Study: Heartburn Drugs May Increase Patient Risk

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May 26, 2009

Joanne Silberner

Patients prescribed drugs like Nexium, Prilosec or Prevacid to prevent stress ulcers had a substantially higher rate of hospital-acquired pneumonia, according to a recent study. (AP/SEVANS)

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