by Dr. Mona Morstein — Last year, Pharmacy Times published a list of the top-selling pharmacy drugs for 2010, and Nexium®, a proton-pump inhibitor used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD), or heartburn, was in the number two spot. The sales of Nexium brought in more than 6 billion dollars to AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical company […]
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Probiotics boost wellness
August 9, 2012
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by Dr. Shana Spector Deneen — Most Americans have taken oral antibiotics at least once in their lives. Many of us have been on several rounds of antibiotic therapy for chronic ear infections, recurring strep throat, unremitting sinusitis, and various other skin, lung and gastrointestinal (GI) infections. In addition to eradicating pathogenic bacteria, antibiotics deplete […]
Eliminating GERD
February 28, 2012
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by Julia Busch — If you regularly awaken mid-sleep, choked by burning acid and barely able to breathe, you may suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The physical culprit is a faulty lower esophageal sphincter (LES), a valve at the bottom of the esophagus (the swallowing tube). This valve normally tightens to confine stomach acid, […]
February 20, 2013
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