057 - Kicking acid, taking names ... the story of PPI use and abuse

HelixTalk - Rosalind Franklin University's College of Pharmacy Podcast

English - February 28, 2017 11:00 - 28 minutes - 28.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 549 ratings
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Previous Episode: 056 - Entering the era of biosimilars!

Next Episode: 058 - Third time’s a charm -- redefining sepsis (again) using Sepsis-3

In this episode, we discuss the overuse of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy and several concerns regarding chronic use of this medication class, including hypomagnesemia, fracture risk, low seurm B12 levels, anemias, and increased risk of certain infections.