Omeprazole: Difference between revisions

Omeprazole was patented in 1978, and approved for medical use in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | title=Drug Approval Package: Prilosec (Omeprazole) NDA# 019-810s38s50s5 | website=U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) | date=30 March 2001 | url=https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/98/019810s38s50s56.cfm | access-date=5 October 2022 | archive-date=1 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401151454/https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/98/019810s38s50s56.cfm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Fischer J, Ganellin CR |title=Analogue-based Drug Discovery |date=2006 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9783527607495 |page=445 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FjKfqkaKkAAC&pg=PA445 |access-date=29 June 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803230101/https://books.google.com/books?id=FjKfqkaKkAAC&pg=PA445 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is on the [[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines|World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines]].<ref name="WHO21st">{{cite book | vauthors = ((World Health Organization)) | title = World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019 | year = 2019 | hdl = 10665/325771 | author-link = World Health Organization | publisher = World Health Organization | location = Geneva | id = WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO | hdl-access=free }}</ref> It is available as a [[generic medication]].<ref name=AHFS2015/> In 2020, it was the eighth-most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 56{{nbsp}}million prescriptions.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Top 300 of 2020 | website=ClinCalc | url=https://clincalc.com/DrugStats/Top300Drugs.aspx | access-date=7 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Omeprazole - Drug Usage Statistics, ClinCalc DrugStats Database | website=ClinCalc | url=https://clincalc.com/DrugStats/Drugs/Omeprazole | access-date=7 October 2022 | archive-date=28 February 2020 }}</ref> It is also available without a prescription in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Questions and Answers on Prilosec OTC (omeprazole) |url=https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/center-drug-evaluation-and-research-cder/questions-and-answers-prilosec-otc-omeprazole |website=U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) |access-date=2 March 2020 |date=3 November 2018 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828195503/https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/center-drug-evaluation-and-research-cder/questions-and-answers-prilosec-otc-omeprazole |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Drug Approval Package: Prilosec (Omeprazole Magnesium) NDA #021229 | website=U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) | url=https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-229_Prilosec.cfm | access-date=6 October 2022 | archive-date=24 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124210732/https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2003/21-229_Prilosec.cfm | url-status=live }}</ref>