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Drugs for Heartburn dependence and symptoms

By Sahacrash in Gastroenterology No Comments Tags: , , , , , ,

Drugs for Heartburn

Even in those with priorc drugs called inhibitors, proton pump can causes

Even in those with prior symptoms of heartburn drugs called inhibitors, proton pump can cause those symptoms once treatment is stopped, concludes a study published in the journal Gastroenterology.

“It seems that the drugs induce the symptoms they treat, which would generate” dependence on these drugs, told Reuters Health the study co-author Dr. Christina Reimer, University Hospital Koge, Denmark. This dependence may explain the increased use of these drugs.

Reimer’s team studied 120 healthy volunteers who received placebo treatment for 12 weeks or eight weeks regime inhibitor esomeprazole, proton pump plus four weeks of placebo pills.

Almost half (44 percent) of participants who had no heartburn symptoms developed clinically significant upon discontinuation of therapy between the ninth and twelfth week, unlike the 15 percent of placebo-treated group only. More

Painkiller diclofenac is safe and effective in children

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Painkiller diclofenac

Although the anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac is commonly used to treat acute pain in children is not approved for that purpose in all age groups. However, a new review suggests that perhaps should be authorized.

The team of Dr Imogen Savage, University of London, searched the literature on studies that examined the diclofenac as a treatment for acute pain in children aged 18 or less.

The authors found seven studies that observed the efficacy of analgesic and 79 that focused on safety.

In the efficacy analysis, the focus was usually on postoperative pain. In this regard, the use of diclofenac reduced by 40 percent the need to use painkillers “rescue”, compared with the use of placebo or no treatment. More

A blood thinner can cause skin lesions

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A blood thinner can cause skin lesions

A study finds that most are harmless, but the reaction induced by heparin could be serious

A recent study suggests that heparin, a common blood thinner, can cause harmless skin lesions in most cases, but could indicate a dangerous condition induced by this drug.

The researchers examined 320 people who received injections of heparin at a hospital in Germany. Of these, 7.5 percent developed skin lesions as a result of treatment. This rate is two percent higher than researchers had anticipated.

“During the study, we were surprised by the high number of patients with heparin-induced damage,” wrote the study authors. “In most patients, the diagnosis was made thanks to our review.” More

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