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GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: STANDARD AMERICAN DIET INCREASES THE RISK FOR C. DIFF Odds are that you know someone who has been devastated by a Clostridioides Difficile (a.k.a. “C. diff”) infection. This opportunistic and sometimes life-threatening bacteria loves to cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients, but over the last several years […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: NSAIDs (anti-inflammatories) LINKED TO C. DIFF! Check out this article in Science Daily about a recent study published in mBio potentially linking anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs, like aspirin, advil, aleve, motrin, ibuprofen, and naproxen) to the opportunistic bacterial infection called C. difficile (a.k.a. “C. diff). For those of you unfamiliar with C. diff, consider […]
PREVACID? PRILOSEC? NEXIUM? ACIPHEX? DEXILANT? PROTONIX? ZEGERID? LANSOPRAZOLE? OMEPRAZOLE? ESOMEPRAZOLE? RABEPRAZOLE? DEXLANSOPRAZOLE? PANTOPRAZOLE? DO THESE HEROES HAVE A DARK SIDE? We know proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) can be very beneficial to our health – controlling symptoms of acid reflux, healing gastritis, and reducing risks of sometimes life-threatening ulcers. However, we do know that long-term use […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT! Odds are that you know someone who has been devastated by a Clostridium Difficile (a.k.a. “C. diff”) infection. This opportunistic and sometimes life-threatening bacteria loves to cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients, but over the last several years has gained footholds in the healthy community population. Check […]
