Medicines that stop the stomach’s acid pump. Examples are omeprazole (oh-MEH-prah-zol) (Prilosec) and lansoprazole (lan-SOH-prah-zol) (Prevacid).
A drug that blocks gastric acid secretion; used to treat ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
A drug which suppresses the final stage of gastric acid secretion by the proton pump in the gastric mucosa.
Antiulcer drugs used to treat peptic ulcers, esophageal reflux (in which stomach acid backs up into the esophagus, causing painful heartburn), and diseases in which too much acid is released into the stomach. Proton pump inhibitors block the production of stomach acid by inhibiting the proton pump, the system that gastric cells use for making stomach acid. Proton pump inhibitors are usually taken before meals.
These are drugs that inhibit the production of acid in the stomach by blocking a key enzyme system, known as the proton pump, of the parietal cells of the stomach. The drugs include omeprazole, lansoprazole and pantoprazole, and they are the treatment of choice for oesophagitis (erosion and stricture); for the short-term treatment for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer; and, in combination with antibiotics, for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori.
Any of a class of medications that eliminate acid production in the stomach. Drugs from this class are used to treat peptic ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and related disorders. Omeprazole and lansoprazole are members of this drug class.
An ulcer-healing medication, like omeprazole, employed for treating peptic ulcers.