Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a type of medication that reduces how much acid your stomach produces. Doctors prescribe PPIs to treat stomach ulcers and symptoms of chronic acid reflux, also known ...

Since their development and widespread adoption in the late 1980s, proton pump inhibitors (PPI) have transformed the field of gastroenterology. Their high efficacy and favorable safety profiles have ...

Sources of error that may lead to false association include PPI use shortly before diagnosis, short-term PPI use.

Objective To help to clarify whether long term use of proton pump inhibitors is associated with an increased risk of gastric adenocarcinoma by designing a study that considered the existing literature ...

The long term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a class of drugs widely used to treat acid reflux and ulcers, may not be linked to any increased risk of developing gastric (stomach) cancer, finds ...