This person is taking famotidine 20mg plus omerprazole 20mg is it not applied for the same thing, heartburn or acid reflux
Can a patient take Famotidine and omeprazole for reflux and heartburn or is it too much?
Question posted by YCHUCHIES on 22 Aug 2011
Last updated on 6 May 2015 by GI GIRL
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Both medicines are used to treat heartburn but they work in slightly different ways.
Famotidine belongs to a class of drugs called H2 blockers. These drugs cause the stomach to make less acid. They are effective in patients with mild to moderate heartburn.
Omeprazole belongs to a class of drugs called proton pump inhibitors. Proton pump inhibitors shut off the stomach's acid production and are very effective for more severe symptoms but can take longer to work.
Proton pump inhibitors should not be combined with an H2 blocker. The H2 blocker can prevent the proton pump inhibitor from working
https://www.drugs.com/health-guide/gastroesophageal-reflux-disease-gerd.html
Omeprazole is a PPI a proton pump inhibitor they turn off the pumps in the stomach that make acid which causes the symptoms of GERD reflux indigestion burning pain Pepcid,Zantac Tagamet are H2 blockers they block the acid made by the cells of the stomach. They are in different
drug categories. Pepcid acts faster so takeone 60 mins before a meal and or at bedtime or if ur having a severe episode of burning stabbing Indigestion. The Omeprazole is generic Prilosec other PPI are Nexium
Prevacid they take longer to work and last longer so both will help. If it doesn't get better in 2-3 months and it feels like food is
cause ulcers they just make ulcers worse. I am a RN I worked in The GI field for 20 years. I hope this info is helpful.
I was told by my GI to take omeprazole in the morning for the day symptoms, and Famotidine in the evening for the night\early morning symptoms. So, it IS ok to take both.
That sounds like a good idea. I was taking pepsid in tne morning but will switch it to night
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