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Brand Names: Prevacid, Prevacid SoluTab, Zoton

What is Lansoprazole? Lansoprazole is a proton pump inhibitor which prevents the stomach from producing acid. It is used in the treatment of stomach ulcers and GERD. Read more...Click to read more below

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

TAP's Lansoprazole site


Reasons Taken

31 patients in the community are taking or have taken Lansoprazole.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 19 61%
General health 5 16%
Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD) 4 12%
disease-related symptoms 1 3%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Lansoprazole.

  0 mg Daily 15 mg Daily 30 mg Daily 60 mg Daily 100 mg Daily 250 mg Daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 20 Number of Patients: 20 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently taking Lansoprazole

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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1
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4
13

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 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% 2

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

  • beautytransforming
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: None
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: none
    See profile
  • beautytransforming
  • by beautytransforming
    Sep 22, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
Have been on this a long time. When I had gastric bypass, I was told the GERD would go away. My case of GERD is so severe that I still have to take this medication.

See all evaluation results for Lansoprazole



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