Take this medication exactly as it was prescribed for you. Do not take the medication in
larger amounts, or take it for longer than recommended by your doctor. Follow the directions on
your prescription label.
delayed-release capsule. Swallow
the pill whole. It is specially made to release medicine slowly in the body. Breaking or opening
the pill would cause too much of the drug to be released at one time.
If you are unable to swallow a delayed-release capsule whole: Open the capsule and
sprinkle the medicine into a spoonful of pudding, applesauce, yogurt, cottage cheese, strained
pears, or a nutritional drink such as Ensure. Swallow this mixture right away without chewing.
Do not save the mixture for later use. Discard the empty capsule.
You may also dissolve the medicine from a lansoprazole capsule in 2 ounces (1/4 cup) of
apple juice, orange juice, or tomato juice. Stir this mixture and drink all of it right away. To
make sure you get the entire dose, add a little more juice to the same glass, swirl gently and drink
right away.
Dissolve the oral granules in 2 tablespoons of water. Use only water
when mixing lansoprazole oral granules. Stir this mixture and drink all of it right away. To
make sure you get the entire dose, add a little more water to the same glass, swirl gently and
drink right away.
To take lansoprazole orally disintegrating tablet: Use dry hands to
remove the tablet and place it in your mouth. It will begin to dissolve right away. Allow the
tablet to dissolve in your mouth without chewing, swallowing several times as it dissolves.
The lansoprazole orally disintegrating tablet may be taken with an oral syringe as follows:
Place the dry tablet into a 15-milliliter oral syringe and draw 10 milliliters of water into the
syringe. Shake until the tablet is dissolved and then empty the syringe into your mouth. Refill
the syringe with water, shake gently, and empty into your mouth.
The disintegrating tablet can also be given through a nasogastric (NG) feeding tube as
follows: Place a 15-milligram tablet in a syringe and draw up 4 milliliters of water (or 10
milliliters of water if using a 30-milligram tablet). Shake until the tablet is dissolved. Attach the
syringe to the NG tube and push the plunger down to empty the syringe into the tube. Then flush
the tube with more water to wash the contents down.
It is important to use lansoprazole regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription
refilled before you run out of medicine completely.
Take this medication for the entire length of time prescribed by your doctor. Your
symptoms may get better before your treatment is completed.
Store lansoprazole at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
What happens if I miss a dose?
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose,
skip the missed dose and take the medicine at the next regularly scheduled time. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
What happens if I overdose?
Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have used too much of this
medicine.
An overdose of lansoprazole is not expected to produce life-threatening symptoms.
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