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A member asked:

I only took one series of nexium (esomeprazole) 20mg for 14 days. it helped me wonders. but i still feel pain, can i continue it until whatever is healed?

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Follow-up needed: You need to follow-up with a gastroenterologist to see what is causing the symptoms to not go away.

Answered 4/11/2015

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