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Heartburn drug, PPIs, risks
Latest research highlights kidney failure and kidney disease as another potential risk from taking PPIs (proton pump inhibitors) - i.e. prescription and over-the-counter drugs taken for heartburn, such as Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium, Protonix, Aciphex, etc.  The study was released Thursday in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Looking at data from the U.S....[ Read More... ]
Heartburn drugs: Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec
On ABC news and other media there is talk about a new study published in the Journal of America Medical Association Neurology that claims that heartburn drugs are linked to dimentia.  The study focused on proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) drugs such as Prevacid, Nexium, and Prilosec, that work by lowering the amount of acid produced by the stomach.German researchers examined the...[ Read More... ]
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