What this pack is
Nexium is the brand name in this record; esomeprazole is the generic name. Read both together with the dosage form (oral liquid).
PACK CHECK · MARKET FIRST
NexiumGeneric nameesomeprazole
Mainland China pack-name cue耐信®Historical or public source cue · verify the current target-market record · Open reference ↗
How this medicine works
The FDA label describes esomeprazole as a proton-pump inhibitor that suppresses gastric-acid secretion through specific inhibition of the H+/K+-ATPase at the secretory surface of the gastric parietal cell. This explains an action pathway; it does not say how much or how long an individual should use, whether to add another acid-suppressing product, or when to switch.
Read source: United States ↗reviewed 2026-08-20More about its action and precautions →Check the market, names, dosage form and route together
A medicine may use different brand names across markets. Keep the market, brand, generic name, dosage form and route together; one matching field does not prove that two packs are the same or interchangeable.
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Use these fields when the pack, market name or package image needs closer checking. They are evidence boundaries, not substitution instructions.
- Mainland China pack-name cue
- 耐信®
- International brand name
- Nexium
- Generic name
- esomeprazole
- Dosage-form class
- Delayed-release capsules and delayed-release oral suspension (as listed in the Dec 2025 DailyMed label)
- Route
- Oral
- Package-image status
- A source-linked public label image is available below
Mainland China trade-name search cue:耐信®. This is a historical/public cue for reading pack text. It does not establish current approval, holder, supply or sale eligibility. Open reference ↗
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What this page can show
This is a source-traceable public record. It helps you read the product identity and its listed source documents; each market still needs its own current record check.
What to bring to the next conversation
Bring the actual pack, the label or prescription, and a complete medicine list when you speak with a pharmacist or clinician.
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A question about changing, combining or splitting?Put the exact packs on one list before a pharmacist or prescriber checks the full context.Open the family medicine list →A question about cost, reimbursement or availability?First lock the market, exact presentation and date. Use local official reimbursement, hospital or pharmacy channels for a current answer rather than a web estimate.Open regulator and market-record entry points →Unsure about a pack or a cross-border product?Photo reading can return possible record matches only. Check the actual product against the current regulator record for its market.Identify pack text locally →Saw a recall, approval or procurement headline?Open the original publisher, then match its product, market and date. Do not make a stop or switch decision from a headline.Read primary-source news →
PRODUCT PRESENTATION IDENTITY
Strength, pack and device identity
Package strength is not an individual dose. These fields help identify the exact labelled product; they do not calculate how much, how often, a missed-use action, splitting, switching or conversion.
1 source-backed strength, pack or device records — open the full list
First match the market, dosage form and labelled amount on the pack in hand. The number of tablets, sachets or devices in a pack is not a personal dose or schedule.
United States label · DailyMed, updated 19 Dec 2025
20 mg per capsule; 30-capsule bottle
- Product code
- NDC 0186-5020-31
- Form and route
- NEXIUM esomeprazole magnesium delayed-release oral capsule · oral
- Container
- 30-capsule bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-08-20; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- esomeprazole
- 20 mglabelled amount per delayed-release capsule; not an individual's capsule count, duration or switching rule
- Package
- 30 capsules per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- amethyst opaque hard-gelatin capsule with yellow bars and lettering · delayed-release capsule · imprint NEXIUM 20 mg
PUBLIC LABEL IMAGE
Appearance and package-text clues
This current public-label package panel helps check the brand, generic name, strength and dosage-form clues only. It does not authenticate a product in hand or establish originator status, availability, sale eligibility, another package or another market.
Open the public label source ↗LABEL READING · NOT A PRESCRIPTION
NEXIUM label reading: delayed-release capsules and oral suspension are more than a generic “stomach medicine”
Reading level: drug-specific label reading. This record has been expanded around its dosage form or a higher-risk reading question; the current target-market label and professional review still apply.
This module uses the Dec 2025 U.S. DailyMed public label as a reading entry point. It helps check NEXIUM, esomeprazole magnesium, delayed-release capsule or delayed-release oral suspension, labelled strength per unit and target market; it does not decide an individual's amount, opening/mixing method, duration or conversion to another acid-suppressing medicine.
- Check brand, generic name, delayed-release form, exact strength and target market together. Capsule and oral-suspension granules, concentration, measuring device and handling requirements must not be inferred or exchanged simply because both say esomeprazole or show the same mg number.
- “Delayed release” is part of product identity. Opening, mixing with a food or liquid, chewing, crushing or dividing must return to the current label and pharmacist guidance for the exact product; do not transfer experience from another ordinary tablet, capsule or previous pack.
- Products such as NEXIUM, PRILOSEC and PREVACID are not self-combinable, alternatable or substitutable merely because their names or purposes relate to gastric acid. A pharmacist or prescribing team needs to review the complete medicine list, symptom changes, prior conditions and actual packages item by item.
- With persistent or recurrent symptoms, difficulty swallowing, vomiting blood/black stools or uncertainty about how to use an exact formulation, use timely local medical-support pathways; a webpage cannot replace cause assessment or prescription adjustment.
PHARMACOVIGILANCE · OFFICIAL ROUTES
Check safety information in the right market
Start with the public label or product record linked to this dossier, then use the official safety routes below for the market that applies to the medicine in hand.
Match five details before using a safety record
- Brand and generic nameBoth must match the medicine named by the record.
- Dosage form and strengthTablet, capsule, injection, inhaler, patch and eye drop are not interchangeable.
- Market and notice dateA record applies only to the country or region and date it names.
- Lot, pack and manufacturerRecord these only when the official notice specifically names them.
- Current product informationA historical record may have been superseded by the current label.
This checklist only helps organise the right question. It does not create a personal conclusion about stopping, switching, dose, combination or suitability.
This dossier’s product-level source checkU.S. National Library of Medicine DailyMed · United States · Public medicine label · 2026-08-20
This dossier’s publicly accessible product-level route has been checked individually. It does not mean that real-time alerts in every country or region have been searched, or that the medicine has or does not have a current risk.
Markets actually represented by the reviewed product documents
- United States · 2
This is a document-coverage summary, not a claim that the medicine is authorised, supplied, interchangeable or actively monitored in every listed market today.
This record’s label or product-record routeDailyMed (NLM): current U.S. NEXIUM esomeprazole magnesium public label (AstraZeneca; updated 19 Dec 2025) ↗reviewed 2026-08-20
Other official market or version documents for this record
These are separately reviewed product documents for the same dossier. Their market, date, dosage form and document status must stay attached to each link; they do not establish interchangeability between products, strengths, packs, indications or countries.
- FDA · United States · Regulatory product record or label archive · 2026-08-20FDA: NEXIUM 2022 U.S. label archive (NDA 021153 / 021957 / 022101) ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20
This is not a conclusion that the medicine has no risk, warning, recall or newer notice in another market. Start with the checked product-level label above, then use the official market gateways below for the product in hand.
See the reviewed safety-record directory →Global official safety gateways
- NMPA Centre for Drug Reevaluation · Mainland ChinaPrimary NMPA Drug Evaluation Centre gateway for drug-vigilance bulletins, safety notices and adverse-reaction monitoring. Exact products still require checking approval number, dosage form, strength, authorisation holder and notice date item by item.Drug-vigilance bulletins and safety notices ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- FDA · United StatesPrimary FDA pages for important new safety issues, labelling changes and risk communications.Drug Safety Communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- FDA MedWatch · United StatesU.S. MedWatch safety-information and reporting gateway; a report does not itself establish causality.Safety information and serious-problem reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- EMA · European Union / European Economic AreaOfficial EU gateway for pharmacovigilance, suspected adverse-reaction reports and PRAC safety assessment.Pharmacovigilance overview and EudraVigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- MHRA · United KingdomPrimary UK MHRA medicine-safety updates for professionals and the public.Drug Safety Update ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- PMDA · JapanPMDA’s English official safety gateway; exact products still require checking against the Japanese product page and current documents.Medicine safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- MFDS · Republic of KoreaMFDS’s primary index for medicine safety letters in the Republic of Korea. The original notices are in Korean and must be read against the named product, dosage form, market and date; they do not automatically apply in another market or decide an individual case.Medicine safety letters ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- HSA · SingaporeHSA’s public Singapore gateway for suspected adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information. A report does not itself establish individual causality; exact products still require checking Singapore registration status, dosage form, strength, date and current product information.Adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Health Canada · CanadaHealth Canada’s public MedEffect gateway for medicine and health-product advisories, warnings, recalls, reporting and safety information. Exact products still require checking market, dosage form, strength, notice date and lot item by item.MedEffect Canada: advisories, warnings and recalls ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- TGA · AustraliaPrimary Australian TGA safety alerts, advisories and monitoring information for therapeutic products.Medicine safety alerts ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Swissmedic · SwitzerlandOfficial Swissmedic gateway for pharmacovigilance, signal assessment and suspected adverse-reaction reporting; a report or signal does not itself confirm individual causality.Pharmacovigilance and suspected adverse-reaction reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Medsafe · New ZealandNew Zealand Medsafe gateway for public and professional medicine safety communications and archives; older notices may have been superseded by current product information.Medicine safety communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- SAHPRA · South AfricaSAHPRA’s safety-information, alerts and pharmacovigilance gateway for the public and professionals in South Africa. An official alert does not itself mean a product is unsafe in every circumstance; exact products still require checking South African registration status, dosage form, strength, notice date and current product information.Medicine safety information, alerts and pharmacovigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- WHO · GlobalWHO’s cross-market safety-alert archive; every historical notice must be read against its date, named product and market.Medicine and vaccine safety-alert archive ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Anvisa · BrazilAnvisa’s primary Brazilian pharmacovigilance gateway for alerts, bulletins, risk communication and VigiMed reporting. Exact products still require checking Brazilian authorisation status, dosage form, strength and notice date item by item.Pharmacovigilance, alerts and VigiMed ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
This card brings together the medicine-specific product route and 15 market-level official vigilance gateways. It does not mean real-time alerts for this medicine have been searched in every country or region, or that the medicine has a new alert, recall or risk conclusion. Match brand, generic name, dosage form, strength, market and notice date item by item; do not self-stop, switch, increase or reduce use from a headline.
For severe or rapidly worsening symptoms, suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, loss of consciousness or another emergency, use local emergency services. Do not wait for an online alert search or change a medicine from this page.
PRIVATE FAMILY LIST
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Add to the family medicine list →PACK · LABEL · MEDICINE LIST
Six checks for this medicine pack
Use this card to organise questions about Nexium (esomeprazole). Keep the exact pack, its current label and the full medicine list together.
Identify the exact product
Nexium is the brand in this record and esomeprazole is the active-ingredient name. Check both with the dosage form (Delayed-release capsules and delayed-release oral suspension (as listed in the Dec 2025 DailyMed label)) and the market on the actual pack.
Read the labelled strength in context
mg, mcg, mg/mL or a percentage describes the labelled amount in one tablet, capsule, measured volume, spray or other unit. It is not an answer to how many units a person should take.
Check before splitting or opening
Before splitting, crushing, chewing or opening anything, find an explicit instruction for this exact product in its current label and ask a pharmacist. A score line or a previous pack is not enough by itself.
Put every product on one list
Include prescriptions, over-the-counter products, eye drops, creams, vitamins, minerals, herbs and supplements. A pharmacist or prescriber needs the whole list before any combination, alternation, switch or stop is considered.
Ask a specific pharmacogenetics question
Ask which medicine, which gene and what clinical decision a result could change. A gene–drug association does not mean broad genetic testing is needed for everyone and must not be used to change treatment without professional review.
Know when to seek urgent help
For a suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, fainting or difficulty breathing, use the local emergency or poison-information service now. Do not wait for a website reply or alter several medicines to test what caused it.
This card does not calculate a dose, decide whether medicines can be combined, or replace a clinician or pharmacist. Market-specific current labels and the person's full context still need review.
MARKET DOCUMENTS · READ SEPARATELY
Enlarged market leaflets and regulator documents
Each link retains its own market, date, dosage form and document status. These documents support larger-print reading and item-by-item checking; they do not make products, strengths, packs, indications or use between countries or regions interchangeable.
- DailyMed (NLM): current U.S. NEXIUM esomeprazole magnesium public label (AstraZeneca; updated 19 Dec 2025) ↗reviewed 2026-08-20
- FDA: NEXIUM 2022 U.S. label archive (NDA 021153 / 021957 / 022101) ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20
CO-MEDICATION REVIEW · NOT A TREATMENT DECISION
When PLAVIX / clopidogrel is on the same list: review the complete list first
The U.S. PLAVIX public label names omeprazole or esomeprazole as co-medication cues that need review. This card only signals that every actual pack, OTC product and supplement should be reviewed by a pharmacist or prescriber; it does not decide co-use or advise self-stopping, time-separation, replacement or adjustment of either medicine.
Open the Plavix / clopidogrel record →
Add both records to this device's family medicine list →
Open the primary source for this co-medication review cue ↗Current regulatory record · reviewed 2026-08-30HOW IT WORKS · NOT A TREATMENT PLAN
How esomeprazole works: it inhibits the gastric parietal-cell proton pump
- A shared proton-pump pathway does not make esomeprazole, omeprazole, lansoprazole or another acid-suppressing product self-combinable, alternatable or dose-convertible. Brand, dosage form, labelled strength, use context, complete medicine list and current prescription all need item-by-item review.
- Mechanism cannot identify the cause of heartburn, abdominal pain, cough, swallowing trouble or another symptom, nor decide continuation, increase or a change to another medicine. Symptom changes need the current label, real clinical context and professional assessment.
- Handling questions for a delayed-release capsule or oral suspension are formulation information; a shared mechanism does not answer them automatically. Check the label for the exact package and pharmacist guidance.
SOURCE EVIDENCE REGISTER
Source evidence map
Every public link is labelled with its market, document status and document type. A historical public record is not a current label, and an official lookup entry is not a product-specific record.
- DailyMed (NLM): current U.S. NEXIUM esomeprazole magnesium public label (AstraZeneca; updated 19 Dec 2025) ↗reviewed 2026-08-20
- FDA: NEXIUM 2022 U.S. label archive (NDA 021153 / 021957 / 022101) ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20
- FDA Drugs@FDA official search entry ↗Official lookup entry · reviewed 2026-08-20
SOURCE-TRACEABLE ARCHIVE
Nexiumesomeprazole
This page includes an exact current U.S. public-label package panel for Nexium, alongside documentary primary-source material. It helps check product identity, but does not itself establish originator status, product quality, availability or sale eligibility.
DOCUMENT TIMELINE
Document timeline
Initial U.S. approval year listed in the FDA label
The FDA label archive linked here lists Initial U.S. Approval: 1989, and expressly identifies that statement as referring to omeprazole. This historical locator is not a conclusion about current approval, availability, holder or another market.
FDA: NEXIUM label archive ↗FDA label archive version
This page links the 2022 FDA label archive as a traceable reading entry point. Current labeling, strength, indication and safety information require separate verification against the target market’s current document.
FDA: NEXIUM label archive ↗
MARKET SCOPE
Market-record boundary
United States
Public label archive linkedOnly the FDA document listed on this page is linked.
Mainland China, EU, Japan
Market record not establishedNo local approval, holder, strength, supply or sale-eligibility conclusion is inferred from the U.S. label archive.
How to read this record
Read each document in its stated market, date and dosage-form context. A historical record is not a current label and does not support individual medical, substitution or purchasing conclusions.
Keep international and mainland China records separate
This page has a U.S. public history/regulatory archive but no mainland China record for this specific product. That does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Verify product identity, dosage form, strength, holder and the current label item by item.
Mainland China trade-name search cue: 耐信®
This cue helps read packaging and search official records. It does not establish current approval, holder, strength, originator relationship, supply or sale eligibility. Open historical reference ↗
RECORD FAQ
Record questions
Does a label archive represent current product information?
Not automatically. The archive locates a source; each point needs verification against the target market’s current official label.
Why are price and originator/generic conclusions not shown?
Those conclusions require separately complete and human-reviewed product, dosage-form, strength, pack, market, date and primary-record fields; one label file is insufficient.
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Evidence status
The listed links are public sources selected for traceability. They must be rechecked against the current target-market record before any use beyond reading and research.