• Store at room temperature.
• Protect from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.
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• If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.
• Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
• Most medicines can be thrown away in household trash after mixing with coffee grounds or kitty litter and sealing in a plastic bag.
• Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
• Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or in Canada to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program at 1-866-234-2345.
• Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
• If you need Zegerid OTC™ for more than 14 days in a row or if you need to take again before 4 months, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have high bicarbonate levels, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have low calcium levels, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have low potassium levels, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you are on a low-salt diet (contains salt), talk with healthcare provider.
• Use caution if you have risk factors for osteoporosis (alcohol use, cigarette smoking, other family members with osteoporosis, taking medicines to treat seizures, taking steroids).
• Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
• Avoid alcohol (includes wine, beer, and liquor).
• Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.
• Low potassium level. Signs include feeling tired, weak, numbness, or tingling; muscle cramps; constipation; vomiting; or fast heartbeat.
• Headache.
• Diarrhea.
• Hip, spine, or wrist fractures may rarely occur.
• If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
• Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Severe dizziness or passing out.
• Severe belly pain.
• Severe diarrhea.
• Signs of low potassium.
• Severe swelling.
• Unusual bruising or bleeding.
• Severe bone pain.
• Any rash.
• No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
• This medicine does not mix well with some medicines. Serious reactions may occur. Check all medicines with healthcare provider.
• If you have an allergy to omeprazole, sodium bicarbonate, or any other part of this medicine.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
• Omeprazole prevents symptoms and damage to the gastrointestinal tract caused by stomach acid or infection.
• Sodium bicarbonate reduces stomach acid.
• Take this medicine 1 hour before a meal.
• Swallow capsule whole. Do not chew, break, or crush.
• A powder is available if you cannot swallow pills. Mix with 2 tablespoons of water and drink. Rinse with more water and drink.
• Those who have feeding tubes can also use the powder. Hold feeding 3 hours before and 1 hour after administering liquid from powder. Flush the feeding tube before and after medicine is given.
• Take a missed dose as soon as possible.
• If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and return to your regular schedule.
• Do not take a double dose or extra doses.
• Do not change dose or stop medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
• Follow up with healthcare provider.
• This medicine is used to prevent or treat gastrointestinal ulcers caused by infection.
• This medicine is used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease.
• This medicine is used to treat heartburn.
• This medicine is used to prevent or treat ulcers of the esophagus (swallowing tube).
