Drugs that reduce stomach acid also increase risk of bone fractures, studies show

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 14:31 in Health & Medicine

The risk goes up about 25% in people using drugs such as Prilosec, Nexium and Protonix. 'For most patients, the adverse effects … outweigh the benefits,' an editorial in the Archives of Internal Medicine says. The widely used family of acid-reducing drugs that includes Prilosec, Nexium and Protonix increases the risk of bone fractures by about 25% and can more than double the risk of contracting the troublesome bacterium Clostridium difficile , new studies released Monday confirm.

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