PPIs and CV Safety: Good Science to the Rescue

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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/893012?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=88327BR

These well-done analyses add further support to the cardiovascular/neurovascular safety of PPIs, further undermining the prior data-mining reports alleging increased risks.

As "bad news" makes headlines, the rectification of misleading reports of harm rarely receives appropriate coverage. These reports should be reassuring to prescribers and their patients who appropriately need these medications but are concerned about these reported cardiovascular risks. These concerns, when raised by patients, should always prompt a discussion about the need for appropriately justified continued usage of PPIs or possibly discontinuance. Clearly, continued and unwarranted use of this medication class occurs in many patients after completing a specific treatment course.
 

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