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Side Effects
as reported by "The PDR® Family Guide To Prescription Drugs®"
"Why is this drug prescribed:
Prevacid blocks the production of stomach acid. It is prescribed for the short-term treatment (up to 4 weeks) of duodenal ulcers, (ulcers near the exit from the stomach). It is also used for up to 8 weeds in the treatment of stomach ulcers and a condition called erosive esophagitis (a severe inflammation of the passage to the stomach). Once a duodenal ulcer or case of esophagitis has cleared up, the doctor may continue prescribing Prevacid to prevent a relapse. The drug is also used for long-term treatment of certain diseases marked by excessive acid production, such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.Prevacid is also prescribed as part of a combination treatment to eliminate the H. pylori bacterium that causes most cases of duodenal ulcer. During this type therapy, you’ll take Prevacid along with one or two antibiotics (Augmentin alone, or Augmentin plus Biaxin).
"Most important fact about this drug:
To relieve your symptoms and to heal your ulcer, you need to take Prevacid for the full time of treatment your doctor prescribes. Keep taking the drug even if you begin to feel better, and be sure to keep your appointments with your doctor.
"Most common side effects may include:
Diarrhea"Less common side effects may include:
Abdominal pain, nausea"Rare side effects may include:
Abnormal thinking, acne, aggravation of hostility, agitation, anemia, anxiety, apathy, arthritis, asthma, bad breath, belching, black or discolored stools, blood in the urine, breast development in males, breast enlargement, breast tenderness, bronchitis, chest pain (including severe pain), colitis, confusion, constipation, cough, coughing up blood, deafness, decreased sex drive, depression, diabetes, difficult or labored breathing, difficulty swallowing, dizziness, dry mouth, ear infection, eye pain, fainting, fever, fluid retention, "flu-like"symptoms, flushing, gallstones, gas, general feeling of illness, gout, hair loss, hallucinations, heart attack, hiccups, high blood pressure, high or low blood sugar, hives, impotence, increased appetite, increased salivation, indigestion, infection, inflammation of the esophagus or mouth, inflammation of the stomach lining, itching, kidney problems, kidney stones, loss of appetite, low blood pressure, memory loss, menstrual problems, muscle, bone, or joint pain, nervousness, nosebleeds, paralysis, pneumonia, prickling, tingling or pins and needles, rash, rectal hemorrhage, rectal and bladder spasms, ringing in ears, shock, sore throat, stomach and intestinal hemorrhage, stroke, taste alteration, thirst, throbbing heartbeat, thyroid problems, visual disturbances, vomiting blood, weakness, weight gain or loss, wheezing, yeast infection"Why should this drug not be prescribed:
Avoid Prevacid if you have ever had an allergic reaction to it."Special warnings about this medication:
Do not take Prevacid any longer than your doctor has prescribed; this medication should not be used for long-term therapy of duodenal ulcer or erosive esophagitis.If you have liver disease, be sure your doctor knows about it. Prevacid should be used cautiously.
If you do not begin to feel better on Prevacid therapy, or if your symptoms become worse, be sure to call your doctor.
Prevacid has not effect on stomach cancer. It could be present even if Prevacid relieves your symptoms.
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