- 1 Ask your doctor
to write NEXIUM and “dispense as written” on the prescription. - 2 Make sure
your pharmacist fills your prescription with Brand-Name NEXIUM. The medication name on the prescription bottle should be NEXIUM.
CHOOSE BRAND-NAME NEXIUM
The "Purple Pill": #1 Prescribed Branded Medication of Its Class Since 2001[1]
ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR BRAND-NAME NEXIUM
It is important to know that not all medications, branded or generics, work the same for all patients.
Make sure that your doctor prescribes Brand-Name NEXIUM, and that your pharmacist gives you Brand-Name NEXIUM. NEXIUM 40 mg is only available with a prescription.
2 STEPS TO GET BRAND-NAME NEXIUM
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BRAND-NAME NEXIUM
NEXIUM Delayed-Release Capsules
Prescriptions available in 20 mg and 40 mg doses.
Once-daily dosing by mouth, at least 1 hour before a meal.[*] [†]
Two dark purple colour capsules with variable sizes and text help in differentiating the 20 mg capsule from the 40 mg capsule. A 20 mg capsule is smaller in size with imprinted “Nexium 20 mg” on the lower side and has two bold lines encircle on the other half of the capsule in yellow. A 40 mg capsule is slightly larger in size with imprinted “Nexium 40 mg” on the lower side and three lines encircling the other half of the capsule in yellow.
A silver rectangular unit dose packet imprinted with “PACKETS Nexium® (esomeprazole magnesium) for Delayed-Release Oral Suspension” and AstraZeneca logo purple.* ^ Please see full Prescribing Information or Medication Guide.
† ^ Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (ZES) has a twice-daily dosing schedule.
