GERD		Esomeprazole
Acid Reflux; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD); Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease; Gastroesophageal ...		Nexium

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Esomeprazole decreases the amount of acid produced in the stomach Esomeprazole is used to treat ulcers gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD or heartburn erosive esophagitis and other

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CONCLUSION In patients with moderate to severe GERD treatment with pantoprazole 40 mg and esomeprazole 40 mg led to low symptom load values within 4 weeks of treatment

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One easy conclusion that most of you know from your clinical practice is that these PPIs are very effective and secondly you can achieve similar results with any of them in most patients Slide 3 Healing of Erosive Esophagitis You also know the so called son of omeprazole or esomeprazole the second generation of PPIs is an active isomer of the omeprazole drug If you

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6 Satisfactory Heartburn Relief With Rabeprazole 20 mg Daily We can look at the Fass trial in which patients had EE and you can see this dramatic relief of symptoms in the first day Slide 7 First Day Complete Heartburn Relief With Rabeprazole Esomeprazole and Omeprazole This is a summary of studies that looked at responses to therapy first day complete heartburn

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If you have GERD the abbreviation for gastro oesophageal reflux disease also known as acid reflux disease the LES opens at inappropriate times allowing harsh stomach acid to

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and it shows differences between these drugs The difficulty with this study is that they ve pulled patients from different trials and these different trials aren t one on one trials Slide 8 Early Response in Erosive Esophagitis Esomeprazole and Omeprazole As we look at esomeprazole and omeprazole we have 2 trials that are represented They re both similar There s

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mg Here you have the data baseline day 1 day 5 On each of the 2 days rabeprazole 20 mg is better than esomeprazole 20 mg In equimolar doses rabeprazole is superior to esomeprazole Slide 31 Antisecretory Effect of RAB 10 mg vs ESO 20 mg Gastric pH Metry Slide 32 Antisecretory Effect of RAB 10 mg vs ESO 20 mg Gastric pH Metry on Day 1 The argument is maybe you should

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at 40 mg on day 1 and omeprazole at 20 mg at day 1 and then at day 7 and there s improved rapid onset with esomeprazole At the end of the 7 days they are essentially the same Slide 9 Symptom Relief in Erosive Esophagitis Patients Standard Dose RAB 20 mg vs High Dose OME 40 mg Daytime Symptoms Slide 10 Symptom Relief in Erosive Esophagitis Patients

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more difficult Rabeprazole and lansoprazole have a more rapid onset of relief than omeprazole and pantoprazole in the first few days of therapy Esomeprazole is more rapid than omeprazole Slide 6 Satisfactory Heartburn Relief With Rabeprazole 20 mg Daily We can look at the Fass trial in which patients had EE and you can see this dramatic relief of symptoms in the first day

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Slide 28 pH Studies RAB vs ESO Slide 29 Antisecretory Effect of RAB 20 mg vs ESO 20 mg Gastric pH Metry Now we have this new PPI esomeprazole ESO on graphics and it is important that

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of patients who were still in remission was about 34 Obviously those who received omeprazole 20 mg showed more success in maintaining remission than those who received H2 blockers Slide 14 Life Table Analysis of Time to Discontinuation of On Demand Therapy With Esomeprazole 20 mg or Placebo This is another study that looks at esomeprazole This is a life table

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relation to placebo But you will understand why because the mean daily antacid intake was higher significantly higher in the placebo group as compared to those who received esomeprazole Slide 15 Laparoscopic Fundoplication for Nonerosive Reflux Disease Compared to Erosive Esophagitis Misinformed application in patients with NERD as compared to EE this is a question that

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nearly identical while a major difference is observed when you compare day 1 and day 5 results with esomeprazole Therefore repeated dosing of esomeprazole massively changes the plasma AUC Slide 12 Hepatic Clearance of IV Esomeprazole Is Reduced Following 5 Days of Oral Dosing With 40 mg d Another experiment shows that the hepatic clearance of intravenous IV esomeprazole is

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