Indications & Dose:

Indicated in patients 12 years of age and older for:

• Healing of all grades of erosive esophagitis (EE) for up to eight weeks.

• Maintaining healing of EE and relief of heartburn for up to six months.

• The treatment of heartburn associated with symptomatic non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for four weeks.

• DOSAGE: 30mg once daily for up to 8 weeks

Contraindications:

• In patients with known hypersensitivity to dexlansoprazole or to any excipient of the product. 

• With rilpivirine-containing products. 

• In patients with severe hepatic impairment.

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Side Effects Or Adverse Reactions:

Common Diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, upper respiratory tract infection, vomiting and flatulence.

• Less Common Anemia, lymphadenopathy, angina, arrhythmia, bradycardia, chest pain, edema, myocardial infarction, palpitation, tachycardia, ear pain, tinnitus, vertigo, goiter, eye irritation, eye swelling, abdominal discomfort, abdominal tenderness, abnormal feces, anal discomfort, Barrett’s esophagus, bezoar, abnormal bowel sounds, breath odor, colitis microscopic, colonic polyp, constipation, dry mouth, duodenitis, dyspepsia, dysphagia, enteritis, eructation, esophagitis, gastric polyp, gastritis, gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal disorders, gastrointestinal hypermotility disorders, GERD, GI ulcers and perforation, hematemesis, hematochezia, hemorrhoids, impaired gastric emptying, irritable bowel syndrome, mucus stools, oral mucosal blistering, painful defecation, proctitis, paresthesia oral, rectal hemorrhage, retching, asthenia, chest pain, chills, feeling abnormal, inflammation, mucosal inflammation, nodule, pain, pyrexia, biliary colic, cholelithiasis, hepatomegaly, hypersensitivity, candida infections, influenza, nasopharyngitis, oral herpes, pharyngitis, sinusitis

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