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Please describe the medication: lansoprazole?
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PPI: Proton pump inhibitor that decreases acid production in the stomach.
Answered 8/11/2013
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Lansoprazole: Lansoprazole is the generic equivalent of prevacid, (lansoprazole) an oral acid-reducer agent of the proton pump inhibitor (ppi) class of drugs.
Answered 9/28/2016
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