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How to Use

Take omeprazole capsules immediately before a meal, preferably in the morning. Omeprazole tablets may be taken with food or on an empty stomach.

It may take few days before this drug begins to relieve stomach pain. To help relieve this pain, antacids may be taken with omeprazole, unless your family doctor has told you not to use them.

Swallow the capsule and tablet forms of omeprazole whole. Do not open the capsule. Do not crush, break, or chew the capsule or the tablet.

Take this drug for the full time of treat, even if you begin to feel better . Always keep your appointments with your family doctor for check-ups so that your family doctor will be better able to tell you when to stop taking this drug.

Dosage

• For oral dosage forms - capsules, tablets:
  • To treat dyspepsia:
    • Adults 20 milligrams - mg taken once a day for four weeks. Patients may respond adequately to 10 mg once daily, so individual dose adjustment may be considered.
    • Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  • To treat gastroesophageal reflux disease - GERD:
    • Adults 20 milligrams - mg taken once a day for four to eight weeks. Or your family doctor may tell you to take 40 mg a day for certain conditions. Always your family doctor may want you to take omeprazole for more than eight weeks for certain conditions.
    • Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  • To treat conditions in which the stomach produces too much acid:
    • Adults 60 mg taken once a day. Your family doctor may change the dose as needed. Your treat may be continued for as long as it is needed.
    • Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  • To treat duodenal ulcers:
    • Adults 20 mg taken once a day. Or your family doctor may tell you to take 40 mg a day for certain conditions.
    • Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  • To treat gastric ulcers:
    • Adults 40 mg taken once a day for four to eight weeks.
    • Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  • To treat ulcers related to infection with H. pylori :
    • Adults 40 mg once a day, taken along with clarithromycin 500 mg three times a day, for the first fourteen days. For days 15 through 28, omeprazole 20 mg taken once a day.
    • Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.