Acid Reflux

Omeprazole

Capsules

  • Effective treatment
  • Once daily dose
  • Works with 1 hour
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Omeprazole Medical Information

Omeprazole capsules contain the active substance omeprazole. It belongs to a group of medicines called ‘proton pump inhibitors’. They work by reducing the amount of acid that your stomach produces.

Omeprazole capsules are used to treat the following conditions:  

• ‘Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease’ (GORD). This is where acid from the stomach escapes into the gullet (the tube which connects your throat to your stomach) causing pain, inflammation and heartburn.

• Ulcers in the upper part of the intestine (duodenal ulcer) or stomach (gastric ulcer).

• Ulcers which are infected with bacteria called ‘Helicobacter pylori’. If you have this condition, your doctor may also prescribe antibiotics to treat the infection and allow the ulcer to heal.

• Ulcers caused by medicines called NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs). Omeprazole capsules can also be used to stop ulcers from forming if you are taking NSAIDs.

• Too much acid in the stomach caused by a growth in the pancreas (Zollinger-Ellison syndrome).

To treat symptoms of GORD such as heartburn and acid regurgitation the recommended dose is 20 mg once a day for 4-8 weeks. 

• Allergy to omeprazole or any of the other ingredients of this medicine  

• Allergy to medicines containing other proton pump inhibitors (e.g. pantoprazole, lansoprazole, rabeprazole, esomeprazole) 

Common or very common

• Abdominal pain

• Constipation

• Diarrhoea

•  Dizziness

•  Dry mouth

•  Gastrointestinal disorders

•  Headache

•  Insomnia

• Nausea

•  Skin reactions

•  Vomiting

Uncommon

•  Arthralgia

•  Bone fractures

•  Confusion

•  Depression

•  Drowsiness

•  Leucopenia

•  Malaise

•  Myalgia

•  Paraesthesia

•  Peripheral oedema

•  Thrombocytopenia

•  Vertigo

•  Vision disorders

Rare or very rare

•  Agranulocytosis

•  Alopecia

• Gynaecomastia

•  Hallucination

•  Hepatic disorders

•  Hyperhidrosis

•  Hyponatraemia

•  Nephritis tubulointerstitial

•  Pancytopenia

•  Photosensitivity reaction

•  Severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs)

•  Stomatitis

•  Taste altered

Frequency not known

•  Gastrointestinal infection

•  Hypomagnesaemia (more common after 1 year of treatment, but sometimes after 3 months of treatment)

•  Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus

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