The drug "Omeprazole" ("Omez") refers todrugs designed to reduce the level of acidity in gastric juice. It gives a positive effect for the first hour from the time of taking and maintaining it throughout the day. "Omeprazole" is used to treat a variety of diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract. It is well tolerated by patients. The drug is produced in the form of tablets for internal use.
The drug "Omeprazole" (instruction for use inthe description of its action is accurate) effectively affects the mucous membranes of the duodenum and stomach. This drug reduces acidity due to its ability to inhibit the formation of hydrochloric acid.
Indications for the use of the drug "Omeprazole" instruction for use calls these:
1) gastric ulcer and 12-colon;
2) peptic ulcer;
3) esophagal reflux;
4) Zollinger-Ellison syndrome;
5) stress ulcer;
6) indigestion.
The drug "Omeprazole": instructions for use
This drug is issued in the form oftablets of 10.20, 40 milligrams for internal use. This medicine is dispensed from the pharmacy network only on the prescription. Suffering peptic ulcer patients, doctors prescribe such a dosage: a daily dose of twenty to forty milligrams (one or two tablets). Treatment lasts from four to eight weeks, and after it is finished, you should continue taking the drug one tablet a day in order to prevent exacerbations.
With a disease such as esophageal reflux,The daily dose is twenty milligrams, and the duration of taking the tablets is four weeks. Usually this time is quite enough to noticeably improve the patient's condition.
But for the treatment of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, the course of therapy with this drug reaches three to five years, with a daily dose of 60 to 120 milligrams per day, divided into three doses.
Recommendations for the use of the drug "Omeprazole" instructions for use gives the following:
It should be eaten in the morning for fifteen to twenty minutes before eating or while eating. The tablet does not need to be chewed, and in order to drink it, half a glass of water is enough.
What are the side effects of the annotation?"Omeprazole" can sometimes cause headache, drowsiness, dizziness, joint pain, muscle weakness, increased sweating, decreased clarity of sight and a violation of taste sensitivity in people receiving it. Less common are swelling, itching, hives, hyperthermia. And very rarely there is vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or constipation.
Contraindications to taking omeprazole
Among the contraindications to the use of the medicine are the following:
- Hypersensitivity to its components,
- childhood.
Care must also be taken when assigning it to patients with liver and kidney pathologies.
Taking the drug during pregnancy and lactation
Although the negative effect of this drug on the development of the fetus is not proven, but during this period it can be used only under the supervision of the attending physician.
And what is the composition of the drug "Omeprazole" composition? Omeprazole itself and auxiliary substances: glycerin, gelatin, nipazol, niprazolagin, sodium lauryl sulfate, titanium dioxide, purified water and color.
Special instructions for the drug "Omeprazole"
Before you start using it, you shouldExclude the presence of malignant tumors in the patient, which is especially important in case of gastric ulcer, and in case of renal dysfunction, the dose of the drug should not exceed twenty milligrams.
Interaction of the drug with other medicines
Most often, its use reduces the absorption of other drugs, but when taken together with Clarithromycin, their concentration in the blood increases dramatically.
