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Will Prilosec and Nexium Increase Your Risk of Heart Attacks?

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Will Prilosec and Nexium Increase Your Risk of Heart Attacks?

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Will Prilosec and Nexium Increase Your Risk of Heart Attacks? Thursday August 9, 2007#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)The FDA has issued its conclusions regarding two small long-term clinical studies of patients with severe GERD. In these studies, patients were chosen to either receive treatment with medication (omeprazole [Prilosec] or esomeprazole [Nexium]), or to have surgery to control their gastroesophageal reflux disease. While early results from the study raised concerns that long-term use of Prilosec or Nexium may have increased the risk of heart attacks, heart failure, and heart-related sudden death in those patients taking either one of the drugs compared to patients who received surgery, FDA’s preliminary conclusion at this time is that this data does not suggest an increased risk of hea