Protonix 40mg Tab

Introduction

Expert Advice

• Take tablets with or without meals. Do not chew or crush the tablet, swallow whole.
• Take oral granules for suspension 30 minutes before meals.
• Do not save granules mixture for later use.
• Contact prescriber immediately if bleeding occurs.
• For oral suspension mix granules with applesauce or apple juice. Do not use any other type of liquid or soft food. Sprinkle the granules directly on to the applesauce and swallow this mixture without chewing.
• Report constant abdominal discomfort, chest pain or palpitations (feeling of the heart beating fast), acute headache, unrelieved diarrhea (watery stools), fatigue, increases muscle/joint/body pain, shortness of breath, wheezing, cold or flu symptoms or changes in the urinary system.
• Patients taking warfarin should follow bleeding precautions.
• Avoid alcohol during treatment.

Primary Uses

Indications

It is indicated in duodenal ulcer (a sore on the first part of the small intestine), benign (non-cancerous) gastric ulcers (sores on stomach lining), for prevention of NSAID induced inflammation, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (rare digestive disorder that results in excessive gastric acid), prevention and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (a disorder that causes the digestive juices, foods or fluids back up from the stomach into the esophagus). It is also used with antibiotics for the eradication of Helicobacter Pylori in patients with duodenal ulcer (a sore on the first part of the small intestine) or gastritis (inflammation of stomach cells).

Side Effects

Nausea, headache, diarrhea (watery stools), constipation (difficulty in passing stool), skin rashes, fundic gland polyps (abnormal tissue outgrowths on the upper part of the stomach) are some of its side effects., and subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (non-scarring disease of the skin which is sensitive to sunlight) is also reported.