Popular heartburn drugs linked to diarrhea and colitis
People on popular prescription heartburn drugs — Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium — seem more prone to getting a potentially dangerous diarrhea caused by the Clostridium difficile infection, new research shows. C-diff, as it’s known, can cause severe diarrhea and colitis, a crampy intestinal inflammation. Thus report scientists in December 2005 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Proton pump inhibitors include Prevacid and Prilosec and the H2 blocker agents include Tagament, Pepcid and Zantac. Along with increasing your risk of C-diff infection, they significantly reduce the amount of acid you have, inhibiting your ability to properly digest food. Reduction of acid in the stomach also diminishes your primary defense mechanism for food-borne infections and will increase your risk of food poisoning.
In a related article, prophetically posted yesterday: Artichoke Reduces Heartburn Naturally
Read more on this JAMA study.
Proton pump inhibitors include Prevacid and Prilosec and the H2 blocker agents include Tagament, Pepcid and Zantac. Along with increasing your risk of C-diff infection, they significantly reduce the amount of acid you have, inhibiting your ability to properly digest food. Reduction of acid in the stomach also diminishes your primary defense mechanism for food-borne infections and will increase your risk of food poisoning.
In a related article, prophetically posted yesterday: Artichoke Reduces Heartburn Naturally
Read more on this JAMA study.
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