Prevacid Is It As Good As Nexium?
A potentially deadly bacteria, C. difficile (Clostridium
difficile), has been showing up outside of hospitals, and doctors
at the Centers for Disease Control had previously only been thought
to infect people taking antibiotics, drugs that destroy "good"
bacteria in the intestines and allow C. difficile to thrive. These
fears follow a study published last year in the Journal of the
American Medical Association, in which researchers found that
people
using certain acid-reflux drugs faced a...
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From Our Experts
ASK THE EXPERT -- Prevacid for Acid Reflux in Children
Our expert, Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, is a pediatric gastroenterologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of... Read more »
Nexium Approved for Children – 5 Reasons It’s Important
The FDA recently approved the use of Nexium in children down to age one year. What does this mean for kids and how will it change the way... Read more »
Acid Reflux & GERD Medications
Many of the questions submitted on this site are from readers asking about acid reflux medications. I understand why. Medications used to... Read more »
Dr. Eisner Anwers your GERD Questions: Is Nexium safe for kids?
My 9 year-old has been diagnosed with GERD. Is it safe for him to be on Nexium? Yes. Earlier this year, the FDA approved Nexium for... Read more »
AcipHex, Proton Pump Inhibitors and Action Onset
1. How long does AcipHex take to work? In general, proton pump inhibitors such as Aciphex, Nexium and Prevacid have a later onset of... Read more »
From Our Sources
Study: Nexium better than Prevacid in patients with healed ero...
A new study funded by Nexium maker AstraZeneca has found that Nexium is more effective than Prevacid at maintaining healing in patients with erosive... Read more »
Clinical trial: Prevacid versus Nexium in patients with Barret...
This is a study to compare the effectiveness of lansoprazole (Prevacid) and esomeprazole (Nexium) in controlling intragastric pH in patients with... Read more »
Zegerid better than Nexium or Prevacid in some cases, says man...
A small study has found that 61 percent of acid-reflux sufferers experience nocturnal acid breakthrough when taking Zegerid, compared with 92 percent... Read more »
Acid blockers like Nexium, Prevacid don't raise cancer risk
According to a study reported in the journal Gut, drugs that reduce stomach acid do not increase the risk of cancer of the esophagus or stomach.... Read more »
Clinical trial: Comparison of Nexium, Prevacid, and Protonix i...
This test is to determine the safety and usefulness of three common acid-reflux drugs in men and women of Hispanic origin who have gastroesophageal... Read more »
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