Can I take prevacid if I'm 14?!


Question: Can I take prevacid if I'm 14?
When I just turned 14 my dr told me to take OTC prevacid but we never bought it because it said only for 18+. then I switched doctors and she perscribed me a new acid med but insurance didn't approve it so she told me to take OTC prevacid and to ignore what it says about age on ALL acid meds. If that's true, why is there an age limitation anyway?

Answers:

I hope your started out with Tums or something like that to control your heartburn. Prevacid is for serious heartburn. The kind that hurts almost constantly.

Please start with Tums or Tums dual action. If that isn't enough, the next step would be pepcid and then zantac.

Prevacid can cause a lot of side effects, that's why they say 18+.

Acid Reflux to me is the same as heartburn. omeprazole is almost the same thing as prevacid.
Well, I guess you've been through a lot of medicines. But the proton pump inhibitors do have the most side effects.



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