Distillation is the process of separating the component or substances from a liquid mixture by selective evaporation and condensation. Distillation may result in essentially complete separation (nearly pure components), or it may be a partial separation that increases the concentration of selected components of the mixture.
It decreases the amount of acid produced in the stomach. Prevacid is used to treat and prevent stomach and intestinal ulcers, erosive esophagitis (damage to the esophagus from stomach acid), and other conditions involving excessive stomach acid such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Over-the-counter Prevacid OTC is used to treat frequent heartburn that happens 2 or more days per week.
Besides, prevacid usage is associated with time, age, gender. For renal failure patients, they should tell their doctors if they take blood pressure medicine, aspirin and water pills as medicines in prevacid can affect other medicines you take and sometimes cause serious side effects. For instance, use of high doses of prevacid for a long time may cause bone fracture of the hip.