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Acid Suppression Medications Linked to Serious Gastrointestinal Infections

posted by cmn32480 on Friday January 06 2017, @04:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the maybe-it-is-a-dinopeptic-germ dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

In a population-based study from Scotland, use of commonly-prescribed acid suppression medications such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) was linked with an increased risk of intestinal infections with C. difficile and Campylobacter bacteria, which can cause considerable illness.

Compared with individuals in the community who did not take acid suppression medications, those who did had 1.7-times and 3.7-times increased risks of C. difficile and Campylobacter, respectively. Among hospitalized patients, those using the medications had 1.4-times and 4.5-times increased risks, respectively.

Although acid suppression therapy is often considered relatively free from side effects, the findings suggest that there are significant adverse gastrointestinal consequences of their use. "Users of these medications should be particularly vigilant about food hygiene as the removal of stomach acid makes them more easily infected with agents such as Campylobacter, which is commonly found on poultry," said Prof. Thomas MacDonald, senior author of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study.

DOI: 10.1111/bcp.13205

Maybe they should cut back on haggis and chips instead.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 06 2017, @07:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 06 2017, @07:06PM (#450354)

    No wonder you are all worked up.
    You've made your objection into a part of your identity and the people telling you its misguided are now perceived as attacking your identity.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by ikanreed on Friday January 06 2017, @07:40PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Friday January 06 2017, @07:40PM (#450369) Journal

    "Sure you explained your motivations for bringing it up in fine detail, but I can still make up new ones for you that make you wrong"

    Congratulations, the fictitious version of me whose identity is tied up in this is utterly destroyed. You defeated that dragon, and saved the princess, you can go home and continue being totally wrong in peace.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 06 2017, @08:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 06 2017, @08:58PM (#450422)

      Yes, if there is one thing you've demonstrated with all of your hyperbole its that you are a creature of pure logic and no ego.