A practitioner has outlined the 'two problems' that could arise from taking proton pump inhibitors (PPI), such as omeprazole, ...

You deserve to eat what you love without the searing pain of heartburn-and meds like Prilosec, Nexium and Prevacid can help ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) — used widely to reduce stomach acid and treat heartburn — have been linked to an increased risk for ischemic stroke in a new study. The Danish nationwide observational ...

Acid reducing medicines from the group of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are best-selling drugs that prevent and alleviate stomach problems. PPIs are activated in the acid-producing cells of the ...

Over-the-counter antacids known as proton pump inhibitors, which treat heartburn symptoms by reducing stomach acid, may increase the risk of stroke, according to research presented at the American ...

Acid reducing medicines from the group of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are best-selling drugs that prevent and alleviate stomach problems. PPIs are activated in the acid-producing cells of the ...

One of the largest-ever studies on the topic of deprescribing medications shows the potential promise, and pitfalls, of a massive effort to reduce overuse of a common class of heartburn medications ...

Health-care providers that treat patients who use proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and experience diarrhea that does not improve, should consider the bacterium Clostridium difficile in the differential ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who suffer a heart attack nearly double the risk of having another if they are taking the widely used blood thinner Plavix together with a heartburn drug like Prilosec, ...