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Before Taking This Medicine
The effects of Prilosec during pregnancy have not been adequately studied. If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, inform your doctor immediately. Avoid combined therapy with Biaxin unless the
re is no alternative. Prilosec (and Biaxin) may appear in breast milk and could affect a nursing infant. If this medication is essential to your health, your doctor may advise you to discontinue breas
tfeeding until your treatment with this medication is finished.
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How to Use
Take Prilosec capsules immediately before a meal, preferably in the morning. Prilosec tablets may be taken with food or on an empty stomach.
It may take several days before this medicine begi
ns to relieve stomach pain. To help relieve this pain, antacids may be taken with Prilosec, unless your doctor has told you not to use them.
Swallow the capsule and tablet forms of Prilosec w
hole. Do not open the capsule. Do not crush, break, or chew the capsule or the tablet.
Take this medicine for the full time of treatment, even if you begin to feel better. Also, keep your app
ointments with your doctor for check-ups so that your doctor will be better able to tell you when to stop taking this medicine.
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What side effects may occur?
Side effects cannot be anticipated. If any develop or change in intensity, inform your doctor as soon as possible. Only your doctor can determine if it is safe for you to continue taking Prilosec.
More common side effects may include:
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, headache, nausea, vomiting
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Significant Interactions:
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to c
hange the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking Prilosec, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:
- Anticoagulants (blood thinners) or
- Diazepam (e.g., Valium) or
- Phenytoin (e.g., Dilantin)¡XUse with Prilosec may cause high blood levels of these medicines, which may increase the cha
ce of side effects
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What is this Drug
Prilosec is prescribed for the short-term treatment (4 to 8 weeks) of stomach ulcer, duodenal ulcer (near the exit from the stomach), and erosive esophagitis (inflammation of the esophagus), and for t
he treatment of heartburn and other symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (backflow of acid stomach contents into the canal leading to the stomach). It is also used to maintain healing of erosiv
e esophagitis and for the long-term treatment of conditions in which too much stomach acid is secreted, including Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, multiple endocrine adenomas (benign tumors), and systemic
mastocytosis (cancerous cells).
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Symptoms of overdose
Blurred vision; confusion; drowsiness; dryness of mouth; fast or irregular heartbeat; flushing ; general feeling of discomfort or illness; headache; increased sweating; nausea
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