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Risk: acid reflux drugs tied to bone - Toledo Blade

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A new analysis adds to growing evidence that people using proton pump inhibitors to control symptoms of acid reflux are more likely to fracture bones than those who do not.The analysis did not find a similar increase in fracture risk among patients taking older acid reflux medications, called histamine-2 receptor antagonists.Last year, the Food and Drug Administration revised the label on proton pump inhibitors, or PPI’s, to warn that they might raise the risk of fractures. In March, it removed

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