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What Are Proton Pump Inhibitors?
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a type of medication that reduces how much acid your stomach produces. Doctors prescribe PPIs to treat stomach ulcers and symptoms of chronic acid reflux, also known ...
Vitamin B12 from food needs stomach acid to be released from protein, and then absorbed in the intestine. When PPIs like pantoprazole are used for a long time, stomach acid stays very low, which can i ...
Patients in the highest-exposure group, ie, those with more than 385 defined daily doses of PPIs, have an 83% higher risk for gastric neuroendocrine tumors than nonusers.
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