treat stomach ulcers due to bacterial infection by Helicobacter pylori, post-operative conditions
treat a digestive disease where stomach acid irritates the lining of the food pipe (oesophageal reflux disease including long-term management of healed oesophagitis)
digestive tract bleeding due to stress ulceration in ill patients
the risk of aspiration of stomach contents (Mendelson's syndrome) during pregnancy before giving anesthesia which is the temporary loss of consciousness
the symptoms of backflow of stomach acid in the food pipe and inflammation of food pipe (gastro-oesophageal reflux, reflux oesophagitis and symptomatic relief of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease) in children