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Disadvantages Of Omeprazole To Your Health

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Disadvantages Of Omeprazole To Your Health
Increasingly, due to the rush of modern times, people suffer from gastric problems, such as reflux, gastritis, gastric ulcers, among others, and because, of these diseases some of the most prescribed remedies as treatment is the known Omeprazole and its variables, such as Lanzoprazole and Pantoprazole.

It turns out that recently, in a survey by the Universities of Hong Kong and London, these medicines were pointed out as potential increase in risk for gastric cancer.

The increase in the prescription of this type of medicine has increased considerably throughout the world, which has done that more researches were carried out in order to detect possible problems. Some previous studies have already shown the trend for this type of increased disease for people who needed to use this drug, but now the focus of the research became people who eradicated H. pillory bacteria and continue the use of medicines like Omeprazole for treatment of gastric diseases.

The considerations of this research indicate that the chances of developing stomach cancer in these cases increase to 4.55%.

Sixty-three thousand people were analyzed from the year 2003 to the year 2015, some of them treated with Omeprazole or its variables and others medicated with another type of medicine. By the end of the year 2015 more than one hundred and fifty people were diagnosed with stomach cancer. The chances of a positive diagnosis for the disease were much higher for those taking Omeprazole and increasing each year using the drug.

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After this research is announced, the institute recommends that the prescription of Omeprazole, pantoprazole or lanzoprazole be cautious.

When to seek medical help
At the first signs that something is not going very well in your gastric system the best thing to do is to seek professional help, thus avoiding inappropriate use of medications.

Symptoms such as nausea, bloating, heartburn, tummy aches, stomach pains, weightlessness without apparent cause can be signs of various gastric diseases and need to be investigated properly.

Tests such as endoscopy, MRI, blood tests may indicate the problem and the correct treatment may be prescribed by the medical specialist.

Gastric problems can be avoided by maintaining adequate food, high in fiber, fruits and vegetables, avoiding canned foods, smoke and alcohol and increasing water consumption.

If you already use this type of medicine you can talk to your doctor and check the possibility of a new treatment.

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