Advice
Following a full submission
esomeprazole (Nexium®) is accepted for use within NHS Scotland for the treatment of Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome.
Other proton pump inhibitors are available for this indication at a lower cost per treatment period.
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Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- esomeprazole (Nexium)
- SMC ID:
- 422/07
- Indication:
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
- Pharmaceutical company
- AstraZeneca UK Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Gastro-intestinal system
- Submission type
- Full
- Status
- Accepted
- Date advice published
- 10 December 2007