Pantoprazole uses

• Pantoprazole oral tablet is available as both a generic and a brand-name drug. Brand name: Protonix. • Pantoprazole comes in three forms: an oral tablet, an oral liquid suspension, and an intravenous (IV) form that’s injected into your vein by a healthcare professional. • Pantoprazole oral tablet is used to reduce the amount of stomach acid your body makes. It helps treat painful symptoms caused by conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux disease ( • Long-term use warning: Long-term use of pantoprazole can lead to an increased risk of certain side effects and complications. These include: • Increased risk of • Vitamin B12 deficiency, which can lead to serious nerve damage and deteriorating brain functions. This has been seen in some people taking pantoprazole for longer than 3 years. • Chronic H. pylori are particularly at risk. • Low blood • Severe Clostridium difficile bacteria can occur in some people treated with pantoprazole, especially hospitalized people. • Allergy warning: Though it’s rare, pantoprazole can cause an allergic reaction. Symptoms could include rash, swelling, or breathing problems. This can progress to interstitial nephritis, a kidney disorder that can lead to kidney failure. Symptoms of this condition include: • nausea or vomiting • • rash • confusion • blood in your urine • bloating • elevated • Cutaneous • Fundic gland polyps warning: Long-term use (especially over 1 year) of pantoprazole can cause fundic gland polyps. These polyps are growths ...

This medicine comes with a Medication Guide. Read and follow these instructions carefully. Ask your doctor if you have any questions. Swallow the delayed-release tablet whole. Do not split, crush, or chew it. You may take the tablet with or without food. For delayed-release oral suspension granules: • Applesauce method: • 1. Open packet. • 2. Mix the packet contents with 1 teaspoonful of applesauce. Do not mix with water, other liquids, or food. • 3. Swallow the mixture at least 30 minutes before a meal. Take it within 10 minutes after you mix it. • 4. Sip some water after you swallow the mixture. This will make sure all of the granules get all the way to your stomach. • 5. Do not chew or crush the granules. Do not divide the packet contents to make smaller doses. • Apple juice method: • 1. Open packet. • 2. Mix the packet contents with 1 teaspoon of apple juice in a small cup or container. • 3. Stir for 5 seconds (granules will not dissolve) and swallow it immediately or take it at least 30 minutes before a meal. • 4. Rinse the container with apple juice to make sure you get all of the medicine. Swallow it immediately. • 5. Do not chew or crush the granules. Do not divide the packet contents to make smaller doses. • Feeding tube: • 1. Pour the packet contents in a 2-ounce (60 mL) catheter-tip syringe. • 2. Clear any clogs from the feeding tube before you put this medicine mixture into the tube. • 3. Add 10 mL of apple juice into the syringe. Gently tap or shake the barrel...

Pantoprazole: 7 things you should know Medically reviewed by • • • • • • • 1. How it works • Pantoprazole is an acid-suppressing agent that may be used to treat conditions associated with excessive stomach acid production, such as gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), stomach ulcers, erosive esophagitis, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. • Pantoprazole works by irreversibly blocking the actions of an enzyme responsible for acid production, called H+/K+ ATPase (also known as the gastric proton pump). The proton pump is located in the parietal cells of the stomach wall. Both baseline gastric acid secretion and stimulated gastric acid secretion are decreased in a dose-related manner (higher dosages cause a more pronounced decrease in stomach acid). Decreasing the production of stomach acid allows damaged tissue in the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum to heal. • Pantoprazole belongs to the class of medicines known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). 2. Upsides • Oral pantoprazole may be used for the short-term treatment of erosive or non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in adults and children over the age of 5 years. May also be used for the maintenance healing of erosive esophagitis to reduce relapse rates of daytime and nighttime heartburn symptoms in adults. Erosive esophagitis is a severe inflammation of the lining of the esophagus - the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach, and GERD is also known as heartburn. • Both oral and IV pantoprazole may be use...

Getty Images / SDI Productions / E+ Uses Protonix is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat conditions of the stomach and esophagus. It is used for the short-term treatment (usually eight weeks or less) of GERD. It may also be prescribed for a longer period of time as maintenance therapy for erosive esophagitis. GERD is a condition that may cause signs and symptoms such as heartburn (a burning feeling in the chest), regurgitation, and nausea that may be more severe after a meal and when lying down. Other symptoms can include sore throat, hoarseness, chronic cough, wheezing, bad breath, chest pain, and a feeling like there is something in the throat. Erosive esophagitis may cause symptoms of burning in the throat, difficulty swallowing, a sour or bitter taste in the mouth, feeling like something is stuck in the throat, and blood either in vomit or in the stool (which may be black and look like tar). Erosive esophagitis may be suspected when some of the symptoms are present. Precautions and Contraindications It’s not recommended that Protonix be taken with certain HIV medications. Protonix may lower the amount of antiretroviral medications, such as atazanavir and nelfinavir, in the body. This might result in HIV being less well controlled and it’s recommended that Protonix be avoided if these drugs are being taken. It may be necessary to change the dosage of warfarin and/or for a healthcare provider to monitor INR and prothrombin time if Protonix is pres...