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Most Common Acid Reflux Treatment is Lethal
The
most common treatment for acid reflux is a class of drugs called proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs.
The latest estimates suggest that 15 million Americans are taking one of these
drugs on prescription, and that’s without counting users who get them over the
counter, so the actual figure could be even higher.
This
is disturbing because a new study in the journal BMJ now shows that this
abundantly used drug type increases your risk of death from a whole range of
serious chronic conditions.
American
researchers looked at data collected by the American Department of Veterans
Affairs between 2002 and 2004. They found that doctors had prescribed PPIs for
157,625 people and H2 blockers (another type of acid reflux drug) for 56,842 others.
They
noticed an extra 45.2 (per 1000) more deaths in the PPI group compared to the
H2 blocker group, which shows pretty clearly that PPIs pose a greater risk of
death.
They
further break that down into 17.47 circulatory system deaths, 12.94 cancer
deaths, 4.2 infectious and parasitic disease deaths, 6.25 reproductive and
urinary systems deaths, 15.48 cardiovascular disease deaths, and a small number from chronic kidney disease.
For
some people it wasn’t clear from the medical documents why PPI had been
prescribed, but for that group we know that an extra 22.91/1000 of them died
from cardiovascular disease, 4.74 from chronic kidney disease, and 3.12 from stomach
and esophageal cancers.
These
statistics held true for people who had a history of these diseases as well as
those that didn’t.
It
seems that the longer people took PPIs, the higher their risk of death from cancer, and from diseases of the circulatory and
reproductive and urinary systems too. And this was true even for those people
who took very low doses, so they’re bad news no matter how little you take.
The
most common PPIs are Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium, Aciphex, Zegerid, Dexilant,
and Protonix.
These
drugs are used to suppress stomach acid production when too much washes up into
your esophagus and throat. Unfortunately, it seems that they do a lot more
besides, and researchers have pointed out these dangers several times before.
Scientists
don’t know exactly why PPIs are so dangerous, but the new study proposes some
possibilities:
PPIs
alter our gut bacteria by killing some and allowing others to flourish.
They
damage the endothelial cells that line our blood vessels and lymph nodes, and
they cause those cells to die faster.
They
increase oxidative stress.
They
disrupt normal cell growth, which might lead to cells becoming cancerous.
They
destroy the immune cells in the mucous of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
Whatever
the cause may be, it is clear that you are probably going to be safer if you
don’t take these drugs at all.
Stop Acid Reflux Safely
- Why You’re NOT Sick Despite Your Doctor’s Diagnosis
You
are probably much healthier than your doctor thinks. And most certainly a lot
healthier than your collection of prescription medicines suggests.
In
fact, you are probably much healthier than you have been led yourself to
believe.
Dr.
Teppo Jarvinen, of the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma at the University
of Helsinki, wrote an article in a recent British Medical Journal that argued
that it has become the norm for doctors to prescribe medicine, not because you
are sick, but because you might get sick.
In
other words, drugs are prescribed not for existing conditions, but to prevent
ones that have not yet happened. Prevention of something that may or may not
happen has now become a disease in itself.
For
this reason, where a British hospital chart used to have room for five
medications, it now has room for 30, and the British medical system is
responsible for 18 drug prescriptions per person per year. The rest of the
Western world is probably in a similar situation.
Osteoporosis
is a good example, with many women being prescribed drugs to prevent the loss
of bone mineral density in their postmenopausal years when they are supposedly
at increased risk of osteopenia or osteoporosis. But as a thorough literature
review in the May 2015 edition of the Journal of Internal Medicine reveals:
–
85 percent of fractures in elderly women are not due to osteoporosis but to
falls because of muscle weakness
– Bone mineral density does not predict fractures in the elderly
– Osteoporosis drugs do not prevent fractures anyway.
– Bone mineral density does not predict fractures in the elderly
– Osteoporosis drugs do not prevent fractures anyway.
Given
that the drugs are expensive and far from side effect-free, the massive
overprescription of these drugs seems unjustified.
According
to a 2008 article in the British Medical Journal, up to 70 percent of people
with prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have neither stomach
ulcers, nor a chronic inflammatory condition that justifies the PPI
prescriptions. It is not supposed to be given to people to prevent occasional heartburn
after fatty meals.
Health
authorities in the U.S., Britain, Australia, and many other countries around
the world recommend that statins (cholesterol
drugs) be prescribed for healthy people to prevent cardiovascular disease, even
if they have only a 10 percent chance of developing it (7.5 percent in the
U.S).
Meanwhile,
after conducting a thorough literature review, medical specialists argued in a
2013 edition of the British Medical Journal that healthy people with a
smaller than 20 percent risk of cardiovascular disease do not benefit from
statins and that these drugs do not change the age at which they die or even
the severity of the cardiovascular complaints from which they suffer later.
All
these are cases where drugs are prescribed to prevent, rather than to cure.
Even worse, in some of these cases research shows that they do not have a
preventative effect, anyway.
There
are many reasons for thinking that overprescription is a bad idea.
Most
importantly, if people are put on drugs, they may not be as motivated to change
their lifestyles to prevent diseases. If you know you can take a proton pump
inhibitor afterwards, you won’t even think of preventing heartburn by skipping
the fatty meal. This holds even more strongly for regular exercise to increase
muscle strength and decrease fracture-causing falls, and for healthy dieting to
reduce cholesterol. Drugs replace behavior modification and healthy
lifestyles.
Furthermore,
virtually all drugs have side effects. They clash with each other. They
overwork your liver and kidneys that must break them down and excrete them.
Finally,
they drive up the revenue that governments and private health insurers spend on
healthcare. This leads to higher taxation and higher insurance premiums.
Stop Acid Reflux Safely
- How Heartburn Causes Heart Attack (be warned)
A
new mega-study involving over 3 million people has uncovered a strong and
convincing link between heart attack and people who suffer heartburn, acid
reflux, and indigestion.
But
it might not be linked in the way you think.
Gastroesophageal
reflux disease, or GERD, affects more than 20 million Americans. Likely, there
are many millions more suffering, but the 20 million estimate is the number who
are currently prescribed a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors
(PPIs).
What
is alarming, and what the study found, is that people taking these drugs are at
a 20% increased risk of suffering a heart attack as compared to those who don’t
take the drugs.
PPIs
are drugs better known as Prilosec, Nexium, and Prevacid, among others. The
increased risk is caused by the drugs’ effect on the lining of blood vessel
walls. This interferes with blood flow, leading to a dramatically increased
risk of having a heart attack.
It
doesn’t take dangerous medications to get rid of GERD, acid reflux / heartburn,
indigestion and other similar diseases.
For
more ideas to stop acid reflux safely, watch this video - How To Stop Acid Reflux | How To Treat Acid Reflux
This
post is from Scott Davis’ Acid Reflux Solution. This program helps you to cure
your heartburn and acid reflux by using natural remedies to quickly heal your
stomach without dangerous medicine or risky surgeries. It can also help you to
remove some disorders of acid reflux such as constipation or IBS.
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