Talk:Omeprazole

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I removed the comment about Salmonella, because it doesn't usually infect the upper gastrointestinal tract does it? Also, PPIs don't completely stop gastric acid secretion. Techelf 11:55, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I have a problem with the "it is falsely believed" part about allegations that AstraZeneca developed Nexium to mitigate the financial hit from Prilosec's going generic.

The article on esomeprazole (Nexium) reports a live controversy on the subject, linking a New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell.

So, anyone with more expertise -- should that language be altered to make it more neutral? --Andersonblog 21:42, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


I also have a problem with the "it is falsely believed" part. Although Nexium may consist only of the active enantiomers, I'm not sure that this is clinically significant. In other words, Nexium may be more potent an agent in decreasing acid production, but a patient taking Nexium will show no significant clinical difference from a patient taking Prilosec. Prilosec may not be as efficient, but it still gets the job done. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.35.79.70 (talk • contribs) 07:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC).


Valpopa's edits leave a sentence fragment, in addition to providing no citation and not clearly relating to the preceeding text (at least as far as I am able to understand). Should they just be reverted? Ysth 23:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Please, we all know that all drug company look for a way to slightly change the formula of a drug so that they can sell it for another 7 year as non generic! Wake up!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.242.44 (talk) 15:07, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Side effects

Does anyone know of any side effects? --204.49.34.2 12:41, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Will add to the article. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:26, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Added. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:36, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad grammar

"While it has been proven that only enantiomers in the "active" form are effective and others are not, due to the fact that the type of cytochrome which metabolizes the drug." There is no main clause in this sentence. Does the writer mean "It has been proven that only enantiomers in the "active" form are effective because of the type of cytochrome which metabolizes the drug"? If this does not alter the meaning it would be a more elegant way of expressing it. A.McMillan.

Calm down. --Haizum μολὼν λαβέ 23:24, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
If the original comment was too excited, I may need to adjust my own meds. This passage was improved by an edit from GngstrMNKY on 7 Oct 2007. MaxEnt 03:19, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hangover

Would it be unethical to mention in this article how good this drug is at treating the common alcohol 'hangover'? One of these the night before and then another in the morning and I'm right as rain. 81.106.138.53 (talk) 22:10, 1 January 2008 (UTC)