Escitalopram and Rabeprazole Sodium

• Generic Name: escitalopram
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Lexapro

Escitalopram is an antidepressant belonging to a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with depression or anxiety.

Escitalopram is used to treat anxiety in adults.

Escitalopram is also used to treat major depressive disorder in adults and adolescents who are at least 12 years old.

• Generic Name: rabeprazole
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Aciphex, AcipHex Sprinkle

Short-term treatment of symptomatic GERD (e.g., heartburn) in patients without erosive esophagitis.

Short-term treatment of erosive esophagitis in patients with GERD.

Maintain healing and decrease recurrence of erosive esophagitis.

Short-term treatment of active duodenal ulcer.

Treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection and duodenal ulcer disease. Used in conjunction with amoxicillin and clarithromycin (triple therapy).

Long-term treatment of pathologic GI hypersecretory conditions (e.g., Zollinger-Ellison syndrome).

Some evidence for use of proton-pump inhibitors (e.g., omeprazole) for gastric acid suppressive therapy as an adjunct in the management of upper GI Crohn’s disease, including esophageal, gastroduodenal, and jejunoileal disease.