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Study Finds Gastric Acid Reduction Drugs Increase Risk of Pneumonia
By Marc J. Bern - Last updated: Monday, December 20, 2010
A new study shows that people taking acid suppression medications such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine-2 receptor antagonists, called H2 blockers, may encounter an increased risk of pneumonia. Researchers at Seoul National University reviewed medical studies published between 1985 and 2009 for a link between these drugs and pneumonia. What they found was [...]
