Article: The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the potential risk for hip fractures associated with the best-selling heartburn drugs Prilosec and Nexium.(Medication Update)

Article: Heartburn drugs won't put you at risk of heart ...
Heart Advisor;  February 1, 2008 ;     533 words ... ... problems, according to a report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA and its Canadian counterpart began reviewing possible links between the popular heartburn drugs and heart problems last spring, after two small studies ...

Article: Heartburn drugs may raise cancer risk
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 30, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The Food and Drug Administration is frustrated: There's a drug that kills people, yet doctors still prescribe it. The drug is called Propulsid, and it's ...

Article: Heartburn drugs don't increase heart risks
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  December 11, 2007 ;     331 words ... ... heart problems as a result of taking Prilosec or Nexium, according to a review released Monday by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA and its Canadian counterpart began reviewing the drugs, used by tens of millions of people, back in ...

Article: FDA review OKs heartburn drugs, Prilosec, Nexium
Post-Tribune (IN);  December 11, 2007 ;     304 words ... ... heart problems as a result of taking Prilosec or Nexium, according to a review released Monday by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA and its Canadian counterpart began reviewing the drugs, used by tens of millions of people, back in ...

Article: FDA Reviews Two Major Heartburn Drugs
AP Online;  December 10, 2007 ;     536 words ... ... heart problems as a result of taking Prilosec or Nexium, according to a review released Monday by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA and its Canadian counterpart began reviewing the drugs, used by tens of millions of people, back in ...

Article: Court ruled generic versions of heartburn drugs ...
AP Worldstream;  October 12, 2002 ;     380 words ... ... AG, didn't infringe on AstraZeneca's patents, the judge decided. But KUDco doesn't have final Food and Drug Administration approval for its version, so consumers won't see a low-cost generic until next year at the very earliest ...

Article: FDA review shows no safety problem with heartburn ...
Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.;  December 10, 2007 ;     354 words ... ... heart problems as a result of taking Prilosec or Nexium, according to a review released Monday by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA and its Canadian counterpart began reviewing the drugs, used by tens of millions of people, back in ...