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Nexium® is a prescription drug used to treat heartburn caused by acid reflux disease.

How Long Does Nexium® Take to Work?

Nexium®, which should be taken one hour before a meal usually relieves symptoms immediately for 24 hours. Patients whose esophagus is damaged by continuous acid reflux should heal in four to eight weeks.

Nexium® Drug Facts:

• Nexium® is the prescription form of esomeprazole magnesium
• The medication disables the “proton pumps” in the cells of the stomach that produce acid
• Turning off the proton pumps reduces the amount of acid in the stomach and therefore the amount of acid that backs up into the esophagus (the tube running from the throat to the stomach)
• One pill daily often is enough to provide relief from esophageal reflux
• Possible Nexium® side effects in people 18 years of age and older may be headache, sleepiness, diarrhea, nausea, pain in the abdomen, gas, and dry mouth
• Severe impairment of the liver has been reported by some patients

Nexium® Drug Interactions

• Nexium® may affect the blood levels of drugs to treat HIV
• The drug manufacturer recommends Nexium® not be used in HIV patients taking atazanivir and nelfinavir
• In HIV patients taking saquinavir, the doctor should keep track of the possibility of drug toxicity and may wish to reduce the dose of saquinavir
• Nexium® may compromise the efficacy of drugs that are affected by the acidity in the stomach, including ketoconazole, iron salts, and digoxin
• Certain drugs may raise the levels of Nexium® in the blood
• Nexium® may adversely increase the levels of certain other drugs in the body, and in these cases the physician should consider lowering the dosage of Nexium®

Nexium® FDA Warning

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a safety announcement regarding Nexium® and its over-the-counter equivalents. After reviewing the results of seven epidemiological studies, the FDA cautioned there might be an increased risk of fractures of the hip, wrist, and spine in patients using proton pump inhibitors such as Nexium®.

The increased risk of fractures was seen primarily in patients 50 years of age and older. These patients constituted the majority of the people in the studies. The FDA announcement said it is not known exactly how the proton pump inhibitors such as Nexium® might cause fractures and that the dosage and duration of use of Nexium® and other such drugs might play a role.

Physicians were cautioned to closely monitor patients at increased risk of bone fractures

Although these findings were seen in epidemiological studies, the results of clinical trials conducted thus far have not shown such an increased risk of fracture. The FDA plans to follow up with long-term controlled clinical studies of women taking medications to control bone fractures who were or were not using Nexium® and similar compounds.

For more information, or if you would like legal assistance for an injury, contact our Nexium® lawyers today.