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The Best Place To Find The Cheapest Prevacid
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Drug name:
Prevacid
What is
Prevacid?
Prevacid is a prescription
medication that is effective for many people in
fighting heartburn associated with acid reflux
disease and healing damage to your
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How does it work?
Prevacid is a type of medication called a
proton pump inhibitor, commonly known as a PPI. There
are cells in the lining of your stomach that contain
pumps which produce the acid your body uses during
digestion. The burning pain from acid reflux disease is
caused when this stomach acid backs up, or refluxes,
into the esophagus. Prevacid helps prevent stomach acid
production by turning off many of the acid-producing
pumps. In doing so, Prevacid helps reduce the amount of
acid backing up into your esophagus.
For many people, taking one dose of
Prevacid a day can relieve the heartburn symptoms for up
to 24 hours. Prevacid also helps heal damage the acid
may have caused to your esophagus. Continuing to take
Prevacid, if prescribed, can maintain healing of the
damage caused by acid reflux disease so that damage
doesn't recur.
How to take
Prevacid?
There are more ways of taking Prevacid
than any other proton pump inhibitor. Both Prevacid
doses, 15mg and 30mg, are available in capsule form. If
you have trouble swallowing pills, the capsules can be
opened and sprinkled into 1/4 cup of apple, tomato or
orange juice, or on a tablespoon of applesauce, Ensure®
pudding, cottage cheese, yogurt, or strained pears. Make
sure to drink and eat food sprinkled with Prevacid right
away and be careful not to crush or chew the capsules or
the granules. (Please note: If you are going to sprinkle
Prevacid granules, you should only do so in the juices
and foods listed above.)
Side effects of
Prevacid:
Like all medications, Prevacid has some
side effects. However, most people do not have any side
effects at all. Studies show that the most common side
effects of Prevacid are diarrhea, abdominal pain, and
nausea. Symptom relief does not rule out serious stomach
conditions.
Prevacid helps heal gastric ulcers
(stomach ulcers), duodenal ulcers (ulcers in the first
part of the small intestine), and even stomach ulcers
caused by the continuous use of certain pain medications
called NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,
such as aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen).
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