The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
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April 30, 2001
                		
                	Esomeprazole (Nexium)
					
					
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Esomeprazole (Nexium)
April 30, 2001 (Issue: 1103)
					Esomeprazole magnesium (Nexium - AstraZeneca), the S-isomer of omeprazole (Prilosec), is the fifth benzimidazole proton pump inhibitor to become available in the United States. Omeprazole, which was the first, is going off patent this...more
 
        			
        			
					
					
					
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