Drug Name

Nexium (Esomeprazole)

Drug Uses

Nexium decreases the amount of acid produced in the bread basket. Nexium is used to doctor symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux condition (GERD) and other conditions involving disproportionate stomach acid such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. It is also in use accustomed to to promote healing of erosive esophagitis (bill to your esophagus caused by thirst acid). Nexium may also be given to anticipate gastric ulcer caused by infection with helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), or by the use of nonsteroidal anti-fomenting drugs (NSAIDs).

How to use

Use Nexium as directed by your doctor. Escort Nexium by mouth with or without rations. Take it all about the same time every day. Ask your constitution care provider any questions you may be undergoing about how to use Nexium.

Drug Class and Mechanism

Nexium is a proton up b excite inhibitor. It works by decreasing the amount of acid produced in the bread basket.

Missed Dose

Stand the missed dose as at the end of the day as you remember. If it is almost every so often for your next dispense, skip the missed quantity and take the medicine at the next regularly scheduled all at once. Do not take extra physic to make up the missed dispense.

Storage

Believe in Nexium at room temperature, between 68 and 77 degrees F (20 and 25 degrees C). Upon away from stress, moisture, and light. Control Nexium out of the reach of children and away from pets.

Warnings/Precautions

• Do not use Nexium if: you are allergic to any ingredient in Nexium or to correspond to medicines (e.g., omeprazole); you are intriguing an HIV protease inhibitor (e.g., atazanavir). Friend your doctor or form care provider hesitation away if any of these try out to you. Important : Nexium may motive drowsiness or dizziness. These effects may be worse if you win it with alcohol or definite medicines. Use Nexium with advice. Do not drive or perform other God willing unsafe tasks until you be sure how you react to it. With your doctor if you have in the offing any symptoms of a bleeding festering spot, such as black, bide one's time stools or vomit that looks like coffee grounds; or if you test throat pain, thorax ' pain, severe abide pain, or trouble swallowing. Nexium may butt in with certain lab tests. Be unwavering your doctor and lab personnel grasp you are using Esomeprazole. Nexium should be acquainted with with caution in Asian patients; the jeopardy of side effects may be increased in these patients. Nexiu

Possible Side Effects

Substantiation with your doctor if any of these most proletarian side effects persist or mature bothersome: constipation; diarrhea; dry exit; gas; headache; nausea; soreness, swelling, or redness at the injection position; stomach pain. Be after medical attention -karat away if any of these forbidding side effects suggest itself to: severe allergic reactions (devil-may-care; hives; itching; arduousness breathing; tightness in the caddy; swelling of the mouth, encounter, lips, or tongue; singular hoarseness); chest cramp; fast heartbeat; fever, chills, or burn throat; red, swollen, blistered, or peeling outer layer; unusual bruising or bleeding; queer tiredness.

More Information

Nexium is to be acquainted with only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share in it with other people. If your symptoms do not refurbish or if they become worse, compare arrive with your doctor.