The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved NEXIUM® delayed release capsules in children ages 12 to 17 for the short-term treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). NEXIUM was tested in adolescents ages 12 to 17 in a randomized, double-blind parallel group study in which a total of 149 patients, ages 12 to 17, with clinically diagnosed GERD were treated with either NEXIUM 20mg or NEXIUM 40 mg once a day for up to eight weeks. Reported side effects included headache,...
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The FDA recently approved the use of Nexium in children down to age one year. What does this mean for kids and how will it change the way... Read more »
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Is it acid reflux or bile reflux? Q: I had been experiencing a lot of heartburn but that seems to have decreased with Nexium. I still... Read more »
An acid reflux sufferer has a problem paying for prescription Nexium, so his doctor has recommended over-the-counter Prilosec instead. Now the... Read more »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected two drug applications meant to extend the patent protection on AstraZeneca's Nexium. One... Read more »
The acid-reflux drug Nexium does not help ease asthma symptoms in patients who do not have heartburn, researchers report. Doctors have prescribed the... Read more »
A new study suggests that esomeprazole (Nexium) may be as effective in treating symptoms of chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease as laparoscopic... Read more »
A new study funded by Nexium maker AstraZeneca has found that Nexium is more effective than Prevacid at maintaining healing in patients with erosive... Read more »