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October 02, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
Purple Spit Up on Prevacid
By Dr. Bryan Vartabedian , Health Expert... If your baby is under treatment for reflux with Prevacid, this may be par for the course. As... Read more »
AcipHex, Proton Pump Inhibitors and Action Onset
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...proton pump inhibitors such as Aciphex, Nexium and Prevacid have a later onset of action than H2... Read more »
Acid Reflux & GERD Medications
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert...the which, how, and when of each of the acid reflux drugs. First, which drug you are taking... Read more »
Q&A: Insurance Company Authorizations
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...company will not authorize my use of twice a day Prevacid that my doctor has prescribed. What... Read more »
Dealing with Discontinued Medication
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert...emptying for reflux patients. I wrote about how well the drug was working with my son's nasal... Read more »
Health Guide
Common Heartburn Drugs Linked to Hip Fracture
News round up on popular heartburn drugs and a link to increased hip fractures. The New York Times ran an AP wire story. Study Finds a Link Between Some Heartburn Drugs and Hip Injuries in People... Read more »Diabetes and Anemia
...and Crohn's diseaseTreatment for acid reflux or stomach ulcers using Prilosec and Prevacid.Diabetes drug therapy with metformin. Anemia occurs in nearly 30% of diabetes patients using metformin... Read more »What are the treatments and drugs used to treat GERD?
...Antacid therapy: Alka-Seltzer, Maalox, Mylanta, Pepto-Bismol, Rolaids, Riopan, and Tums are the first drugs recommended to relieve heartburn and other mild GERD symptoms. These are... Read more »Peptic Ulcers: Treatment for NSAID-Induced Ulcers
...them.People who still need to take NSAIDs should:Use the lowest NSAID dose possible.Try the prescription drugs misoprostol or Arthrotec. Misoprostol works as well as PPIs, but it cannot heal... Read more »Osteoarthritis: Medications
...medications are available for relieving the symptoms of osteoarthritis. A major analysis indicated that drug therapy is generally more effective than non-drug treatments (surgery, acupuncture).... Read more »
Medications
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a... Read more »
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a... Read more »
Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a... Read more »
...or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you... Read more »
...or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you... Read more »
Related News
A new Paradigm on Acid Reflux
June 09, 2008By Meghan Yost, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Every day, 70 million people in the United States suffer from... Read summary »
FDA approves Kapidex for acid reflux
February 01, 2009The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new acid reflux medication called Kapidex. The delayed-release proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) is... Read summary »
Combining COX-2s with aspirin may cause bleeding
October 02, 2008Research published in the British Medical Journal refuted earlier studies that proposed COX-2 inhibitors as a safer substitute than nonsteroidal... Read summary »
Price check: Prevacid
October 02, 2008A comparison of current prices for Prevacid via online U.S. drug distributors. Read summary »
Acid-reflux drugs may lead to zinc deficiency
October 02, 2008This Q & A discusses a possible side effect of taking gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) drugs such as Nexium, Prevacid, or Protonix. Read summary »
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