Tablet
20 mg
Dosage Forms
Uses
Dose and Duration
Peptic ulcer
Adult: 20 mg every 12 hours for 4 weeks; increase dose to 40 mg in severe or recurrent case
Gastric ulcer
Adult: 20 mg once daily for 8 weeks; increase dose to 40 mg in severe or recurrent case
NSAID- induced ulcers, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
Adult and child > 20kg: 20 mg once daily for 4 weeks, continue for 8 weeks if not fully healed
Child > 1 year (10–20 kg): 10 mg once daily increased if necessary to 20 mg
H.pylori eradication (in combination with two antibiotics)
20 mg every 12 hours for 1 week
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (specialist use only)
Adult: initially 60 mg once daily. Usual dose range, 20–120 mg daily. Uses above 80 mg should be given in 2 divided doses