Active Ingredient: Omeprazole
Treatment of duodenal ulcers.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
20 - 40 mg
From 20 To 40 mg once every day
The recommended dose in patients with an active duodenal ulcer is omeprazole 20mg once daily. In most patients healing occurs within two weeks. For those patients who may not be fully healed after the initial course, healing usually occurs during a further two weeks treatment period. In patients with poorly responsive duodenal ulcer omeprazole 40mg once daily is recommended and healing is usually achieved within four weeks.
It should be taken in the morning.
Intravenous
40 - 40 mg
From 40 To 40 mg once every day
40 mg
40 mg
In patients where the use of oral medicinal products is inappropriate, omeprazole IV 40 mg once daily is recommended.
Omeprazole is to be administered in an intravenous infusion for 20-30 minutes.
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