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
20 mg
The recommended dose is omeprazole 20mg once daily. In most patients healing occurs within four weeks. For those patients who may not be fully healed after the initial course, healing usually occurs during a further four weeks treatment period.
In patients with severe oesophagitis omeprazole 40mg once daily is recommended and healing is usually achieved within eight weeks.
For the long-term management of patients with healed reflux oesophagitis the recommended dose is omeprazole 10mg once daily. If needed, the dose can be increased to omeprazole 20-40mg once daily.
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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