PatientsLikeMe : Omeprazole Treatment Report

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Patients

Taking Omeprazole
140 Patients currently take Omeprazole
14 Patients stopped taking Omeprazole
Self Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Self 40mg daily since Jan 01, 2006
Auggie Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: mild Walking: mild See profile Auggie Nexium, 40mg daily since Apr 09, 2007
gardener Sensation: None Overall: None Cognition: none Vision: none Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: none Walking: none See profile gardener 20mg as needed since Dec 07, 2007

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...

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Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

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

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	101	65%
Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD)	25	16%
General health	19	12%
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	1 other day	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	1	4	1	1	1	2	1	50	1	46	1	8	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
3	12	8	15	18	50

Stopped taking Omeprazole

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Omeprazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	6	38%
Course of treatment ended	6	38%
Expense	2	13%
Doctor's advice	2	13%
Not indicated	2	13%
Did not seem to work	1	6%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	63%	5
Moderate	38%	3

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Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	10%	1
None	90%	9

Top reported side-effects include: Constipation, digestive disturbances such as loud burping

Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 10)

gardener

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: none

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by gardener
Aug 25, 2008