18 Pill — WHITE OVAL, 9mm — Pantoprazole

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Imprint	18
Colour	WHITE
Shape	OVAL
Size	9
Strength	PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM 20 mg
Dosage form	Tablet, Delayed Release
Manufacturer	Golden State Medical Supply
NDC	51407-374
Schedule	—
Availability	—
Ingredients	PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM[PANTOPRAZOLE]

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The imprint "18" is a code stamped or printed on the tablet or capsule by the manufacturer, used to identify the drug, its strength and the maker.

Active ingredient

Pantoprazole

Uses and warnings

Contraindicated in patients with "known hypersensitivity to any component of the formulation." Key warnings: symptomatic response to therapy "does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy"; long-term/high-dose use may cause "malabsorption of cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12) caused by hypo- or achlorhydria"; carcinogenic effects (gastric carcinoid tumors) were observed in rodent studies, though "relevance of these findings to tumor development in humans is unknown." Tablets "SHOULD NOT BE SPLIT, CRUSHED OR CHEWED."

Pantoprazole sodium delayed-release tablets are indicated for: - Short-term treatment (up to 8 weeks) for "healing and symptomatic relief of erosive esophagitis" associated with GERD - Maintenance of healing of erosive esophagitis and "reduction in relapse rates of daytime and nighttime heartburn" - Long-term treatment of "pathological hypersecretory conditions, including Zollinger-Ellison syndrome."

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18 Pill — WHITE OVAL, 9mm — Pantoprazole

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