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Blue capsule with pellets inside — generic omeprazole?

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GranReserva
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Blue and white capsule, hard shell, and when you hold it up to the light you can see little spheres inside instead of powder. I have always had the tablets, so the pellets surprised me.

Is that normal for this class or is it a different product?



   
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Bawston
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Enteric-coated pellets inside a capsule is completely normal for proton pump inhibitors. The coating is what stops it dissolving in the stomach. Tablets do the same job with a film coat. Nothing suspicious about pellets.



   
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GranReserva
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Good. Learn something every day at my age.



   
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PillOrganizer
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Do not crush them, by the way. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.



   
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