Active Ingredient: Omeprazole
Treatment of reflux oesophagitis.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
10 - 40 mg
From 10 To 40 mg once every day
The posology recommendations are as follows:
| Age | Weight | Posology |
|---|---|---|
| ≥1 year of age | 10-20kg | 10mg once daily. The dose can be increased to 20mg once daily if needed. |
| ≥2 years of age | >20kg | 20mg once daily. The dose can be increased to 40mg once daily if needed. |
Reflux oesophagitis: The treatment time is 4-8 weeks.
Symptomatic treatment of heartburn and acid regurgitation in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: The treatment time is 2–4 weeks. If symptom control has not been achieved after 2–4 weeks the patient should be investigated further.
It should be taken in the morning.
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