• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Acid suppressants use and risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older adults
CONCLUSIONS: PPIs were associated with increased risk of ASCVD, particularly amongst participants without indications for medication. Our findings are of important practical significance and suggest that clinicians should be cautious in prophylactic use of PPIs.PMID:36113328 | DOI:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.09.001
Source: Atherosclerosis - September 16, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yue Ma Shu Li Hongxi Yang Yuan Zhang Huiping Li Lihui Zhou Jing Lin Yanchun Chen Yabing Hou Xinyu Zhang Tong Liu Xin Zhou Yaogang Wang Source Type: research

The association between clopidogrel and 2-oxo-clopidogrel plasma levels and the long-term clinical outcome after acute myocardial infarction 
.
CONCLUSION: In patients with acute MI treated with PCI, lower dose-adjusted clopidogrel and dose-adjusted 2-oxo-clopidogrel plasma concentrations were associated with an increased risk of ischemic events.
. PMID: 30431425 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics - November 17, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther Source Type: research

Acute aortic occlusion in a patient without risk factors
A 94-year-old female with a history of ischemic stroke, mild right hemiparesis, vascular dementia, breast cancer with right mastectomy, colon cancer resulting in colectomy, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension presented to the emergency department (ED) with bilateral leg pain. Patient had no smoking history, and her medications included Donepezil, Aspirin, Citalopram, Losartan, and Pantoprazole.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - March 28, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Trina Stoneham, Erin L. Simon Source Type: research

This Popular Kind Of Heartburn Medicine Can Increase Stroke Risk
This study further questions the cardiovascular safety of these drugs,” Sehested said. Although the study found an association between PPIs and stroke risk, it does not prove cause and effect. More studies are needed, and doctors should consider if and for how long patients should take these drugs, the researchers said. [7 Bizarre Drug Side Effects] PPIs are not the only medicines available to treat heartburn. The researchers noted that another type of heartburn medication, called a histamine H2 antagonist, was found to have no association with stroke risk in the study. Histamine H2 antagonists include famotidine (Pe...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 21, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Popular heartburn medications linked to higher risk of stroke
Proton pump inhibitors, including Prilosec, Protonix, Prevacid and Nexium, are used to treat heartburn, but may increase the risk of ischemic stroke, new research shows.
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A Prospective, Randomized, Open-Label Study to Evaluate Two Management Strategies for Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients Newly on Treatment with Dabigatran
ConclusionThe majority of patients enrolled either did not experience GIS at all, or their GIS resolved using either one individually, or a combination of the two strategies described.Trial registrationhttp://www.ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01493557.
Source: Cardiology and Therapy - October 4, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Concomitant proton-pump inhibitor use, platelet activity, and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with prasugrel vs. clopidogrel and managed without revascularization: Insights from the TRILOGY ACS Trial
Conclusions Among ACS patients managed without revascularization, use of PPIs did not result in a differential antiplatelet response between prasugrel vs. clopidogrel but was associated with a lower incidence of MI with prasugrel. These hypothesis-generating findings suggest that factors besides platelet reactivity may underlie the differential risk of MI observed by treatment assignment with PPI use.
Source: American Heart Journal - June 11, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Comparative Risk of Ischemic Stroke Among Users of Clopidogrel Together With Individual Proton Pump Inhibitors Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— PPIs of interest did not increase the rate of ischemic stroke among clopidogrel users when compared with pantoprazole, a PPI thought to be devoid of the potential to interact with clopidogrel.
Source: Stroke - February 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Leonard, C. E., Bilker, W. B., Brensinger, C. M., Flockhart, D. A., Freeman, C. P., Kasner, S. E., Kimmel, S. E., Hennessy, S. Tags: Platelet function inhibitors, Acute Cerebral Infarction, Acute Stroke Syndromes, Antiplatelets, Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research