Pantoprazole is proton pump inhibitor with actions and uses similar to those of omeprazole. It is given as sodium salt but doses are expressed in terms of the base. Pantoprazole sodium 11.28 mg is equivalent to about 10 mg of pantoprazole. Once-daily doses should be taken in the morning in the treatment of: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; peptic ulcer disease; prophylaxis for NSAID-associated ulceration; in the treatment of pathological hypersecretory states such as the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
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