A selective and irreversible proton pump inhibitor (PPIs)
Used for:
- Duodenal & gastric ulcer
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- pathologic GI hypersecretory conditions eg, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
- To prevent gastric bleeding from stress or patients receiving NSAIDs
- combination with clarithromycin or amoxicillin & clarithromycin for duodenal ulcer associated with H. pylori.