When I am lying down, almost ready to fall asleep, I often get many jolts/twitching from both Protonix and Aciphex. I stopped Protonix for a week, and the symptoms reduced and were gone. I don't think this is a coincidence. I tried Aciphex, and the same twitching is taking place. It almost seems like you get a strange heartbeat along with the twitching. Very scary for sure. Now it is starting to wake me up in my sleep, and this twitching goes on for a few hours (10 or 20 times) then I fall back to sleep. My GERD is so bad I need to be on the mes.
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Jun 21, 2008
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jam,
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I have been getting some weird side effects since I started Protonix one month ago. I have had the twitching but it was during the day. I have also been getting a lot of pains in my head. Not the usual type headaches, weird kind of pains. When I initially started taking it I had some tingling in my fingers and toes.
Thanks for replying. I too have some twitching during the day but much more intense at night. No headaches though. No tingling, well I would say mild shaking of the hands. Protoniz and Achiplex caused the same problem. Stopped for 1 to 2 nights, and the twitching got much less. You might want to try Nexium, I had no side effects related to twitching, but for me the pill didn't do much of anything.