Lansoprazole 15mg & 30mg Capsules

Lansoprazole 15mg costs £16.99 for 28 capsules, £19.99 for 56 and £24.99 for 84. Lansoprazole 30mg costs £17.99 for 28, £21.99 for 56 and £26.99 for 84. Every price includes your online consultation and prescription, with no separate consultation fee.

Yes. Lansoprazole is a prescription-only medicine in the UK and cannot be bought over the counter. At Access Doctor you complete an online consultation, and one of our pharmacist prescribers issues a prescription if it is suitable for you.

Lansoprazole treats acid reflux and heartburn (including GORD), stomach and duodenal ulcers, and Helicobacter pylori infection when taken with antibiotics. It is also used to prevent ulcers in people who take anti-inflammatory painkillers, and for Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

Take it once a day, at least 30 minutes before food – usually before breakfast. Swallow the capsule whole with water; do not crush or chew it. If you find capsules hard to swallow, check your patient leaflet, as some brands allow you to open the capsule and mix the granules with water, apple juice or soft food.

You should start to feel better within 2 to 3 days, but it can take up to 4 weeks to work fully. Courses for reflux are usually 4 to 8 weeks. Speak to your prescriber if you are no better after 4 weeks, or sooner if symptoms get worse. If you need it long term, your prescriber will use the lowest effective dose and review it regularly, because long-term PPI use is linked to low magnesium, low vitamin B12, bone fractures and gut infections.

Common side effects include headache, dizziness, tiredness, stomach pain, diarrhoea, constipation, feeling sick, wind and a dry mouth. Harmless stomach polyps can also develop. Tell your prescriber if you get a rash on sun-exposed skin with joint pain, severe or persistent diarrhoea, or symptoms of low magnesium such as muscle cramps or a fast heartbeat.

Do not take lansoprazole if you are allergic to it, or if you take the HIV medicines atazanavir or rilpivirine; it should also not be taken with nelfinavir. Tell your prescriber if you take digoxin, ketoconazole, itraconazole or posaconazole, methotrexate, warfarin, tacrolimus, theophylline or fluvoxamine, or St John's wort. If you take clopidogrel, lansoprazole or pantoprazole is usually used instead of omeprazole or esomeprazole.

At usual doses, lansoprazole and omeprazole work about as well as each other. Lansoprazole is often used for people who take clopidogrel, while omeprazole is usually preferred in pregnancy. Your prescriber will recommend the one that suits you.

It is best avoided in pregnancy, and omeprazole is usually recommended instead because there is more information about its safety. If you are breastfeeding, omeprazole or pantoprazole is usually recommended. Speak to your prescriber or GP if you are pregnant, trying for a baby or breastfeeding.

If you have taken lansoprazole for more than a few weeks, stopping suddenly can cause rebound acid, where symptoms temporarily come back worse. It usually helps to reduce the dose gradually, with advice from your prescriber. See our guide to stopping PPIs.

Call 999 or go to A&E if you are vomiting blood or have black, tarry stools, or have sudden chest pain that does not go away. See a GP urgently if you have difficulty swallowing, unexplained weight loss or persistent vomiting, or are 55 or over and have lost weight along with indigestion, reflux or upper tummy pain. Also see a GP if your symptoms have not improved after 4 weeks of treatment.