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Ulcer Treatment

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In the past, doctors didn't know all the causes. Ulcers were often managed with antacids, a bland diet and reducing stress. Now doctors realize that there's much more to know about what causes stomach and duodenal ulcers and how to treat them. Talking to your doctor is the best way to get the most appropriate treatment for yourself. Only your doctor can diagnose a stomach or duodenal ulcer.

Stomach Ulcers

Millions of people take pain medications for relief from chronic pain. However, certain medications called NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) can increase your risk of stomach ulcers. They can even mask the pain of stomach ulcers. Examples of NSAIDs include aspirin (even in low doses), ibuprofen, and naproxen.

Here's how it happens: Your stomach has a lining that's designed to protect it from its own acid. Certain pain medications can weaken this lining. Taking these medications can increase the chances of acid-related stomach ulcers. Learn more about the risks.

How Prevacid Can Help

Prevacid works by reducing the amount of stomach acid by blocking many of your stomach's acid-producing pumps. Taken only once a day, Prevacid works effectively to heal stomach ulcers, even when you continue to take an NSAID pain reliever. Do you take Naprosyn?

Prevacid can heal stomach ulcers in eight weeks. Your results may vary. Once your stomach ulcer has healed, or if you've had one in the past, you can take Prevacid to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers coming back while taking your pain reliever. Studies lasted up to 12 weeks.

Duodenal Ulcers

What doctors now know is that bacteria called H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori) are found in up to 90% of patients with duodenal ulcers (ulcers that occur in the small intestine). Ulcers can occur over and over, and can return within one year after healing. But if H. pylori is eliminated, the chances that a duodenal ulcer will come back are greatly reduced.

The triple drug treatment PREVPAC is used to eliminate
H. pylori to reduce the risk of duodenal ulcers coming back.

Important Safety Information for Prevacid

If you suffer from persistent heartburn two or more days a week, despite treatment and diet changes, it could be acid reflux disease. Prescription Prevacid Capsules and Prevacid SoluTabTM (lansoprazole) Orally Disintegrating Tablets are used for the treatment of acid reflux disease including erosive esophagitis and for maintenance of healed erosive esophagitis. Your results may vary. Most erosions heal in 4–8 weeks. Prevacid may not be right for everyone and has a low occurrence of side effects such as diarrhea, abdominal pain and nausea. Symptom relief does not rule out other serious stomach conditions. Talk to your doctor or healthcare professional to see if Prevacid is right for you. Prevacid products should not be crushed or chewed.

Please see the complete Prescribing Information for more information and talk to your doctor.

Important Safety Information for PREVPAC® (lansoprazole /amoxicillin /clarithromycin)

PREVPAC is indicated for the treatment of patients with H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori) infection and duodenal ulcer disease to eradicate H. pylori. Your results may vary.

The most frequently reported adverse events with PREVPAC were diarrhea (7%), headache (6%) and taste perversion (5%).

Symptomatic response to therapy does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy.

Eradication of H. pylori reduces the risk of duodenal ulcer recurrence. In patients who fail this therapy, susceptibility testing should be done if possible. If clarithromycin resistance is demonstrated, a non-clarithromycin-containing regimen is recommended.

PREVPAC is not recommended for patients with creatinine clearance less than 30 mL/min. PREVPAC is contraindicated in patients taking cisapride, pimozide, astemizole, terfenadine, ergotamine or dihydroergotamine.

Colchicine toxicity has been reported with concomitant use of clarithromycin and colchicine, especially in geriatric patients; some has occurred in patients with renal insufficiency. Patients should be monitored for clinical symptoms of colchicine toxicity. Clarithromycin may elevate digoxin serum concentrations. Serum digoxin levels should be carefully monitored while digoxin and clarithromycin are taken concomitantly. Clarithromycin should not be used in pregnant women except in circumstances where no alternative therapy is appropriate. Amoxicillin is contraindicated in patients who are allergic to penicillin.

For further warnings, precautions or adverse reactions for amoxicillin and clarithromycin, please see the complete prescribing information for amoxicillin and for BIAXIN® Filmtab® (clarithromycin tablets, USP).

Please see the complete Prescribing Information for Prevacid PREVPAC for more information and talk to your doctor.

BIAXIN Filmtab is not a trademark of TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.

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