Description
Esomeprazole injection helps to treat stomach problems caused by too much acid. This medicine is for treating acid reflux in adults and children over 1 month old for up to 10 days. GERD is a problem where stomach acid goes up into the oesophagus. This medicine is also used to reduce the chance of bleeding again in patients with a stomach or small intestine ulcer after having a special kind of exam called an endoscopy. Esomeprazole Injection helps reduce stomach acid. It works by reducing the stomach’s acid production.
How To Use Esomeprazole Injection?
- A nurse or another trained doctor will give this medicine to you or your child at a hospital or doctor’s office. It is given by putting a needle in your vein.
- It might take a few days for this medicine to start helping with stomach pain. To reduce the pain, you can take antacids with esomeprazole unless your doctor says not to.
- Your doctor will give you some of this medicine until you feel better, and then give you a pill that does the same thing.
Benefits Of Esomeprazole Injection
Here are some important benefits of getting esomeprazole injection:
Rapid Onset Of Action: Esomeprazole injection works faster than esomeprazole taken by mouth. The IV administration allows the drug to be absorbed quickly and start working faster.
Better Absorption: The injectable esomeprazole is more easily absorbed by the body than the oral form. This means that it can have more reliable and predictable effects when used for treatment.
Effective Acid Supression: Esomeprazole injection helps to reduce the amount of acid in the stomach. It can be used to treat problems like acid reflux, stomach ulcers, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Convenient Administration: Esomeprazole can be given as a shot to patients who can’t take tablets, like people who are very sick, have trouble swallowing, or feel sick to their stomach.
Better symptom control: Esomeprazole injection works quickly and reduces acid in the body, which helps patients feel better faster.
Flexibity in Dosing: Esomeprazole injection can be given continuously through a vein or as a quick injection, depending on what the patient needs.
Good for Sudden Illness: Esomeprazole that can be injected is helpful for treating sudden conditions, like when the stomach lining gets damaged from stress and needs to be immediately protected from acid.
Side Effects
- dry mouth
- dizziness
- Pain, edema, itchiness, or redness around the injection site in men, as well as trouble getting or keeping an erection
- headache
- nausea
- diarrhea
- gas
- constipation
Precautions
- Tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to esomeprazole or any similar medications. Also let them know if you are allergic to any of the ingredients in esomeprazole injection.
- Some medicines should not be used with esomeprazole injection. Other drugs might require adjustments in the amount taken or more frequent monitoring when used alongside esomeprazole injection. Before you start taking esomeprazole injection, talk to your doctor and pharmacist about the medications you are using or planning to use. Before you start, stop, or change any medications while using esomeprazole injection, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
- Make sure to tell your doctor and pharmacist about any medications you are taking before you start getting esomeprazole injection. Do not take any of these medications while getting an esomeprazole injection without talking to your doctor first.
- Do tell your doctor if you are nursing a baby, trying to conceive, or are already pregnant.
- Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or breastfeeding. If you get pregnant while taking esomeprazole injection, talk to your doctor.
- If you are 70 years old or older, talk to your doctor about the good and bad parts of using esomeprazole injection.
- Unless your doctor says otherwise, keep eating the way you usually do.
