What Is Omeprazole?

Dosage Factors

Proper dosages of omeprazole vary depending on the patient's age, overall health, and the condition for which omeprazole is being used. Adults with duodenal ulcers will normally be prescribed twenty milligrams each day for four weeks, and the adult dosage for treatment of a Helicobacter pylori infection is forty milligrams per day for fourteen days. Patients who use omeprazole for the treatment of this infection will usually take the omeprazole together with clarithromycin. Adults who have erosive esophagitis generally take twenty milligrams of omeprazole each day for four to eight weeks. Pediatric patients with this condition are dosed based on weight. Patients between one and sixteen years old who weigh between ten to 19.9 kilograms should take ten milligrams of omeprazole each day for four to eight weeks. Pediatric patients who weigh at least twenty kilograms can take the standard adult dosage of twenty milligrams per day. Individuals who have liver issues are advised to take only ten milligrams per day as a maintenance dose for healing from erosive esophagitis, and patients with kidney conditions can take the standard adult dose.

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