Protonix, Pantoprazole News

People taking the acid reflux drugs Prilosec or Protonix in combination with blood thinners such as Plavix have a higher risk for death after angioplasty than people who don't take the two popular antacids, a new study has found.

BANGALORE: The Drugs Testing Laboratory, Bangalore, has declared the following drugs "not of standard quality": Pantocent-D , Batch No.

Is this a rare case of Teva Pharmaceutical being forced to swallow its own bitter medicine? The world's largest generic manufacturer, founded on its unflinching willingness to challenge the patented protection of branded products owned by other drugmakers, is suing generic rival Mylan .

Proton pump inhibitors have become hugely successful money makers for Big Pharma over the past decade, with sales of these stomach-acid reducers adding up to about $25.6 billion last year alone.

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A popular stomach acid reducer greatly increases the risk of pneumonia in certain critically ill hospital patients, a new study has found.

A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those patients contracting pneumonia threefold, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Effects of CYP2C19 and MDR1 genotype on the eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori infection by triple therapy with pantoprazole, amoxycillin and clarithromycin.

NEW Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIM: Proton-pump inhibitor therapy for bleeding ulcers is more efficacious in Asian patients than in non-Asian patients.

WASHINGTON Drug maker Wyeth has become the subject of lawsuits accusing it of cheating Medicaid programs out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

May 14, 2009 Irreparable Harm of Generic Competition: Federal Circuit Affirms Finding that Generic Entry Does not Cause Irreparable Harm Altana Pharma & Wyeth v. Teva Altana's Patent No.

A U.S. appeals court refused on Thursday to give drugmakers Altana AG and Wyeth a preliminary injunction in a patent fight with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries over the ulcer drug Protonix.

This is Actavis' first own brand launch of this molecule. It is a proton pump inhibitor , used to treat acid-related stomach and throat problems, including acid reflux , erosive esophagitis and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

A new study has added to the concern that commonly used proton-pump inhibitors may interfere with Plavix in people who have coronary artery disease.

Four of the most commonly prescribed heartburn medications reduce the benefit associated with clopidogrel, a widely used antiplatelet medication also known by its brand name, Plavix.

Washington, May 7 : Scientists have found that the medicines used for the treatment of heartburn and ulcers can reduce the anti-clotting action of the medication clopidogrel, thereby resulting in about 50 per cent increase in the combined risk of hospitalisation for heart attack, stroke, and other serious cardiovascular illnesses.