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A member asked:

Could use your help docs! a friend just took 3 40mg of prilosec .. what do we do?

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Dr. Andrew Seibert answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

Should be OK.: As a one time thing, this will probably not hurt him. More importantly, why did you take this large dose? Was this a suicide attempt? If so, he needs to seek help mediately. Do not ignore it.

Answered 5/10/2017

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