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What is Esomeprazol Renantos
Esomeprazol Renantos is in a group of drugs called proton pump inhibitors. Esomeprazol Renantos decreases the amount of acid produced in the stomach.Esomeprazol Renantos is used to treat symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease and other conditions involving excessive stomach acid such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Esomeprazol Renantos is also used to promote healing of erosive esophagitis (damage to your esophagus caused by stomach acid).
Esomeprazol Renantos may also be given to prevent gastric ulcer caused by infection with helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), or by the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Esomeprazol Renantos is not for immediate relief of heartburn symptoms.
Esomeprazol Renantos may also be used for purposes not listed in Esomeprazol Renantos guide.
Esomeprazol Renantos side effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.Stop using Esomeprazol Renantos and call your doctor at once if you have:
- dizziness, confusion;
- fast or uneven heart rate;
- jerking muscle movements;
- jittery feeling;
- diarrhea that is watery or bloody;
- muscle cramps, muscle weakness or limp feeling;
- cough or choking feeling; or
- seizure.
Common side effects may include:
- headache, drowsiness;
- mild diarrhea;
- nausea, stomach pain, gas, constipation; or
- dry mouth.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
See also: Side effects (in more detail)
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Esomeprazol Renantos dosing
Usual Adult Dose for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease:
Esomeprazol Renantos Magnesium:-20 mg orally once a day for 4 weeks
Esomeprazol Renantos Strontium:
-24.65 mg orally once a day for 4 to 8 weeks.
Comment:
-If symptoms do not resolve after 4 weeks, an additional 4 weeks may be considered.
GERD with Erosive Esophagitis:
Esomeprazol Renantos Sodium:
-20 mg or 40 mg IV injection once a day, over no less than 3 minutes; or IV infusion once a day, over no less than 10 to 30 minutes
Comment: Safety and efficacy of Esomeprazol Renantos sodium IV for Injection for more than 10 days have not been demonstrated.
Uses: Short term treatment of heartburn and symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease; short term treatment of GERD with erosive esophagitis, inclusively as an alternative to oral therapy, if unable to use oral route
Usual Adult Dose for Erosive Esophagitis:
Healing:-Esomeprazole Magnesium: 20 to 40 mg orally once a day for 4 to 8 weeks
-Esomeprazole Strontium: 24.65 to 49.3 mg orally once a day for 4 to 8 weeks
-An additional 4 to 8 week course of therapy may be considered in patients not healed after initial treatment.
Maintenance of healing:
-Esomeprazole Magnesium: 20 mg orally once a day
-Esomeprazole Strontium: 24.65 mg orally once a daily
Comments:
-Esomeprazole Sodium injection may be used as an alternative to oral therapy, if unable to use oral route.
-Maintenance of healing: Controlled studies did not extend beyond six months.
Uses: Short-term treatment in the healing and symptomatic resolution of diagnostically confirmed erosive esophagitis; to maintain symptom resolution and healing of erosive esophagitis
Usual Adult Dose for Helicobacter pylori Infection:
Esomeprazol Renantos Magnesium:Triple therapy:
-40 mg orally once a day for 10 days, along with amoxicillin 1000 mg and clarithromycin 500 mg orally twice a day for 10 days
Esomeprazol Renantos Strontium:
Triple therapy:
-49.3 mg orally once a day for 10 days, along with amoxicillin 1000 mg and clarithromycin 500 mg orally twice a day for 10 days
Comments:
-Susceptibility testing should be done in patients who fail therapy.
-If resistance to clarithromycin is demonstrated or susceptibility testing is not possible, alternative antimicrobial therapy should be instituted.
-Eradication of H. pylori has been shown to reduce the risk of duodenal ulcer recurrence.
Use: Triple therapy : Treatment of H. pylori infection and duodenal ulcer disease (active or history of within the past 5 years) to eradicate H. pylori
Usual Adult Dose for NSAID-Induced Gastric Ulcer:
Esomeprazol Renantos Magnesium:-20 mg to 40 mg orally once daily for up to 6 months
Esomeprazol Renantos Strontium:
-24.65 mg to 49.3 mg orally once a day for up to 6 months
Comment:
-Patients older than 60 years and/or with history of gastric ulcers are considered to be at risk for developing gastric ulcers.
-Controlled studies do not extend beyond 6 months
Use: Reduction in the occurrence of gastric ulcers associated with continuous NSAID therapy in patients at risk for developing gastric ulcers.
Usual Adult Dose for Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome:
Esomeprazol Renantos Magnesium:-40 mg orally twice a day
Esomeprazol Renantos Strontium:
-49.3 mg orally twice a day
Comment: Doses up to 240 mg daily have been used.
Use: Long term treatment of pathological hypersecretory conditions, including Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
Usual Adult Dose for Pathological Hypersecretory Conditions:
Esomeprazol Renantos Magnesium:-40 mg orally twice a day
Esomeprazol Renantos Strontium:
-49.3 mg orally twice a day
Comment: Doses up to 240 mg daily have been used.
Use: Long term treatment of pathological hypersecretory conditions, including Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
Usual Adult Dose for Duodenal Ulcer Prophylaxis:
Esomeprazol Renantos Sodium:-Initial dose: 80 mg IV infusion over 30 minutes
-Maintenance dose: 8 mg/hr IV continuous infusion for a total of 72 hours
Comments:
-Intravenous therapy is aimed solely at the acute initial management of bleeding gastric or duodenal ulcers and does not constitute full treatment.
-Intravenous therapy should be followed by oral acid-suppressive therapy.
Use: Risk reduction of rebleeding of gastric or duodenal ulcers following therapeutic endoscopy
Usual Adult Dose for Gastric Ulcer Prophylaxis:
Esomeprazol Renantos Sodium:-Initial dose: 80 mg IV infusion over 30 minutes
-Maintenance dose: 8 mg/hr IV continuous infusion for a total of 72 hours (includes initial 30 minute dose plus 71.5 hours of continuous infusion)
Comments:
-Intravenous therapy is aimed solely at the acute initial management of bleeding gastric or duodenal ulcers and does not constitute full treatment.
-Intravenous therapy should be followed by oral acid-suppressive therapy.
Use: Risk reduction of rebleeding of gastric or duodenal ulcers following therapeutic endoscopy
Usual Pediatric Dose for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease:
Esomeprazol Renantos Magnesium:Less than 1 year:
-Data not available
1 to 11 years:
-10 mg once a day for up to 8 weeks
-Comment: Doses over 1 mg/kg/day have not been studied.
12 to 17 years:
-20 mg once a day for 4 weeks
Esomeprazol Renantos Sodium:
GERD with Erosive Esophagitis:
Less than 1 month:
-Not recommended.
1 month to less than 1 year:
-0.5 mg/kg IV infused over 10 to 30 minutes
1 to 17 years:
-Less than 55 kg: 10 mg IV infused over 10 to 30 minutes
-55 kg or more: 20 mg IV infused over 10 to 30 minutes
Esomeprazol Renantos Strontium: Not recommended.
Uses: Short term treatment of symptomatic GERD; short term treatment of GERD with erosive esophagitis, inclusively as an alternative to oral therapy, if unable to use oral route
Usual Pediatric Dose for Erosive Esophagitis:
Esomeprazol Renantos Magnesium:Healing:
Less than 1 year:
-Data not available
1 to 11 years:
-Less than 20 kg: 10 mg once a day for 8 weeks
-20 kg or more: 10 mg or 20 mg once a day for 8 weeks
12 to 17 years:
-20 or 40 mg once a day for 4 to 8 weeks
Comment: Doses over 1 mg/kg/day have not been studied.
Erosive Esophagitis due to acid-mediated GERD:
Less than 1 month:
-Data not available
1 month to less than 1 year old:
-3 kg to 5 kg: 2.5 mg once a day
-Greater than 5 kg to 7.5 kg: 5 mg once a day
-Greater than 7.5 kg to 12 kg: 10 mg once a day
Duration of therapy: For up to 6 weeks
Comment: Doses over 1.33 mg/kg/day have not been studied.
1 year and older:
-Data not available
Uses: Short-term treatment in the healing and symptomatic resolution of diagnostically confirmed erosive esophagitis; short term treatment of erosive esophagitis due to acid-mediated GERD in infants
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