Omeprazole
Active ingredient description
Omeprazole, a racemic mixture of two enantiomers reduces gastric acid secretion through a highly targeted mechanism of action. It is a specific inhibitor of the acid pump in the parietal cell. It is rapidly acting and provides control through reversible inhibition of gastric acid secretion with once daily dosing.
Medicine classification
This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:
Product monographs
Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):
Structural formula
Chemical formula: C₁₇H₁₉N₃O₃S
Molecular mass: 345.416 g/mol
3D molecular structure
External identifiers
Medicines
Omeprazole is an active ingredient of these brands:
United States (US)
Austria (AT)
- LOSEC
- OMEC HEXAL
- OMEPRALAN
- (combination) ARTHROCOMB
Brazil (BR)
Canada (CA)
Cyprus (CY)
- EZIPOL
- LOSEC
- MEDOPRAZOLE
- OFNIMAREX
- OMPRANYT
- PENRAZOL
- REMEPRAZOLE
- (combination) DICLODUO COMBI
Ecuador (EC)
- ANXIOPRAZOL as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- BERALZOL
- BICARZOL as OMEPRAZOLE MAGNESIUM
- CRIOGEL
- ESTOMACOL
- GASEC
- GASTER
- GASTRIFORTE
- HELIZOL
- INPROGAST
- ITALPRAZOL
- KLOMEPRAX
- LIPROT
- LOMAC
- OGA-LETIC
- OMECIDOL
- OMEDEC
- OMEFORT
- OMEPRABETT
- OMEPRALIV
- OMEPRASTAR
- OMEPRAXX
- OMEPREX
- OMEPRIL
- OMEPROL
- OMESTOP
- OMEZAC as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- OMEZZOL
- OMPRAL
- ONGENIX
- OPEZOL as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- OPRAZOL
- PENTREN as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- PRAZOLEN as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- PROTON
- RISEK as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- SINACIDOL
- ULCEDON
- ULPRAZOL
- (combination) HELICOPACK
- (combination) INHIBITRON TWIT
- (combination) OMEFAST
- (combination) OMEZZOL FAST
- (combination) OPRAZOL RAPID
- (combination) TRIGASTRO
- (combination) TRIGASTRO LV
- (combination) TUSSEG
- (combination) ULCOZOL RAPID
Germany (DE)
- ANTRA MUPS as OMEPRAZOLE MAGNESIUM
- OMEBETA
Hong Kong (HK)
Italy (IT)
Japan (JP)
Malta (MT)
- ANTRA MUPS as OMEPRAZOLE MAGNESIUM
- ESELAN
- LOSEC
- MEDOPRAZOLE
- MEZZOPRAM as OMEPRAZOLE MAGNESIUM
- SOPRAL
- ULCESEP
- (combination) DICLODUO COMBI
Mexico (MX)
Nigeria (NG)
- ACIDOMEP
- BONDPRAZ
- CORCID
- DOSKY
- DUOGASROL
- ELARKZOLE
- GASTRISAFE
- GETZOME
- GLOPROZOLE
- JUOPREZOL
- KESPRAZOLE
- LABZOLE
- LEFAZOLE
- MEDIPRAZO
- MEPROL
- NNODIZOLE
- NORPRAZOLE
- OLAROX
- OMAPIN
- OMEFLUX
- OMEGARD
- OMEHIL
- OMEJEK
- OMELIFE
- OMENISE
- OMEPASS
- OMEPRA-J
- OMEQUIK
- OMESAINT
- OMESHAL
- OMESTER
- OMETI
- OMETOR
- OMFIL
- OMLINK
- OMPALEN
- PINNAZOLE
- PRAZO CAP
- PRAZOBOS
- PRAZOMAX
- ROVIPRAZOLE
- RUMAPRAZOLE
- SERAMOL
- SIVOCID
- SOLOPRAZOLE
- SOMEPRA
- UGAZOLE
- ULCERTRET
- VIPRAX
- ZAZOLE
- (combination) OMESHAL D
- (combination) OMESHAL PLUS
- (combination) ULSAKIT
Poland (PL)
Singapore (SG)
South Africa (ZA)
Spain (ES)
Tunisia (TN)
Turkey (TR)
- DEMEPRAZOL
- ERBINNA as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- ESELAN
- GASTROMAX
- LOSEPROL as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- LYOMEPRA as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- MEPRAISOL as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- OLETEN as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- OLMEZOL as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- OMEFIX
- OMEGAST
- OMEPRAZID
- OMEPREFUL as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- OMEPROL
- OMEREF as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- OMESEK
- OMEX as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- OMHEAL
- OMIZOL as OMEPRAZOLE SODIUM
- POMERON
- PROSEK
- ZOLASIT
While we strive to include the brand names of medicines across all countries, our index remains incomplete. Therefore, it is possible that this medicine may also be marketed under different names in other countries.