Limited coverage criteria (PPIs) – pantoprazole sodium

Last updated on March 20, 2025

 

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Generic name

pantoprazole sodium

Strength & form

40 mg tablet

Special Authority criteria

 

Approval period

For gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), reflux esophagitis, duodenal ulcer, or gastric ulcer

OR

For Barrett's esophagus, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, connective tissue disease, e.g., lupus, scleroderma, CREST1

Indefinite

For eradication of Helicobacter pylori as part of triple therapy

AND

Failure of reasonable trials2 of, or intolerance to, rabeprazole AND pantoprazole magnesium

14 days

Practitioner exemptions

  • No practitioner exemptions

Special notes

  • 1CREST is an acronym for the five main features of the limited form of scleroderma: calcinosis, Raynaud’s disease, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia

  • 2A reasonable trial of rabeprazole and pantoprazole magnesium is considered a trial at usual adult doses for at least 4 weeks each of rabeprazole and pantoprazole magnesium           

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