PPI Use
I was just curious as to whether or not many of the people who have gotten colon or other digestive tract cancers were long-term users(over a year) of PPIs such as Prilosec, Nexium, etc.
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welcome to the board
i got rectal cancer and did not use PPI.
cheers,
pete0 -
Oh my..
Re:
"I was just curious as to whether or not many of the people who
have gotten colon or other digestive tract cancers were long-term
users(over a year) of PPIs such as Prilosec, Nexium, etc."
There's a warning with all of those types of "helpful" meds:
Nexium (esomeprazole)
"Stomach cancer can have similar symptoms to stomach ulcers, and
these symptoms can also be relieved by esomeprazole. For this
reason, if your doctor thinks you have a stomach ulcer, they
should make sure you don't have stomach cancer before you start
treatment with this medicine. Otherwise, this medicine could mask
the symptoms of stomach cancer and therefore delay the diagnosis.
This is particularly important if you are middle aged or older
and have new or recently changed symptoms."
That may explain the coincidence of "long term use" and the
development of a cancer!
This goes back to my (continual) mantra, that western medicine
does not fix problems, it only removes the symptoms of problems.
It's -never- a good idea to ignore a problem by stifling it's symptoms.
Oh well...
You guys try to stay well, willya'?
John0 -
Interesting John, the dayJohn23 said:Oh my..
Re:
"I was just curious as to whether or not many of the people who
have gotten colon or other digestive tract cancers were long-term
users(over a year) of PPIs such as Prilosec, Nexium, etc."
There's a warning with all of those types of "helpful" meds:
Nexium (esomeprazole)
"Stomach cancer can have similar symptoms to stomach ulcers, and
these symptoms can also be relieved by esomeprazole. For this
reason, if your doctor thinks you have a stomach ulcer, they
should make sure you don't have stomach cancer before you start
treatment with this medicine. Otherwise, this medicine could mask
the symptoms of stomach cancer and therefore delay the diagnosis.
This is particularly important if you are middle aged or older
and have new or recently changed symptoms."
That may explain the coincidence of "long term use" and the
development of a cancer!
This goes back to my (continual) mantra, that western medicine
does not fix problems, it only removes the symptoms of problems.
It's -never- a good idea to ignore a problem by stifling it's symptoms.
Oh well...
You guys try to stay well, willya'?
John
Interesting John, the day before I went to the hospital, I had been to a doctor, he felt around my tummy, he thought I'd picked up a stomach bug gave me antibiotics and a PPI. Said I'm very healthy and this should fix my problem in no time. So, goes to show ya!!0 -
Thank youluvmylife said:Welcome - Sorry for your husbands recent diagnosis.
My husband Jimmy has CRC and has never needed nor used any of those. I hope all goes well for you and your husband.
Jan
Thanks for all of the great comments. I was just wondering since my husband had been on them for about ten years. After reading about the side effects, it seemed to me that PPIs might cause some major digestive tract problems. Always looking for a reason for these awful illnesses and diseases to try to help reduce them. So many people seem to get cancer and other serious illnesses that it is almost overwhelming sometimes.0
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