can you give prevacid (PPI) "too early"?

[miniangel729]

our hospital has prevacid scheduled at 7am as prophylaxis for most patient. I had this one patient who doesn't wake up to eat her breakfast until 8:30 or 9am ish..

since Prevacid is normally recommend to take 30 minutes before breakfast.. is it still effective if it's given almost 1.5 - 2 hours earlier?

[hope3456, ASN, RN]

I recall learning in pharmacology that the Prevacid, nexium, ect. Should be administered on an empty stomach. Same with the levothyroxine.

Every facility I have worked in the nurses just administer it with the other meds, regardless of when the patient ate, or will be eating.

It is frustrating.