What this pack is
Prevacid is the brand name in this record; lansoprazole is the generic name. Read both together with the dosage form (oral capsule).
PACK CHECK · MARKET FIRST
PrevacidGeneric namelansoprazole
How this medicine works
Takeda's DailyMed label describes lansoprazole as a proton-pump inhibitor that is converted to an active form in the acidic environment of the parietal cell and inhibits H+/K+-ATPase. This only explains a pharmacologic pathway; it does not provide an individual timing, strength, duration or conversion conclusion with another acid-suppressing medicine.
Read source: United States ↗Current regulatory record · 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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- International brand name
- Prevacid
- Generic name
- lansoprazole
- Dosage-form class
- 30 mg delayed-release capsules; 15 mg, 30 mg delayed-release orally disintegrating tablets(as listed in the 2025-03 DailyMed public label)
- Route
- Oral
- Package-image status
- A source-linked public label image is available below
No source-verifiable mainland-China trade-name cue has been established for this record. This does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Check pack text and current CDE/NMPA records item by item.
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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.
3 source-backed strength, pack or device records — open the full list
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United States label · revised Mar 2025
30 mg per capsule; 100-capsule bottle
- Product code
- NDC 64764-046-13
- Form and route
- lansoprazole delayed-release capsule · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-08-22; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- lansoprazole
- 30 mglabelled amount per capsule; not an individual amount, adjustment or conversion instruction
- Package
- 100 capsules per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- opaque pink and black · delayed-release capsule · imprint TAP / PREVACID 30
United States label · revised Mar 2025
15 mg per tablet; 100-tablet unit-dose carton (10 packs of 10 tablets)
- Product code
- NDC 64764-543-11
- Form and route
- PREVACID SoluTab lansoprazole delayed-release orally disintegrating tablet · oral
- Container
- unit-dose package carton
- Units in each inner container
- 10 tablets per unit-dose packPackage identity only; not an individual amount to take
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-08-22; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- lansoprazole
- 15 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual amount, adjustment or conversion instruction
- Package
- 100 tablets per carton
- Labelled appearance
- white to yellowish white with orange to dark-brown speckles · round uncoated orally disintegrating tablet · imprint 15
United States label · revised Mar 2025
30 mg per tablet; 100-tablet unit-dose carton (10 packs of 10 tablets)
- Product code
- NDC 64764-544-11
- Form and route
- PREVACID SoluTab lansoprazole delayed-release orally disintegrating tablet · oral
- Container
- unit-dose package carton
- Units in each inner container
- 10 tablets per unit-dose packPackage identity only; not an individual amount to take
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-08-22; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- lansoprazole
- 30 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual amount, adjustment or conversion instruction
- Package
- 100 tablets per carton
- Labelled appearance
- white to yellowish white with orange to dark-brown speckles · round uncoated orally disintegrating tablet · imprint 30
PUBLIC LABEL IMAGE
Appearance and package-text clues
This dated or historical public-label image is for checking the brand, generic-name, strength and dosage-form clues only. It does not authenticate a product or establish originator status, a current label, current packaging, target-market approval or sale eligibility.
Open the public label source ↗LABEL READING · NOT A PRESCRIPTION
PREVACID label reading: delayed-release capsules and orally disintegrating tablets need separate product identity
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 Takeda's U.S. DailyMed public label as a reading entry point (page updated Jul 2025; prescribing information revised Mar 2025). It separates PREVACID 30 mg delayed-release capsules from PREVACID SoluTab 15 mg/30 mg delayed-release orally disintegrating tablets; it does not provide an individual's amount, duration, stopping or switching plan.
- Check brand, lansoprazole, dosage form, labelled strength and target market together. The 30 mg PREVACID capsule and 15 mg/30 mg PREVACID SoluTab are separately listed dosage forms in the same public label; a shared generic name or nearby mg number does not make them automatically equivalent, interchangeable or a way to calculate “how many to take.”
- This exact U.S. label says to swallow the capsule whole and not chew it; for people who have difficulty swallowing, it separately lists specific labelled soft-food or liquid administration after opening the capsule. That product-specific exception does not mean every delayed-release capsule, pack or market may be opened, split, crushed or mixed with food.
- For PREVACID SoluTab, the label says the tablet may disintegrate on the tongue and the microgranules are swallowed without chewing; it also lists administration steps for specific people and devices. Do not read “orally disintegrating” as permission to chew, crush or split it, or as a rule for ordinary tablets, other orally disintegrating tablets or other lansoprazole products.
- Do not self-combine, alternate or convert PREVACID with NEXIUM, PRILOSEC, OTC stomach products or another prescription merely because all are called acid-suppressing medicines. A similar purpose only signals a need to review; it cannot establish an individual medicine conclusion.
- With severe or persistent symptoms, uncertainty about swallowing or formulation handling, or multiple medicines in use, bring the complete list and actual package to a professional; this page does not decide continuation, pause or 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. PREVACID / PREVACID SoluTab public label (Takeda; revised Mar 2025) ↗Current regulatory record · 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: PREVACID / PREVACID SoluTab 2014 U.S. label archive (NDA 020406 / 021428) ↗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.
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Six checks for this medicine pack
Use this card to organise questions about Prevacid (lansoprazole). Keep the exact pack, its current label and the full medicine list together.
Identify the exact product
Prevacid is the brand in this record and lansoprazole is the active-ingredient name. Check both with the dosage form (30 mg delayed-release capsules; 15 mg, 30 mg delayed-release orally disintegrating tablets(as listed in the 2025-03 DailyMed public 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. PREVACID / PREVACID SoluTab public label (Takeda; revised Mar 2025) ↗Current regulatory record · reviewed 2026-08-20
- FDA: PREVACID / PREVACID SoluTab 2014 U.S. label archive (NDA 020406 / 021428) ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20
HOW IT WORKS · NOT A TREATMENT PLAN
How lansoprazole works: it inhibits the gastric parietal-cell proton pump
- Sharing the proton-pump-inhibitor class with esomeprazole or omeprazole does not prove that medicines can be added on the same day, alternated on different days, substituted or used at the same mg. Dosage form, strength, use, market and complete medicine list for every product need professional review.
- Mechanism does not answer whether SoluTab, a capsule or another oral product can be opened, chewed, crushed, split or mixed, and it does not replace the current label for the exact product.
- Symptom relief or recurrence cannot be used to derive self-adjustment, long-term continuation or a change to another product from mechanism. With persistent symptoms, bleeding-warning symptoms or multiple medicines, use local professional support.
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. PREVACID / PREVACID SoluTab public label (Takeda; revised Mar 2025) ↗Current regulatory record · reviewed 2026-08-20
- FDA: PREVACID / PREVACID SoluTab 2014 U.S. label archive (NDA 020406 / 021428) ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20
- FDA Drugs@FDA official search entry ↗Official lookup entry · reviewed 2026-08-20
SOURCE-TRACEABLE ARCHIVE
Prevacidlansoprazole
This page links to public primary-source material for Prevacid. The archive is historical or documentary evidence only; it does not by itself establish originator status, product quality, current labelling, 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: 1995. This historical locator is not a conclusion about current approval, availability, holder or another market.
FDA: PREVACID label archive ↗FDA label archive version
This page links the 2014 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: PREVACID 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.
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.