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1. Proton Pump Inhibitors, like Nexium, increase risk of heart attack ...
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2. Heartburn Meds May Interefere With Plavix // Pharmalot
It couldn’t be determined what percentage of Nexium users are also taking Plavix, but 25 million scrips were written for Plavix in 2007, and docs say as many as half of those on Plavix are taking a proton-pump inhibitor. ...

3. Medication Safety Alert - iGuard.org
Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefit provider, recently identified a possible drug interaction between Plavix (clopidogrel) and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), such as Prilosec, Nexium, or Prevacid. In this study, patients taking ...

4. Acid Reflux Drugs May Up Fractures
26 2006 Proton-pump inhibitors -- the popular drugs that fight stomach acid -- increase the risk of hip fractures a US study shows. The drugs are Aciphex Nexium Prevacid Prilosec called Losec in Europe and Protonix.

5. BioPharma Today: FDA Raising Approval Bar For NSAID/PPI Combos ...
FDA, Find out why the FDA is considering changes to the approval process for NSAID and proton pump inhibitor combination products that may result in the agency prohibiting the use of endoscopic gastric ulcer reduction to support a ...

6. Technical Trade Alerts on Drug Manufacturing Stocks: NVS, JNJ, PFE ...
... that stimulates red blood cell production; TOPAMAX for adjunctive and monotherapy use in epilepsy, as well as for the treatment of migranes; LEVAQUIN and FLOXIN anti-infective products; and ACIPHEX/PARIET, a proton pump inhibitor. ...

7. Nexium Helps Prevent Aspirin-Related Ulcers
Esomeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor, meaning that it suppresses gastric acid. The authors note that no studies until now have measured how often low-dose aspirin users develop stomach ulcers (as seen by endoscopy) or "to what extent ...

8. Gastric Acid Treatments Associated With Serious Risks
While two medical studies have reported significant dangers associated with consuming PPIs, their have been no proton pump inhibitor recalls and Sameer Dev Saini, MD, the lead author of the Journal of American Medical Associations ...

9. Plavix Plus Nexium May Equal Heart Attack - Democratic Underground
He also has periodic bouts of heartburn for which he takes pariet, another type of proton pump inhibitor. However I only give it to him for a week or 2 at a time if he's complaining of symptoms otherwise he doesn't get it... the fewer ...

10. Study data show proton pump inhibitors may decrease effectiveness ...
The findings showed that within 12 months of the initial intervention, the incidence of a major cardiovascular event was 25 percent in patients who took a proton pump inhibitor, compared with 18 percent in the Plavix-only group. ...