A study, published in BMG Open, examined proton pump inhibitor use and associated death risk. Yan Xie, PhD, of the VA Saint Louis Health Care System, and colleagues conducted a longitudinal ...

Use of proton pump inhibitors appears to increase the risk for kidney failure among patients with CKD. Use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may spur progression to kidney failure in patients with ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) do not appear to worsen kidney function compared with the histamine 2 receptor blocker ranitidine based on two measures, a large cohort study from Spain finds. In fact, ...

(HealthDay News) — For U.S. adults with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) is slightly elevated among those using proton pump inhibitors, according to a ...

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The results of the Clopidogrel Medco Outcomes Study, [8] presented at The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) meeting in May 2009, prompted the SCAI to issue a ...

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