Prescription Drug Index
PRILOSEC
This is a Brand Name Prescription Drug
Prilosec
Pronounced: PRY-low-sek
Generic name: Omeprazole
Please see Canadian Equivalent Trade Name: LOSEC
Prilosec is prescribed for the short-term treatment (4 to 8 weeks) of stomach ulcer duodenal ulcer (near the exit from the stomach) and erosive esophagitis (inflammation of the esophagus) and for the treatment of heartburn and other symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (backflow of acid stomach contents into the canal leading to the stomach). It is also used to maintain healing of erosive esophagitis and for the long-term treatment of conditions in which too much stomach acid is secreted including Zollinger-Ellison syndrome multiple endocrine adenomas (benign tumors) and systemic mastocytosis (cancerous cells).
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