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.
PrevAcid and Hypomagnesaemia. In March 2011, an FDA Drug Safety Communication warned that long-term use of proton pump inhibitors had been associated with hypomagnesaemia (low serum magnesium levels). In many of the cases reviewed by the FDA, magnesium supplementation alone did not improve low serum magnesium levels and the PPI had to be discontinued. Could PrevAcid be Associated with Dementia? A study published in the JAMA Neurology in April 2016 suggested that regular use of proton pump inhibitors might increase a seniorâs risk of dementia by 44%.