If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines
The treatment duration should be for as long as clinically necessary
It is important that your doctor check your or your child's progress at regular visits
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Find out how omeprazole can treat your indigestion and heartburn, and how to take it
Dosage Safety Omeprazole (brand name Prilosec and Prilosec OTC) is an oral medication belonging to a drug class known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)
Omeprazole is a drug used in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disorder, peptic ulcer disease, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, marketed under the brand names Prilosec and Losec, among others
You’ll usually take omeprazole once a day, first thing in the morning
It doesn’t have a brand-name version
GERD is a condition where the acid in the stomach washes back up into the esophagus
Acid reflux is a medical condition where stomach contents and stomach acid are forced back into the esophagus
Omeprazole is a type of medicine called a proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
Each delayed-release capsule contains either 10 mg, 20 mg or 40 mg of omeprazole in the form of enteric-coated granules with the following inactive ingredients: cellulose, disodium hydrogen phosphate, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose, lactose, mannitol, sodium
Taking omeprazole for more than a year may increase Omeprazole Pregnancy Warnings
Omeprazole belongs to a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors See also Precautions section
Treatment with (Risek) may mask stomach cancer (a disease in which malignant (cancerous) cells form in the stomach lining)
GERD, ulcers, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, reduce the risk of GI bleed in critically ill patients, heart burn
Pharmacologic Class Omeprazole (brand name: Prilosec) and pantoprazole (brand name: Protonix) are medications belonging to the proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) drug class
Report balance problems and functional limitations to the physician, and caution the patient and family/caregivers to guard against falls and
These disorders may include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, and other diseases
Approval: 1989 RECENT MAJOR CHANGES Warnings and Precautions, Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis (5
Ask your doctor if you should stop taking omeprazole a few weeks before your endoscopy
About omeprazole Who can and cannot take omeprazole How and when to take omeprazole Side effects of omeprazole Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility while taking omeprazole This medication comes in delayed capsule form and in packets to be mixed with water to form a liquid (suspension)