The FDA today reported that so far, it has found no signs of heart risks associated with long-term use of the drugs Prilosec and Nexium. disease (GERD) and stomach and duodenal ulcers. Prilosec is ...

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Background: On May 29, 2007 AstraZeneca, the maker of Prilosec (omeprazole) and Nexium (esomeprazole), sent FDA data from two long-term studies in patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday affirmed that long-term use of either of the proton-pump inhibitors Prilosec or Nexium was not linked to any increase in the risk of heart ...

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LOS ANGELES Extreme complications from Type 1 diabetes and renal failure put 55-year-old Danny Parr in the hospital. But medical exams revealed he also has significant coronary artery disease, so he's ...

CHICAGO -- U.S. employers, struggling to tame double-digit health inflation, are putting the squeeze on AstraZeneca's ulcer drug Nexium, a product the Anglo-Swedish drug maker sorely needs to boost ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators said Monday that they had cleared AstraZeneca’s bestselling heartburn drugs Prilosec and Nexium of links to heart problems, but disclosed a review of a potential risk of ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued its final assessment of two small, open, long-term, clinical studies in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), comparing ...

Pharmaceutical companies usually provide innovation that helps improve the lives of patients. But AstraZeneca marketed Nexium, a drug that should have never been approved in the first place. The ...

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Tuesday it will pay $425 million to settle lawsuits from people who experienced kidney damage from the company’s heartburn medications Nexium and Prilosec. File ...