A health expert has warned that taking certain tablets for an extended period of time could increase your risk of developing dementia.

The plaintiffs were people who suffered kidney injuries while taking Prilosec and the similar acid-suppressing medicine Nexium. A recent analysis of a dozen studies with nearly 2.5 million ...

Pharma major AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it will pay $425 million to settle product liability litigations against prescription-only acid-reflux medicine Nexium and heartburn drug Prilosec in the ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --Multinational pharmaceutical maker AstraZeneca said Tuesday it will pay $425 million to settle lawsuits from people who experienced kidney damage from the company's heartburn ...

The deal resolves all Nexium and Prilosec claims in the U.S. except for one in Louisiana which is set to go to trial in April, the company said. Nexium and Prilosec are from the proton pump ...

(Sharecast News) - Global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to settle litigation on product liability related to two of its widely-used heartburn drugs, Nexium and Prilosec, it ...

Nexium brought AstraZeneca about $1.3 billion in revenue last year. The company did not report sales figures for Prilosec. Many lawsuits against makers of PPIs were consolidated in a New Jersey ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. AstraZeneca has settled disputes on stomach drugs Nexium and Prilosec for a combined total of $425mn ...

Over-the-counter versions of proton pump inhibitors include those sold under the brand names Prilosec, Nexium and Prevacid. Acid reflux occurs when acid escapes the stomach and reaches the ...

such as omeprazole (Prilosec), esomeprazole (Nexium) and lansoprazole (Prevacid). Acid reflux occurs when stomach acid flows into the esophagus and irritates the lining, typically after a meal and ...

Examples include omeprazole (Prilosec) and esomeprazole (Nexium). An interaction occurs when one substance causes another substance to have a different effect than expected. To learn more about ...