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Nexium (Esomeprazole) Description
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Drug Uses
Nexium is used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a condition in which backward flow of acid from the stomach causes heartburn and injury of the esophagus (food pipe between the mouth and stomach). Nexium is used to treat the symptoms of GERD, allow the esophagus to heal, and prevent further damage to the esophagus. It is also used with other medications to prevent stomach ulcers. Nexium is in a class of medications called proton pump inhibitors. It works by decreasing the amount of acid made in the stomach.
How Taken Nexium comes as delay-it sends (long-acting) the capsule to take it oral. One hour is taken generally once to the day at least before a food. For ayudarte to remember to take Nexium, to take it around he himself daily time. To swallow the whole capsules; not to divide them, not to chew, nor to crush. If you cannot swallow the capsule, to put a spoon of soup of compota of fresh, smooth apples in an empty bowl of source. To open a capsule of Nexium and to carefully sprinkle pelotillas on compota of apples. To mix pelotillas with compota of apples, and to immediately swallow tablespoonful whole of the mixture of compota of apples and pelotilla. Not to chew pelotillas in compota of apples. Not to save pelotillas and compota of apples for a last use. Warnings/Precautions Before taking Nexium, to say to your doctor if you have had always some type of disease of the liver. You cannot be able to take Nexium, or you can require an adjustment of the metering or a special supervision. Nexium is in category B. of the pregnancy of the FDA. This means that it is little probable to damage a baby of unborn. Not to take Nexium without first speaking with your doctor if you are embarrassed. One does not know if Nexium happens in maternal milk. Not to take Nexium without first speaking with your doctor if you are nursing baby. Serious and from time to time fatal the reactions (anaphylactic) of hypersensitivity have been disclosed in patients in therapy of penicillin. These reactions are more advisable to happen if you have a history of the hypersensitivity of penicillin and/or a history of sensitivity to the multiple alergénicos. The pseudo colitis membranous has been disclosed with almost all the anti-bacterial agents, including clarithromycin and amoxicillin, and can extend in severity of smooth to dangerous for the life. Therefore, it is important to consider this diagnosis in the patients who present/display with the subsequent diarrea the administration of anti-bacterial agents. Missed Dose To take the lacked dose as soon as you remember. Nevertheless, if almost it is hour for your following dose, to jump the lacked dose and to take only your dose regularly to program following. Not to take a double dose from this medication unless it is directed of another way by your doctor. Possible Side Effects The indirect effect of Nexium that can go far during the treatment include headache, the constipation, the cough, or the diarrea. If they continue or they are annoying, to verify with your doctor. To make contact with enemy with a your doctor IMMEDIATELY if you experience pain the throat, pain chest, severe pain the stomach, or the vomit of I put. An allergic reaction to Nexium is improbable immediate medical attention, but of the search if it happens. The symptoms of an allergic reaction to Nexium include the eruption, itching, swelling itself, vertigos, breathing of the hardship. If notes other effects nonenumerated above, to make contact with enemy with a your doctor, nurse, or phamacist. Storage Warehouse in 25°C (77°F); the excursions allowed 15 - 30°C (59 - 86°F). Package of the closed subsistence firmly. To give in a tight package if the package of the product is subdivided. Overdose Medical attention of the emergency of the search. The symptoms of the overdose of Nexium include somnolencia, shortness of the breathing, the tremor, the loss of coordination, and graspings. |
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