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Study shows benefits of anti-clotting medications reduced by common heartburn drugs

The anti-clotting action of the medication clopidogrel (Plavix) can be compromised by common drugs for the treatment of heartburn and ulcers resulting in a roughly 50% increase in the combined risk of hospitalization for ...

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Switching patients from IV to pill form of drugs could save millions

(Medical Xpress) -- Switching hospitalized patients able to take medication by mouth from intravenous to pill forms of the same drugs could safely save millions of dollars a year, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

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Popular stomach acid reducer triples risk of developing pneumonia

A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those patients contracting pneumonia threefold, according to researchers at Wake ...

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Proton pump inhibitors increase risk of heart attacks for patients on common cardiac drug

Patients taking the common cardiac drug clopidogrel following a heart attack are at a significantly higher risk of a recurrence if they are also taking widely used acid-lowering medications called proton pump inhibitors, ...

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What is the etiology of cardiac syndrome X?

Non-cardiac chest pain remains a widespread symptom especially in western countries with a significant economic burden. Patients with chest pain and abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) but normal coronary angiogram (i.e. ...

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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