Canadian Pharmacy Blog

Rabeprazole tablet (Aciphex®, Eisai Medical Research), a proton pump inhibitor, has been approved for a new indication: seven-day treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. Other currently approved regimens require 10 to 14 days of proton pump inhibitor treatment. In a multicenter test, Aciphex drug, along with generic amoxicillin and clarithromycin, eradicated H. pylori infection in 84% [...]

ACIPHEX (rabeprazole Sodium) is a prescription medication that was discovered and developed by Eisai and is copromoted in the United States with PriCara(R), a Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. This gerd medication is used in adults for the short-term (4 to 8 weeks) treatment of damaging (erosive) Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), for the treatment of [...]