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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

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

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 100 72%
General health 19 13%
Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD) 14 10%
disease-related symptoms 2 1%
Bowel problems 1 <1%
Don't know 1 <1%
Support another treatment 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Omeprazole.

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  0 mg day 0 day 0 mg none 0 mg none 0 mg none 20 mg week 10 mg day 15 mg day 20 mg day 25 mg day 40 mg day 60 mg day 80 mg day 200 mg day
  11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 44 Number of Patients: 44 1 Number of Patients: 1 41 Number of Patients: 41 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1  

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
4
8
8
15
18
52

Stopped taking Omeprazole

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
1
3
1
2
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Omeprazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5 45% Other: 45%
Course of treatment ended 5 45% Course of treatment ended: 45%
Did not seem to work 1 9% Did not seem to work: 9%
Expense 1 9% Expense: 9%
Doctor's advice 1 9% Doctor's advice: 9%
Not indicated 1 9% Not indicated: 9%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 60% 3
Moderate 40% 2

Insomnia

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 6

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)

  • gardener
    Sensation: none
    Overall: none
    Cognition: none
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: none
    See profile
  • gardener
  • by gardener
    Aug 25, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
Take it on an empty stomach.

  • crazylegs
    Sensation: moderate
    Overall: mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: mild
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • crazylegs
  • by crazylegs
    Sep 03, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD)

See all evaluation results for Omeprazole



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