 [ Symptoms ] terrible itching with rabeprazole started 20 mg rabeprazole for gerd 3 12 weeks ago severe itching and redness began at 14 days after starting i discontinued today how long before itching stops [ Disease ] i too took prednisone for my oozing poison ivy rash it was terrible never again will i take that rash spread then went away a week later it returned in the same exact spots thought none of the terrible oozing just bumps and itchiness then a month later returned again some of the same spots but not all i was not exposed again but was outside regardless it reappeared in the same exact spots and patterns so strange