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Article: Aspirin, acid blocker a-day keeps GI bleeding.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- August 31, 2008
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For patients with clogged heart arteries who take long-term, low-dose aspirin to prevent a cardiac event, adding a stomach acid-blocking drug to their daily routine has been shown to reduce their risk for upper gastrointestinal bleeding u an infrequent, but serious side-effect of regular aspirin use (see also University of Michigan Health System).
But do the benefits of these acid blockers u called proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs u outweigh their long-term costs?
In a new study, researchers at the University of Michigan Health System reveal that, from the perspective of a long-term payer, over-the-counter PPIs are worth the price for coronary heart ...