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Brand Names: Losec, Nexium, Prilosec, Prilosec OTC
Generic Name: Omeprazole
See also: Omeprazole EC

What is Omeprazole? Omeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor used in the treatment of dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD/GERD) and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

64 patients in the community are taking or have taken Omeprazole.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 41 67%
General health 12 19%
Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD) 5 8%
disease-related symptoms 2 3%
Excess saliva 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Omeprazole.

  0 mg day 0 mg none 1 mg day 10 mg day 20 mg day 20 mg day 30 mg day 40 mg day 80 mg day
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 25 Number of Patients: 25 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Omeprazole or how long patients were taking Omeprazole before stopping.

Currently taking Omeprazole

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
8
8
4
19

Stopped taking Omeprazole

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
0
2
1
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Omeprazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2 29% Did not seem to work: 29%
Other 2 29% Other: 29%
Doctor's advice 1 14% Doctor's advice: 14%
Side effects too severe 1 14% Side effects too severe: 14%
Course of treatment ended 1 14% Course of treatment ended: 14%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 2

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 3

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

  • SIONZ
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: none
    Chest: none
    Legs: none
    See profile
  • SIONZ
  • by SIONZ
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Omeprazole



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