Pantoprazole- Uses, Side effects, Warnings, Brands

Introduction:

Pantoprazole (Full Name: Pantoprazole Sodium) is a very well know medicine for the treatment of acidity and gas. Normally it’s available in capsule and tablet in India. Pantoprazole is available with the combination of domperidone, levosulpiride, itopride.

Pantoprazole is a proton pump inhibitor that means it reduce the acid production in the stomach by blocking hydrogen/potassium adenosine triphosphatase enzyme. In this way it helps to treat excess gastric acid-related diseases of like hyperacidity, gas, heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD), and peptic ulcer disease.

Hope you easily understand how omeprazole reduces acidity in stomach.

Uses:

Pantoprazole used for the treatment of acidity and gas.
It’s used for the treatment of gastric ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome.
It’s prescribed with pain killer medicines to balance the acidity in stomach.

Side effects:

Nausea
Vomiting
headache
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Dizziness
Upper respiratory infection
Constipation

Warnings or precautions:

Vitamin B12 deficiency: Long term use of omeprazole may decrease the absorption of Vitamin B12 in the body.
Hypomagnesemia: Long term use of omeprazole may decreases the magnesium levels in the blood (hypomagnesemia).
Bone fractures: Long term use of omeprazole may decreases the calcium density in bone.

Interaction:

Drug Interaction:

Digoxin
Itraconazole
Erlotinib
Nelfinavir
Rilpivirine

Pantoprazole Capsules or Tabet Brands Available in India:

Brand Name	Available doses	Company
Pan	20mg, 40mg, 80mg	Alkem Laboratories Ltd
Pantakind	20mg, 40mg	Mankind Pharma Ltd
Pantodac	20mg, 40mg	Zydus Cadila
Pactocid	20mg, 40mg, 80mg	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Pansec	20mg, 40mg, 80mg	Cipla Ltd
Nupenta	40mg	Macleods Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd
Etuser	40mg	Pfizer Ltd
Pantocalm	40mg	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Zylpan	40mg	Hetero Drugs Ltd

Referances: Pubmed id- 27840364, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov