As the data of new studies, overdose medicines for heartburn can cause severe side effects . Although these drugs are much easier discomfort of heartburn attacks, while at the same time, they may increase the risk of bone fractures in postmenopausal women. Also, they cause bacterial infections.
Every year in the United States issued about 113 million prescriptions for drugs for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. These include inflammation of the esophagus, gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer disease and some other diseases. According to Dr. Mitchell Katz of the Department of Health of San Francisco, potent drugs often used to treat common digestive disorders. All available drugs cause side effects . Physicians should exercise caution when prescribing.
A team of researchers led by Shelley Gray of the University of Washington in Seattle studied 161,806 women between the ages of 50 to 79. After eight years of observation, they found that women taking medicines for heartburn A higher level of risk of fracture, particularly of the spine and wrists. In another study, Dr. Michael Howell and his colleagues at the Medical Center at Harvard Medical School analyzed the health of more than 100,000 patients discharged from the hospital for 5 years. They found that among people taking these drugs, 74 per cent increase in the number of cases bacterial infections .
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