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What is Prilosec?

Prilosec® is a proton pump inhibitor used in the treatment of heartburn and other symptoms associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Heartburn (reflux) 5 0
Reflux 4 0
Other 3 8
hiatal hernia 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 11%
None
8 89%

Most commonly reported side effects

Constipation
1 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Prilosec (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense
1 50% Expense: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Prilosec

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Prilosec

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

Stopped Taking Prilosec

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
7 78%
Usually
2 22%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 11%
A little
2 22%
Not at all
6 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
2 22%
< $25
5 56%

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

Report created on November 22, 2009.