Another Risk With PPIs

[tex]

Hi All,

Another bad side effect of PPIs has been documented - an increased risk of pneumonia, especially among hospital patients.

Forty percent to 70% of hospitalized patients receive acid suppressive medication. The researchers say frequent use of these drugs may be contributing to hospital-acquired pneumonia illnesses and deaths. The findings suggest that doctors should exercise caution when prescribing these acid suppressives, particularly among patients at high risk for developing pneumonia.

http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/new ... monia-risk

Tex

[grannyh]

Glad that hubby didn't have to stay in the hospital all that long with the sudden high blood pressure episode since he has been on prevacid for decades!
grannyh

[tex]

Is he taking any monoamine oxidase inhibitors? A lot of drugs interact with them, (and certain foods, such as dried meat, cheese, etc.). I still believe that the BP spikes that I had in late January, led to the bleeding problem that I had about a week later, that necessitated the colectomy. In my case, I was taking rasagiline (a Parkinson's disease treatment/preventative), and I took an antihistamine, (for hay fever caused by cedar pollen). I later discovered that the active ingredient in that antihistamine was a big no-no for rasagaline, (along with over 600 other medications), because it can cause BP spikes, (and they can persist for a month or so, off and on). Of course, none of my doctors would acknowledge that a drug interaction could have been the cause of my problem.

I might have had the bleeding problem, eventually, anyway, because it runs in the family, but I have a strong suspicion that those BP spikes were the immediate cause of the problem. IOW, I believe that they were probably the reason why it happened when it did.

Tex