PROTON- PUMP INHIBITOR (PPI)

PPI ARE MEDICINES THAT WORKS BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF STOMACH ACID MADE BY GLANDS IN THE LINING OF YOUR STOMACH.

USES:- 

PPI ARE USED TO :-

A. RELIEVE SYMPTOMS OF ACID REFLUX, OR GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE(GERD).

THIS IS A CONDITION IN WHICH FOOD OR LIQUID MOVES UP FORM THE STOMACH TO THE RSOPHAGUS{ the tube from the mouth to the stomach}.

B. TREAT DUODENAL OR STOMACH ULCER {GASRTRIC ULCER}.

C. TREAT DAMAGE LOWER ESOPHAGUS CAUSED BY ACID REFLUX.

TYPES OF PPI:-

• OMEPRAZOLE
• ESOMEPRAZOLE
• RABEPRAZOLE
• DEXLANSOPRAZOLE

HOW TO TAKE PPI?

Ans/- PPI ARE TAKEN BY MOUTH. THEY ARE AVAILABLE AS TABLETS OR CAPSULES. COMMONLY THESE MEDICINES ARE TAKEN 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY.

SIDE EFFECTS ARE RARE IN THIS PPI.