Treat diseases yourself with omeprazole

Treat diseases themselves, but surely
Non-prescription medications should be taken with caution and only after consultation with the pharmacy. Things to watch

Whether or cough Kopschmerztablette: medications wisely
Pharmacists are curious? Or why they want to know what  omeprazole to someone else does, but only of a headache or something needs funds for heartburn? To calm: curiosity, it is not what drives them, but interest in the welfare of the customers. Even prescription drugs can be misused or cause problems when the patient swallows also other drugs. That this actually happens quite often, shows an observational study of the Bavarian Chamber of Pharmacists (BLAK) from the year 2011. For one month, 96 pharmacies were documented, which medicines to take their customers and what types of interactions result.

So one could evaluate data including 24,000 of 21,000 customers, with 5272 interactions were identified in 3347 customers. In 405 cases could be attributed to prescription drugs. "The most common were analgesics and mineral preparations involved," says Vice President Ulrich BLAK Koczian. "Among other painkillers reduce the effect of blood pressure lowering drugs. Magnesium and calcium reduce the blood levels of thyroid hormones. "

Gastro-protective drugs such as omeprazole are prescribed like candy

Not so harmless drugs that are given to protect the stomach, have much more in the long term side effects than previously thought.

The current status is of concern: stomach-protecting drugs are prescribed and administered as candy. "It can not be true, get that up to the hospital 90Prozent patients prescribed a stomach protection. This is a Europe-wide problem, "Martina Andi sealed, Clinical Pharmacist criticized the Vienna Danube Hospital, at this year's summer academy of the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists.

Protection against gastric protection Hype

One would have the patient actually offer protection against this stomach-protective hype, because "taken for a long time, these drugs have a lot more side effects than previously thought," says the expert to report on the PPI. PPI is called proton pump inhibitors, and proton pump inhibitors. They inhibit the formation of stomach acid (pH increases) and in diseases such as peptic ulcer or reflux esophagitis (heartburn) prescribed, but more often as a protection from gastrointestinal bleeding caused by other drugs (especially pain medications). Active ingredients include omeprazole, pantoprazole or lansoprazole, which are sold under various names in the trade.