OMEPRAZOL 20 mg Hard Gastroresistent Capsules

Contents of the leaflet

1. Introduction
2. What is Omeprazol farmaMabo and what is it used for
3. What you need to know before you start taking Omeprazol farmaMabo
4. How to take Omeprazol farmaMabo
5. Possible side effects
6. Storage of Omeprazol farmaMabo
7. Container contents and additional information

Introduction

Package Leaflet: Information for the User

Omeprazole farmaMabo 20 mg hard gastro-resistant capsules

Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.

Follow the instructions for administration of the medicine contained in this leaflet or as indicated by your doctor or pharmacist.

• Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again.
• If you need advice or more information, consult your pharmacist.
• If you experience side effects, consult your doctor or pharmacist, even if they are not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
• You should consult a doctor if you get worse or do not improve after 14 days.

Contents of the Package Leaflet

1. What is Omeprazol farmaMabo and what is it used for
2. What you need to know before you start taking Omeprazol farmaMabo
3. How to take Omeprazol farmaMabo
4. Possible side effects
5. Storage of Omeprazol farmaMabo
6. Contents of the pack and further information

1. What is Omeprazol farmaMabo and what is it used for

This medicine contains the active substance omeprazole. It belongs to a group of medicines called "proton pump inhibitors". These medicines work by reducing the amount of acid produced by the stomach.

This medicine is indicated in adults for the short-term treatment of symptoms of reflux (e.g. heartburn, acid regurgitation).

Reflux is the rise of acid from the stomach to the esophagus, which can become inflamed and painful. This can cause symptoms such as a painful burning sensation in the chest that rises to the throat (heartburn) and a sour taste in the mouth (acid regurgitation).

You may need to take the capsules for 2-3 consecutive days to achieve an improvement in symptoms.

You should consult your doctor if you get worse or do not improve after 14 days.

2. What you need to know before you start taking Omeprazol farmaMabo

Do not takeOmeprazol farmaMaboif:

• you are allergic to omeprazole or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
• you are allergic to medicines that contain proton pump inhibitors (e.g. pantoprazole, lansoprazole, rabeprazole, esomeprazole).
• you are taking a medicine that contains nelfinavir (used for HIV infection).

Do not takethis medicine if you are in any of the above cases. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before takingomeprazole .

Warnings and precautions

Consult your doctor or pharmacist before starting to take this medicine.

Do not take this medicine for more than 14 days without consulting your doctor. If you do not experience relief, or if your symptoms worsen, consult your doctor.

This medicine may mask the symptoms of other diseases. Therefore, consult your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following conditions before starting to take this medicine or during treatment:

• Unintentional weight loss and difficulty swallowing.
• Stomach pain or indigestion.
• Vomiting food or vomiting blood.
• Black stools (bloody stools).
• If you have severe or persistent diarrhea, as omeprazole has been associated with a slight increase in infectious diarrhea.
• You have a history of stomach ulcers or gastrointestinal surgery.
• You are receiving ongoing treatment for indigestion or heartburn for 4 weeks or more.
• You have persistent indigestion or heartburn for 4 weeks or more.
• You have jaundice or severe liver disease.
• You are over 55 years old and your symptoms have changed recently or are new.
• If you have ever had a skin reaction after treatment with a medicine similar to omeprazole to reduce stomach acidity.
• A specific blood test (Chromogranin A) is scheduled.

If you experience a skin rash, especially in areas of the skin exposed to the sun, consult your doctor as soon as possible, as it may be necessary to interrupt treatment with this medicine. Remember to mention any other symptoms you may notice, such as joint pain.

When taking omeprazole, kidney inflammation may occur. The signs and symptoms may include decreased urine volume or blood in the urine and/or hypersensitivity reactions such as fever, skin rash, and joint stiffness. You should report these signs to your treating doctor.

Patient should not take omeprazole as a preventive medication.

Children and adolescents

Children and adolescents under 18 years of age should not take this medicine.

Taking Omeprazol farmaMabo with other medicines

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or might take any other medicines. This includes medicines obtained without a prescription. This is because omeprazole may affect the action of some medicines and some medicines may affect this medicine.

Do not take omeprazole if you are taking a medicine that contains nelfinavir(used to treat HIV infection).

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following medicines:

• Ketoconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, or voriconazole (used to treat fungal infections)
• Digoxin (used to treat heart problems)
• Diazepam (used to treat anxiety, relax muscles, or in epilepsy)
• Phenytoin (used in epilepsy). If you are taking phenytoin, your doctor will need to monitor you when you start or stop treatment with omeprazole.
• Medicines used to prevent blood clots, such as warfarin or other vitamin K antagonists. Your doctor will need to monitor you when you start or stop treatment with omeprazole
• Rifampicin (used to treat tuberculosis)
• Atazanavir (used to treat HIV infection)
• Tacrolimus (in cases of organ transplantation)
• St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) (used to treat mild depression)
• Cilostazol (used to treat intermittent claudication)
• Saquinavir (used to treat HIV infection)
• Clopidogrel (used to prevent blood clots (thrombi))
• Erlotinib (used to treat cancer)
• Methotrexate (chemotherapy medicine used in high doses to treat cancer) - if you are taking a high dose of methotrexate, your doctor will need to temporarily stop treatment with this medicine.

Taking Omeprazol farmaMabo with food and drinks

See section 3.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant, or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

Omeprazole passes into breast milk but it is unlikely to affect the baby when used in therapeutic doses. Your doctor will decide whether you can take this medicine if you are breastfeeding.

Driving and using machines

This medicine is unlikely to affect your ability to drive or use tools or machines. However, side effects such as dizziness and visual disturbances (see section 4) may occur. If this happens, do not drive or use machines.

Omeprazol farmaMabo contains sucrose and sodium

This medicine contains sucrose. If your doctor has told you that you have an intolerance to some sugars, consult them before taking this medicine.

This medicine contains less than 23 mg of sodium (1 mmol) per capsule; this is essentially "sodium-free".

3. How to take Omeprazol farmaMabo

Follow the instructions for administration of the medicine contained in this leaflet or as indicated by your doctor or pharmacist. If you are in doubt, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

The recommended dose is one 20 mg capsule once a day for 14 days. Contact your doctor if symptoms do not disappear after this time.

You may need to take the capsules for 2-3 consecutive days to achieve an improvement in symptoms.

How to take this medicine

• It is recommended to take the capsules in the morning.
• You can take your capsules with food or on an empty stomach.
• Swallow the capsules whole with half a glass of water. Do not chew or crush the capsules, as they contain coated granules that prevent the medicine from being broken down by the acid in the stomach. It is important not to damage the granules. These granules contain omeprazole as the active substance and have an enteric coating that protects them and prevents them from breaking when passing through the stomach. The granules release the active substance in the intestine, where it is absorbed by the body to produce an effect.

What to do if you have trouble swallowing the capsules

• If you have trouble swallowing the capsules:

• Open the capsules and swallow the contents directly with half a glass of water or pour the contents into a glass of still water, acidic fruit juice (e.g. apple, orange, or pineapple), or apple sauce.
• Always shake the mixture just before drinking it (the mixture will not be transparent). Then, drink the mixture immediately or within 30 minutes.
• To make sure you have taken all the medicine, fill the glass with water to about half, rinse it well, and drink the water. The solid parts contain the medicine; do not chew or crush them.

Use in children and adolescents

Children and adolescents under 18 years of age should not take this medicine.

If you take more Omeprazol farmaMabo than you should

If you have taken more omeprazole than prescribed by your doctor, consult your doctor or pharmacist immediately. You can also call the Toxicology Information Service, phone 91 562 04 20, indicating the medicine and the amount taken.

If you forget to take Omeprazol farmaMabo

If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose. Do not take a double dose to make up for the missed doses.

4. Possible side effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

If you notice any of the following serious but rare side effects, stop taking this medicine and consult your doctor immediately:

• Sudden wheezing, swelling of the lips, tongue, and throat, or body, skin rash, fainting, or difficulty swallowing (severe allergic reaction).
• Redness of the skin with blistering or peeling. It can also cause blisters and bleeding in the lips, eyes, mouth, nose, and genitals. This could be "Stevens-Johnson syndrome" or "toxic epidermal necrolysis".
• Yellowing of the skin, dark urine, and tiredness, which can be symptoms of liver problems.

Other side effects are:

Common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)

• Headache.
• Effects on the stomach or intestine: diarrhea, stomach pain, constipation, and gas (flatulence).
• Nausea or vomiting.
• Benign polyps in the stomach.

Uncommon side effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)

• Swelling of the feet and ankles.
• Sleep disorders (insomnia).
• Dizziness, tingling sensation, drowsiness.
• Feeling that everything is spinning (vertigo).
• Changes in blood tests that check liver function.
• Skin rash, hives, and itching.
• Feeling of general discomfort and lack of energy.

Rare side effects (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)

• Blood problems, such as a decrease in white blood cells or platelets. This can cause weakness or bruising and increase the risk of infection.
• Allergic reactions, sometimes very severe, which include swelling of the lips, tongue, and throat, fever, and wheezing.
• Low sodium levels in the blood. This can cause weakness, vomiting, and cramps.
• Agitation, confusion, or depression.
• Taste disturbances.
• Visual problems, such as blurred vision.
• Sudden difficulty breathing (bronchospasm).
• Dry mouth.
• Inflammation of the mouth.
• An infection called "candidiasis" that can affect the intestine and is caused by a fungus.
• Liver problems, such as jaundice, which can cause yellowing of the skin, dark urine, and tiredness.
• Hair loss (alopecia).
• Skin rash when exposed to sunlight.
• Joint pain (arthralgia) or muscle pain (myalgia).
• Severe kidney problems (interstitial nephritis).
• Increased sweating.

Very rare side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)

• Blood count changes, such as agranulocytosis (lack of white blood cells).
• Aggression.
• Seeing, feeling, or hearing things that do not exist (hallucinations).
• Severe liver problems that cause liver failure and brain inflammation.
• Sudden appearance of a severe rash, blistering, or peeling of the skin. It can be accompanied by high fever and joint pain (erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis).

• Muscle weakness.
• Enlargement of the breasts in men.

Frequency not known(cannot be estimated from the available data)

• Inflammation of the intestine (which causes diarrhea).
• If you are being treated with this medicine for more than three months, it is possible that your magnesium levels in the blood may decrease. Low magnesium levels can cause fatigue, involuntary muscle contractions, disorientation, convulsions, dizziness, or increased heart rate. If you have any of these symptoms, inform your doctor immediately. Low magnesium levels can also lead to a decrease in potassium or calcium levels in the blood. Your doctor may decide to perform periodic tests to monitor your magnesium levels.
• Skin rash, possibly with joint pain.

In very rare cases, this medicine may affect the white blood cells and cause immunodeficiency. If you have an infection with symptoms such as fever with a severely deteriorated general condition or fever with symptoms of local infection, such as sore throat, or difficulty urinating, you should consult your doctor as soon as possible to perform a blood test and rule out a lack of white blood cells (agranulocytosis). It is important that you provide information about the medicine you are taking at that time.

Do not worry about this list of possible side effects. You may not get any of them. If you think any of the side effects you are experiencing are serious, or if you notice any side effects not mentioned in this leaflet, tell your doctor or pharmacist.

Reporting of side effects

If you experience any side effects, consult your doctor or pharmacist, even if they are not listed in this leaflet. You can also report them directly through the Spanish Pharmacovigilance System for Human Use Medicines: https://www.notificaram.es. By reporting side effects, you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

5. Storage of Omeprazol farmaMabo

• Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
• Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton after EXP. The expiry date is the last day of the month indicated.

• Blister: Do not store above 25°C. Store in the original packaging to protect from moisture.

• Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Place the packaging and any unused medicine in the SIGRE collection point at the pharmacy. If you are in doubt, ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the packaging and any unused medicine. This will help protect the environment.

6. Container contents and additional information

Composition ofOmeprazol farmaMabo

• The active ingredient is omeprazole. This medication contains 20 mg of omeprazole.
• The other components are sugar spheres (contains sucrose and corn starch), hypromellose, talc, titanium dioxide (E-171), sodium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate, sodium lauryl sulfate, polysorbate 80, methacrylic acid copolymer and ethyl acrylate copolymer, methacrylic acid copolymer and methyl methacrylate copolymer, triethyl citrate.

Capsule:gelatin, titanium dioxide (E-171).

Printing ink: black iron oxide (E-172), potassium hydroxide, and shellac. See section 2 Omeprazol farmaMabo contains Sucrose.

Appearance of the product and container contents

Omeprazol farmaMabo capsules are hard gelatin capsules of white opaque color marked with “OM 20” that contain spherical granules.

PVC-PVDC/Al blister: 7 and 14 capsules.

Only some pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder and manufacturer

MABO-FARMA S.A.

Vía de los Poblados Street, 3,

Building 6, 28033 Madrid,

Spain.

Manufacturer

Towa Pharmaceutical Europe S.L.

C/Sant Marti, 75-97

08107, Martorelles (Barcelona) -

Spain

Date of the last revision of this leaflet:March 2023

Detailed information on this medication is available on the website of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) http://www.aemps.gob.es/.