*ALERT* Popular medications linked to higher risk of kidney failure

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82. Hard to get off because they are causing the same problems

One aspect of PPIs has largely been flying under the radar, however. Several years ago, Danish researchers discovered that once patients begin taking PPI medications it is nearly impossible for them to stop. The reason has to do with a phenomenon known as “rebound acid hypersecretion.” Essentially, PPIs wind up causing the same symptoms they are intended to treat.

This was demonstrated in a 2009 study carried out at the University of Copenhagen. Subjects who had no previous history of acid reflux (heartburn, indigestion and acid regurgitation) were given prescription-strength PPI medication for two months. After the medication was discontinued, these otherwise healthy adult patients started developing acid reflux symptoms – and wound up producing stomach acids at even higher rates than before. The study, which appeared in the July 2009 issue of Gastroenterology, showed “...evidence that proton pump inhibitor therapy induces symptoms that it is used to treat.” At the time, Dr. Christina Reimer, who led the study, said, “We have known for years that long-term treatment with PPIs induces a temporary increase in the secretion of acid, but the thinking has been that this probably wasn’t clinically relevant.” Researchers found that the “rebound” effect can continue for as long as three months.

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