Esomeprazole Normon Dosage/Direction for Use

Esomeprazole NORMON can be given to children and adolescents aged 1-18 years and adults, including elderly.
Adults: The usual dose is 20 mg or 40 mg once a day.
If patient has severe liver problems, the maximum dose for GERD is 20 mg a day.
The medicine will be given as an injection or infusion into one of the veins. This will last for up to 30 minutes.
For healing of gastric ulcers associated with NSAID therapy the usual dose is 20 mg once daily. For prevention of gastric and duodenal ulcers associated with NSAID therapy, patients at risk should be treated with 20 mg once daily.
The usual dose for prevention of rebleeding of gastric or duodenal ulcer is 80 mg administered as intravenous infusion over 30 minutes followed by a continuous infusion of 8 mg/hr given over 3 days. If patient has severe liver problems, a continuous infusion of 4 mg/hr given over 3 days may be sufficient.
Children aged 1-18 years: For children 1-11 years, the usual dose is 10 or 20 mg given once a day.
For children 12-18 years, the usual dose is 20 or 40 mg given once a day.
The medicine will be given as an injection or infusion into a vein. This will last up to 30 minutes.