Active Ingredient: Esomeprazole
Symptomatic treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
20 - 20 mg
From 20 To 20 mg once every day
20 mg
20 mg once daily in patients without esophagitis. If symptom control has not been achieved after 4 weeks, the patient should be further investigated. Once symptoms have resolved, subsequent symptom control can be achieved using 20 mg once daily. An on demand regimen taking 20 mg once daily, when needed, can be used.
Intravenous
20 - 20 mg
From 20 To 20 mg once every day
Patients who cannot take oral medication may be treated parenterally with 20–40 mg once daily. Patients treated symptomatically for reflux disease should be treated with 20 mg once daily.
20 mg dose: Should be given as an intravenous injection over a period of at least 3 minutes. Any unused solution should be discarded.
20 mg dose: Should be given as an intravenous infusion over a period of 10 to 30 minutes. Any unused solution should be discarded.
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