Not Signed In - NEXIUM(R) Shown To Reduce Gastric Ulcers In At-Risk Patients Using Long-Term NSAIDs
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:00 AM EST
... Results from twoclinical trials, to be published in the April 2006 edition of the AmericanJournal of Gastroenterology, indicate that NEXIUM(R) (esomeprazole magnesium)can reduce the incidence of gastric (stomach) ulcers in patients at risk ofdeveloping gastric ulcers and who regularly take either non-selectivenonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or COX-2-selective NSAIDs... click link for more info. ...
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- Long Term Care
- Esomeprazole
- Gastric Ulcer
- NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcers
- Acute Care
- Weight Loss Surgery
- Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients
- Risk Factors
- Long Term Care/ltc
- Long-term incontinence or urinary retention
- Vegetative state (long-term coma)
- Chronic (long-term) kidney failure
- Complications due to long-term catheter use
- Weak bones (osteomalacia) and osteoporosis (due to very long-term cholestasis)
- Nursing Home Care
- Stroke, if clots break off and travel to the brain (drugs that thin the blood such as heparin and warfarin can reduce the risk)
- Ulcers
- Disabilities
- Security Risk Assessment
- Stomach Cancer
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