Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) reduce or inhibit the production of stomach acid, which relieves symptoms of acid reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). These medications are available ...

Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a class of medications used to treat conditions involving excess stomach acid, such as gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD ...

Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used for gastric acid suppression in a number of gastric-acid-related diseases, including GERD. However, in recent years, increasing evidence of adverse ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a class of very effective and generally safe medicines used to treat heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and gastric ulcers.But not everyone who ...

Millions of Americans take medications known as proton pump inhibitors every day to treat heartburn and acid reflux, and in recent years, these drugs, also known as PPIs, have been linked to a ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which are used to control acid reflux, are associated with an increased risk for migraine and other severe headache types, new research showed. Using data from the ...

To begin with, PPIs don't provide immediate relief for occasional heartburn says M. Michael Wolfe, M.D., chair of the department of medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.