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HYDERABAD, India -- Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE: RDY) announced today that it will be launching Lansoprazole delayed-release capsules (15 mg and 30...
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Is your heartburn drug harming you? Acid-suppressing drugs are among the most popular pills in the pharmacy. But evidence is growing that they may produce some unexpected and unpleasant complications.
During the past couple of decades, drugs like Aciphex (rabeprazole), Prevacid (lansoprazole), Prilosec (omeprazole), Protonix (pantoprazole), Nexium (esomeprazole) and Zegerid (omeprazole plus sodium bicarbonate) have become the go-to drugs for reflux relief.
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...Prevacid. Takeda Global. (lansoprazole). Research and. Development Center,. Inc., One Tak...
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EXETER, N.H. -- Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BNT), a technology-based specialty pharmaceutical and drug delivery company with a growing brande...
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Dear Doctor K: I suffer from heartburn and have been taking a proton pump inhibitor for the past few years. Should I be worried about long-term side effects?
Dear Reader: For many people with heartburn, proton pump inhibitors provide great relief. Stomach acid contains lots of hydrogen ions, which are protons. PPI drugs inhibit the production of those protons. The PPIs include esomeprazole (Nexium), lansoprazole (Prevacid) and omeprazole (Prilosec).
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LYON, France -- Flamel Technologies S.A. ("Flamel") (Nasdaq: FLML) announced today that TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. ("TAP") delivered a letter on...
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...,726 (owned by Takeda), claiming lansoprazole (EP '726); 2) United States Patent No. 4,255,431 (...
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ROCKVILLE, Md., March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Heart patients who took a stomach acid-suppressing proton-pump inhibitor along with clopidogrel - a drug that prevents blood clots - were only half as likely to be hospitalized for upper digestive tract bleeding than those who used clopidogrel alone, according to a new study supported by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health.
The study also suggested that combining the drugs did not increase the risk of serious heart problems. Clopidogrel (sold as Plavix, Clopilet, and Ceruvin) is usually prescribed for heart patients to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke and can also cause bleeding stomach ulcers. Proton-pump inhibitors, which inc...
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Business Editors
NORTH HAMPTON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2001
Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: BNT), a drug delivery company with a com...
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 64-year-old woman, and I have been on Nexium for two years for heartburn. During that time, I have had two broken hips. My doctor says there is no connection between Nexium and my broken hips. I have tried to get off Nexium, but each time I stop, I become sick. I replaced Nexium with Prilosec, but it didn't work. The fourth time I tried to quit, I ended up in the hospital for four days. Is there any way I can be free of this medicine? - A.H.
ANSWER: Nexium (esomeprazole) belongs to the family of drugs called proton pump inhibitors, the most potent suppressors of stomach acid production. Other members are Prevacid (lansoprazole), Prilosec (omeprazole), AcipHex (rabeprazole) and Protonix (pantoprazole). These drugs pose a small risk of contributing to hip fracture...