It’s already known that taking popular heartburn drugs for a long period of time is linked to serious kidney problems, and now researchers have made another disturbing discovery: More than half of patients who develop such kidney damage may not be aware they are going downhill. The sudden (acute) onset of kidney problems often serves… Continue reading New Problems with Some Heartburn Drugs
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Could Your OTC Antacid Put You at Risk for Heart Disease, Dementia, and Kidney Failure?
Chronic use of over-the-counter drugs called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) speeds up the aging of blood vessels, according to a paper published early online in May 2016 in Circulation Research, an American Heart Association journal. This accelerated aging in humans could lead to increased cardiovascular disease, vascular dementia, and… Continue reading Could Your OTC Antacid Put You at Risk for Heart Disease, Dementia, and Kidney Failure?
Drug Companies At Fault for Lack of Generic Insulin
Generic insulin, which could make the lifesaving treatment available to more diabietics, isn’t available because drug companies have acted to keep insulin under patent, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers said that insulin, which is used by 6 million people in the… Continue reading Drug Companies At Fault for Lack of Generic Insulin