OMEPRAZOLE

Course overview

OMEPRAZOLE IS A PROTON-PUMP INHIBITOR USED TO MANAGE AND TREAT SEVERAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING UNCOMPLICATED HEARTBURN, PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE, GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX DISEASE, ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME, MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE ADENOMAS, SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS, EROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS, GASTRIC ULCERS, AND HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE INDICATIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, ADMINISTRATION, DOSAGE, CONTRAINDICATIONS, INTERACTIONS, AND POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS OF OMEPRAZOLE THERAPY. IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS OTHER KEY ELEMENTS OF OMEPRAZOLE THERAPY IN THE CLINICAL SETTING AS IT RELATES TO THE ESSENTIAL POINTS NEEDED BY MEMBERS OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MANAGING THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH PEPTIC ULCERS AND OTHER RELATED CONDITIONS AND SEQUELAE.