When you visit with your doctor, it's important to discuss your symptoms and lifestyle. This Doctor Discussion Guide can help you compile your symptoms and GERD triggers to discuss with your doctor.
Prescription Prevacid is approved for GERD in
children aged 1–17 years. Individual results may vary. Prevacid Capsules and
Prevacid SoluTab (lansoprazole) Orally Disintegrating Tablets may not be right
for everyone. Prevacid has a low occurrence of side effects in adults and
children including diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, dizziness, constipation
and headache. Symptom relief does not rule out other serious stomach
conditions. The safety and effectiveness of PREVPAC and Prevacid NapraPAC have
not been established in pediatric patients.
Please see the complete Prescribing Information for more information and talk
to your child's doctor.
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Prevacid comes in many forms. To find out whether
Prevacid Capsules, Prevacid SoluTab Orally Disintegrating tablets, or Prevacid
for Oral suspension is right for you, take advantage of this great 3 in 1 trial
offer.
How Prevacid Works
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 is a proton pump inhibitor, which helps prevent stomach acid production by turning off many of the acid-producing pumps. In doing so, Prevacid helps reduce the amount of stomach acid backing up into your esophagus.
For many people, taking one dose of Prevacid a day can relieve heartburn and many other symptoms related to acid reflux disease for up to 24 hours. Prevacid also helps heal damage the acid may have caused to your esophagus, known as erosive esophagitis. Continuing to take Prevacid, if prescribed, can maintain healing of the damage caused by
acid reflux disease so that damage doesn't recur. Your results may vary.
