Barrett’s Esophagus-Managing The Risks
November 21, 2016
Patients with acid reflux should know that there is a risk over the long term of developing Barrett’s Esophagus (BE), when the lower esophageal squamous mucosa transforms into intestinal metaplasia. And you know that there is the potential for the Barrett’s mucosa to progress to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). It is a growing dilemma as the…
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Recommendations for Long-term use of PPI for GERD
May 24, 2017
Both patients and physicians have a lot of questions about the safety of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a class of medications that have been a mainstay in the management of acid reflux disease (GERD) over the last 25 years. There have been reports in the media associating long-term PPIs with a number of problems. Given…
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