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Are PPIs Especially Dangerous for Women?

Are PPIs Especially Dangerous for Women? December 1, 2017. By Anne Wallace.
Washington, DC: The long-term use of drugs classed as proton pump inhibitors or PPIs , and marketed variously as Prevacid, Prilosec or Nexium, is dangerous for many reasons. Kidney damage, the focus of recently consolidated multidistrict litigation, is not the only problem. Long-term PPI use has also been associated with bone fractures and dementia in women, as well as the risk of birth defects. The issue for the lawsuits to come will be whether drug makers gave patients adequate warning of the dangers associated with their products and thus the opportunity to make informed choices.

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Woman Claims She Suffered Kidney Injuries from Taking Acid Reflux Medications

Woman Claims She Suffered Kidney Injuries from Taking Acid Reflux Medications May 24, 2017. By Deb Hipp.
Alabama:An Alabama woman is suing the makers of the popular proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medications Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid for kidney-related injuries she claims she suffered after taking the products.
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Do Medication Guides for PPI Kidney Disease and Prevacid Lack Consistency?

Do Medication Guides for PPI Kidney Disease and Prevacid Lack Consistency? February 6, 2017. By Gordon Gibb.
Washington, DC: It would come as no surprise that a common scourge amongst Americans remains acid reflux, and similar maladies. For them, a common prescription for a Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) serves to provide relief, and minimize the effects of heartburn and related ailments such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
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