How to Use omeprazole in a Sentence

omeprazole

noun
  • The syrups were supposed to include the drug omeprazole, a common drug to treat acid reflux.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2019
  • For myself, even omeprazole is less than $5 - and so much less than OTC versions.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
  • The acid-reflux drug omeprazole (Prilosec) has no effect.
    Elizabeth Preston, The Cut, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The doctor gave him omeprazole for heartburn and Zofran for nausea.
    Casey Parks, OregonLive.com, 28 July 2017
  • No medicine is completely safe, but omeprazole (Prilosec) has been safely used for decades by many people.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 July 2022
  • Perrigo set up a subsidiary in Israel, with no employees and no offices, to buy the omeprazole.
    Jesse Drucker, New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • Many people who have been on omeprazole and similar powerful anti-ulcer drugs for years or decades do just fine if they are slowly tapered off the drug.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 July 2022
  • If Perrigo had bought omeprazole from a manufacturer and then sold the pills to customers in the United States, its profits would have resided in America.
    Jesse Drucker, New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • Omeprazole, which almost completely prevents the stomach from being able to make acid, is an effective treatment for some people, but most people do not need to be on omeprazole all the time.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Police also found marijuana and omeprazole in the apartment.
    Gwen Filosa, miamiherald, 21 May 2018
  • These drugs are sold under brand names such as Prilosec, Nexium, Protonix and Zegerid, along with generic versions such as omeprazole, lansoprazole and pantoprazole.
    Bradley J. Fikes, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2017
  • Some medicines, such as omeprazole and other proton pump inhibitors (acid-suppressing stomach medicines) reduce absorption.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Likewise, medications like famotidine (with brand names like Pepcid) and omeprazole (with brand names like Prilosec) can reduce stomach acid secretion.
    Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2023
  • These volunteers, who were not previously taking proton pump inhibitors, took the commonly used generic PPI omeprazole for 14 days.
    Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Calcium carbonate is not well-absorbed by people taking proton pump inhibitor medicines like omeprazole (Prilosec).
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2022
  • One group got two large capsules of curcumin, a naturally active component to turmeric and a dummy capsule, another got a small omeprazole capsule and two summy capsules four times a day, and the last group got omeprazole and turmeric capsules.
    Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Medications in this class include prescription and over-the-counter drugs like Prilosec (omeprazole), Prevacid (lansoprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole).
    Serena Gordon, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • There were also three prescription bottles for prednisone (anti-inflammatory), omeprazole (antacid) and lorazepam (anti-anxiety) in the hotel room.
    Nicole Moschella, ajc, 13 July 2017
  • The price of her generic version of Zegerid, which is manufactured by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, is significantly higher than the sum of the prices of its main ingredients: omeprazole and sodium bicarbonate.
    NBC News, 29 Dec. 2019
  • Autoimmune gastric atrophy, a bacterial infection (like H. pylori), bariatric surgery, and medicines that reduce stomach acid (like omeprazole) all reduce iron absorption.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2023
  • These are powerful acid-suppressing drugs such as esomeprazole (Nexium), lansoprazole (Prevacid) and omeprazole (Prilosec).
    Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Popular drugs in this class include omeprazole (Prilosec), esomeprazole (Nexium) and lansoprazole (Prevacid).
    Fox News, 5 July 2017
  • These accidental bactericides included proton-pump inhibitors such as omeprazole (used to treat acid reflux), calcium-channel blockers (to lower blood pressure), antihistamines, painkillers and antipsychotics.
    The Economist, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Immediately upon arriving at the clinic, they were fed intravenously and given cortisone to reduce inflammation, antibiotics to treat their infections, and a medication called omeprazole for their stomach ulcers.
    Nichole Sobecki, National Geographic, 21 Nov. 2019

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