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Started to get a bit of yellow coating in the middle of toungue after i started taking omprezole 20mg tablet is it normal prescription from my ent?
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Normal: Prilosec (omeprazole is a drug prescribed to deal with git ulcers and acid re-flux. Like many drugs, taking that medicine could be accompanied with some side effects .Tongue coating is one of them.Nothing to worry about .Ask your dr if you could take vitamin b-12 with it ..Some time the flora gets affected with medicine and fungus infection could occur .Manifesting itself with tongue coating.
Answered 11/28/2017
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Yes.: The collateral effects i\of this type of medicine are very "interesting". One of these side effects is what you are having. Keep your tongue clean (brush and scrape) and use oral antibiotic rinse.
Answered 9/12/2013
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