Heartburn Drug Kapidex Gets A Name Change

(The Associated Press) UPDATED 2010-03-08

The acid reflux medication Kapidex has been renamed Dexilant. The name change comes because the drug was being confused with cancer and other medications that had similar names. Dexilant's drugmaker says no other changes have occurred with the medication other than the name change. Read full story >

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Heartburn Drug Kapidex Gets A Name Change

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