Stomach Acid Drugs Increase Risk of Bacterial Infections, FDA Warns

And some people who do not take them and have acid reflux (bad) risk the chance of esophageal cancer. So...it's the old "do the benefits outweigh the risks" rule as always.

200 years ago people didn't need prilosec and stuff like that because their food supply was simply just that.....a FOOD supply......NOT a supply of additives, colorants, surfactants, anti-caking agents, anti-foaming agents, preservatives, flavor enhancers, hormones, fungicides, antibacterials, antibiotics, etc.

And now you can add genetically modified foods to your food supply.
That "Atlantic Salmon" you bought isn't a real fish.... It is a chinook salmon hybrid they genetically modified to grow twice as fast and three times as big. I wonder if things like this FRANKENFISH are part of the stomach problems????

THEN you add in the fact that the American family unit is completely fragmented by both parents having to work stressful jobs that want more, more, MORE...and the kids are raised by nintendo and t.v. because Mom and Dad are at work all the time...

I changed my diet after 15+ years on prilosec. I am vegetarian now, and I eat ZERO fast food....I eat alot of fresh foods and I try to stay away from breads, deep fried stuff and too much sweets. I rarely drink alcohol, even in moderation these days. I quit smoking ciggies, too.....the change in habits made more difference than the pills did, and I've been prilosec free for 2 1/2 years now.

Along with America's decaying family comes decaying eating habits, we're doing less cooking and more microwaving and eating out....usually not eating well at all. The BIG PHARMA companies have your hot n' ready remedy (as usual) and they are handing them out by the handful to all of us unhealthy eating, stressed out Americans.

Time to get back to a healthy lifestyle instead of believing their pills can REPLACE a healthy lifestyle.....think about it.....do you ever see obese depressed people on McDonald's commercials???

NOPE.....they are always slim, sharp as a tack, and happy ambitious people....Hmmm

HEALTH ISN'T AN ILLUSION....It's up to YOU, though!!!

PPI's aren't for occasional heartburn, they're for people like me who have GERD and would probably be dead of esophageal cancer after years of racking pain.

Instead of being perfectly healthy with them.

Try organic apple cider vinegar. It worked for me.....

Me: Doc, is there any problems with taking antacids every day? I mean the stomach acid is there for a reason right?

Doc: Na, don't worry its the safest drug you can take.

After 3 months of daily diareaha and cramps I feel like my stomach is being ripped apart. Hospital doc says "Your fine, just a little cold".

Stoppped taking atacids and guess what...no more stomach pain or diareaha. Never trust the medical establishment, research it yourself and listen to what your body tells you.

Funny. Something that natural doctors have been saying for years!

I have been hospitalized twice for C-Diff, it is not just diarrhea, it is PAIN, vomiting to the point where I scratched my throat open trying to puke but could not, can cause your kidneys to fail and intestines to burst. it feels like there is something angry trying to rip its way out of your stomach through your navel. yes, I was on Prilosec for a long time before my attacks. worse pain in my life!!!!!!!! now I take probiotics and a Rolaids for occasional heartburn.

Good wine and a healthy salad with vinegar/oil dressing. Keep life simple.

... oh, relax ... here, have a black coffee and a Pall Mall ...

If mountain dew will dissolve a mouse just think what it will do to those germs.

I knew some negative side effects would eventually come to light on these. Is there ever a medication or something that you have to take regularly that affects your body that does not have some kind of side effect?
Years ago I was diagnosed with acid reflux. The doctor, friends and family all told me how great things like prolosec were. I did not want to go on them, because of issues like this. I changed my diet and rarely get heartburn anymore. Stop relying on the easy pill fix and take a look at your lifestyle. Yes, it requires effort, but what in life doesn't.
Now I get my rounds of I told you so's...lol

They based this on 19 patients and the word "may".....
Shall we yell fire in a crowded theater too?

Prevacid has been my morning routine for.....10+ years........do some more research!

I've been taking Omeprazole for the last year and have had no problems or infections.

The doctors are not listening to what the patients are saying.I asked my doctors two years if it was
dangerous to take prilosec more than 8 years, he said to continue with it so I did. Now I'm sick all
the time.

What drug does'nt have the potential of causing harm? The FDA has no way of establishing that any drug is safe until the medicines are taken and what effect it has on a person. People need to study and educate themselves before considering taking a drug for their ailment before taking the FDA's word for it.

balance risk / reward ratio no drugs are without consequence

lets see. anti acid causes infections? how can a bacterial infection in my foot or hand be effected by the acid levels of my stomic. or the levels of my acne. man talk about out of the box. fda has lost there minds and the cdc. disban both of them.

Can't believe they are just now figuring this out, or at least just now telling us. One of the functions of stomach acid,in addition to digestion, is to kill bacteria, so that we are not constantly ill from what we ingest. Anything that suppresses that acid production on a long term basis will increase susceptibility to certain bacteria, however, these medications are an absolute must for some of us,regardless of risk, that have severe GERD (not simple heartburn). GERD can make your life miserable, as well as increasing the risk or espophageal cancer. For those who have only heartburn,due to dietary indiscretions, I would suggest trying other things first, such as simple antacids and diet modifications. Save the proton pump inhibitors for more complicated issues.

I used Protonix for years, excellent results till my insurance said can you use a cheaper drug.