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Volume 335:600 August 22, 1996 Number 8
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Prozac or Prilosec for Gastric Ulcer?

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To the Editor: Six years ago, Fine et al. reported two instances in which Lasix (furosemide) was confused with Losec, the trade name for omeprazole at that time.1 Later that year, Merck Sharp & Dohme announced that to prevent further confusion, the name Losec had been replaced by Prilosec.2 We report an incident in which a patient mistakenly received fluoxetine instead of omeprazole.

A patient was admitted to the hospital and treated by endoscopy for a bleeding gastric ulcer. At the time of discharge, the patient was given samples of Prilosec (20 mg), as well as a prescription for the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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