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Prevacid and Your Child

Ask your healthcare provider about Prevacid.

Prevacid is the #1 acid-blocker medicine prescribed by pediatric gastroenterologists,* specialists in childhood GERD. Prevacid is approved to treat children with GERD (acid reflux disease) as young as 12 months of age.

When taken every day as prescribed, Prevacid can help relieve GERD symptoms in children. These symptoms can include:
  • Throwing up
  • Heartburn
  • Burping
  • Stomachaches
  • Cranky or sick feelings at mealtime
  • Trouble swallowing
  • Coughing
Prevacid relieves the symptoms associated with GERD in children. It also helps heal the damage acid may have caused to your child's esophagus. Individual results may vary. If your child has any of the symptoms of GERD, talk with your healthcare provider, and ask if Prevacid is right for him or her.

Prevacid is easy to take.

Prevacid is taken once a day before a meal. If Prevacid is right for your child, your healthcare provider will tell you how much Prevacid your child should take each day and for how long it needs to be taken. Treatment with Prevacid usually lasts 8 or 12 weeks, depending on your child's age. If Prevacid is not taken every day as prescribed, it may not heal the damage to your child's esophagus.

There are lots of ways to give your child Prevacid.

Children have different needs when it comes to taking medicine. That's why there are more ways for your child to take Prevacid than any other medicine like it.

Prevacid® SoluTab™ (lansoprazole) is a strawberry-flavored tablet that melts in your child's mouth. No water, no messy spills—easy for them and easy for you!

* Based on IMS Xponent, February 2006.
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Important Safety and Other Information:
Once-daily prescription PREVACID is approved for GERD in children aged 1-17 years. Individual results may vary. Prevacid Capsules and Prevacid® SoluTab (lansoprazole) Orally Disintegrating Tablets are not for everyone. You should not take Prevacid if you are allergic to Prevacid or any of its ingredients. Prevacid has a low occurrence of side effects in adults and children including diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, dizziness, constipation, and headache. Symptom relief does not rule out other serious stomach conditions. Before taking Prevacid, tell your doctor if you are taking ampicillin, atazanavir, digoxin, iron, ketoconazole, or warfarin.

Please see the accompanying  complete prescribing information for Prevacid and talk with your child’s healthcare provider.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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