A new study presented at the Digestive Disease Meeting in Chicago at the beginning of this month, found that powerful antacids designed to relieve stomach acid also increased the risk of hip and thigh fractures. The researchers from Kaiser Foundation Hospital in San Francisco studied33,752 people taking antacids, such as Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium, Pepcid, Tagament and Zantac and compared the fracture risk to 130,471 people who were not taking the medications. Continue Reading »
A new study presented at the Digestive Disease Meeting in Chicago at the beginning of this month, found that powerful antacids designed to relieve stomach acid also increased the risk of hip and thigh fractures. The researchers from Kaiser Foundation Hospital in San Francisco studied33,752 people taking antacids, such as Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium, Pepcid, Tagament and Zantac and compared the fracture risk to 130,471 people who were not taking the medications. Continue Reading »