor for injections in my back for the pain .i have problems with stomch . i don’t know if any of these prombles are could by taking nexium .

I am a 47 year old female that started taking Prilosec in the late 80’s and then switched to Nexium when it first came out. This is one drug that I CAN NOT live without! I can definitely tell when I have missed a dose….In the last two years I have experienced several different minor fractures in ankle, toe, and most recently hip. Last year I was seen by a doctor for pain in my hip, after taking X rays he suggested that I have a cortisone injection instead of hip replacement because of my age. So I did. It worked for about a year. The pain has since returned which caused me to return to the doctor. I decided to see a different doctor which wanted to get another x ray and also did an MRI. My appointment was Wednesday for the results and the first thing the doctor said to me was do you recall fracturing your hip???? I was completely thrown off guard and did expect that result and could not pinpoint anything that may have caused this except for when I hurt my ankle and toe. His response was that it could have been a stress fracture but couldn’t say for sure. He wants to review the actual MRI disk at a later appointment but for now have been scheduled for another shot in June. As I stated before this drug has saved me so many years of agony and would not be willing to give it up, but am very concerned about my health and the long term affects this may cause and why is it now just coming to our attention?

was taking prevacid from march 2006 to may 2010 and as of march 2010 sarting getting severe pain in left hip went for evaluation at family doctor got some xrays then said to see an orthopedic doctor which in turn took some mris and diagnosed me with avn avasculor nucrosis so from there went for second oppinion at jefferson university in philly which not only said i had it in my left hip but my right hip as well november had my left hip replaced and its just a matter of time for the right to go been off any acid reflux meds take apple cider vinegar once in a while when flare ups occur

I started taking Prilosec 18 yrs. ago and when it quit working was placed on Nexium (40mg) and have been taking it now for 16 (sixteen) years. Now I understand why, at the age of 64 I have been falling alot over the years. I broke my left foot and fractured my left ankle. Since this incident, I tripped and fell at home, a Hair Salon, Car Wash and at the home of my sister whom I now live with. Since moving in with my sister, lost by balance for no reason and fell through my bedroom window. I was referred to an Orthopedic doctor by my Family Practitioner and was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff and nothing can be done. I have problems with my legs, knee caps, left shoulder & left side of neck. Also have two ruptured discs in my neck that are inoperable. Now I know why I’ve gone through all the pain and falls. I can tell you, after reading all of these cases, somebody should be held responsible.

I was 45 last year. I have been taking Nexium since it hit the markets. Last August I slipped and landed on my left hand, it broke it off my wrist. I have since gone surgery and physical therepy. My left hand is weak and doesn’t close all the way. My wrist doesn’t turn much. I have alot of pain when holding anything of weight. This has really affected my life in so many ways. I was proposed to last Christmas and cryed because I didn’t want the ring on my left hand because of the way it looked. I just wish I would have known.

I have been taking Nexium for 9 years and have joint pain in my hands, knees and hips that has gotten progressively worse every year. Am now taking an anti inflammatory drug because of the pain. Cant kneel without great pain and cant get up without help if I do manage to get into a kneeling position. Why were when not told Nexium could cause bone loss before we started depending on it?

I am a 54 year old male that has been diagnosed with Osteoporosis with no history in my family of this. I have been on Nexium since 2014 for a sinus surgery and was only recently (Jan 2021) told to get off of it by my doctor after I found out my heal was cracked (never fell, or anything, just cracked) – was told to get a bone density scan and then everything started. Now I have a cracked toe that has to be fused with plate and screw because I cannot walk. I have been in Construction and have always been active – but can no longer be because my bones are becoming more brittle. I have to sell my house (of 24 years) to buy a smaller, 1 story house because I can hardly walk up stairs. I am getting more paranoid of doing anything for fear one of my bones will break. My life has been literally shut down because of this and now, my work is being affected – where I could lose my job because of the pain. Is there anything anyone can do?? I have looked into some of these cases – but unless you have cancer – they dont care. What about the rest of us that bones are breaking and standards of life have to be altered or non-existent?