If there is one thing profound about the medicines that we use every single day is that they all have some harmful or not so harmful aftereffects. If there is something even more interesting it is that although all these drugs have harmful effects, not all human beings will get these horrible symptoms. The same thing applies to the Omeprazole side effects. Omeprazole, known most commonly as sodium bicarbonate is normally prescribed to treat ulcers and or infection of the stomach. It normally takes about four to eight weeks to treat the ulcers and ten to twenty eight days to cure infected pylori of the stomach. The Omeprazole side effects in question are therefore aftereffects that arise from its long term use.
The most common Omeprazole side effects that are seen in about one of each five patients using it are diarrhea and or vomiting. There are however rare cases in which there will be more adverse or simply more quantitatively manifesting symptoms. One must bear in mind also that the form, powder, capsule, tablet or suspension, does not in anyway influence the Omeprazole side effects that one is vulnerable to.
HEPATIC
For those rare cases that the Omeprazole effects are much more than just diarrhea and vomiting and seem to persist, the body systems that will be affected are widely varied. One of the most rarely affected of these systems would be the cardiovascular system. Should the cardiovascular system be affected however the Omeprazole side effects would be angina and varied cardiac arrhythmia.
One of the most occurring Omeprazole effects when it comes to the body systems is on the gastrointestinal system. Omeprazole has been seen to change the pH in the stomach by raising the amount of gastrin that is produced. This if kept up for a very long time then rarely, almost one out of ten cases of people being treated with 20-40mg daily would have to deal with its aftereffects. The Omeprazole side effects that would occur would be stomach polyposis. A stomach polyp is a benign growth that protrudes out over the stomach mucosa. Most of these cases of stomach polyposis will even go undetected for a very long time because when they make you feel anything you would probably regard it as a stomach upset. There are some times when these stomach polyposis caused by the Omeprazole side effects would be cancerous but this is a one in a million occurrence.
The Omeprazole side effects on the endocrine system are also not a very common occurrence. When there are aftereffects affecting this system they would lead to breast tenderness and enlargement. If the case is very severe then one might have gynecomastia. This however is very rare too.
If the Omeprazole side effects get to attack the hepatic system then these would be very fatal. Patients have been known to die from fatal fulminate hepatic failure due to the elevations in serum transaminases and bilirubin. As with the rest this will hardly ever occur but if it does it must be countered as soon as possible to avoid the loss of a life.
The rest of the Omeprazole effects that are still left are the rarest and doctors can go whole careers without seeing them occurring in their patients during treatment with this drug. For example the after effects of Omeprazole on the blood system would be hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. To the psychological system we would have the Omeprazole side effects ranging from depression and nervousness to hallucinations. Others may have insomnia and dream disturbance because they have anxiety.
The Side Effects of Omeprazole HEPATIC
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