Drugs that inhibit gastric acid associated with an increased risk of hip fracture in already high risk patients (kaiser,sciencedirect)
Care Resource Guide: Full title: “ Proton Pump Inhibitors and Histamine-2 Receptor Antagonists Are Associated With Hip Fractures Among At-Risk Patients” This is a Kaiser study posted on sciencedirect
- Proton Pump Inhibitors: such as Prilosec,lansoprazole (Prevacid), rabeprazole (Aciphex), pantoprazole (Protonix), esomeprazole (Nexium), Zegarid
- Histamine-2 Receptor Antagonists: such as tagamet, zantac, pepcid
- Here is a video from YouTube, by the main author: Dr. Douglas A. Corley,Kaiser on the topic
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Categories: Conditions, GARD reflux, Osteoporosis, gastro intestinal Tags: Care Resource Guide, gastric acidin hibitors, high risk patients, hip fracture, increased risk, kaiser, sciencedirect
Acid reflux: Acid control might not be the only treatment
CareResourceGuide: Some doctors look at Reflux disease as a motility disorder and offer treatment alternatives to acid suppression.
CareResourceGuide: Follow this link to about.com and a post by Sharon Gillson for background on GI motility disorders. Boils down to
- Treat the movement of GI acid not to travel upward
- and/or make the fluid going up less acid
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Categories: GARD reflux, gastro intestinal Tags: acid reflux, GARD, Medical News Digest, medinewsdigest, motility, Sharon Gillson, treatments
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