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Dexlansoprazole vs Omeprazole - What's the difference?

dexlansoprazole | omeprazole |

As nouns the difference between dexlansoprazole and omeprazole

is that dexlansoprazole is a proton pump inhibitor, the dextrorotatory enantiomer of lansoprazole, used to treat erosive oesophagitis and GERD while omeprazole is a benzimidazole, C17H19N3O3S, which is a proton pump inhibitor, taken to prevent the secretion of gastric acid.

dexlansoprazole

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia dexlansoprazole)
  • A proton pump inhibitor, the dextrorotatory enantiomer of lansoprazole, used to treat erosive oesophagitis and GERD.

    • omeprazole

    English

    (wikipedia omeprazole)

    Noun

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  • (pharmacology) A benzimidazole, C17H19N3O3S, which is a proton pump inhibitor, taken to prevent the secretion of gastric acid.
  • * 2001': The first successful drug of this class was '''omeprazole (sold under the trade name Losec®), and it helped to change the medium-sized Swedish pharmaceutical company Astra, which discovered it, into a major player in the pharmaceutical industry. — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 46)