But up to 70 percent of people taking the drugs, such as esomeprazole (Nexium) and omeprazole (Prilosec and generic), might not need such strong medication, research has found. Quitting heartburn ...

However, to use Prilosec for GERD or erosive esophagitis, you have to be 2 years or older (as opposed to 1 year for Prevacid). Nexium is also available OTC and with a prescription. The OTC version ...

Operation Shark Fin's Nexium, marketed as the new purple pill, was nothing more than one of Prilosec's enantiomers. But unlike the antihistamines that had to be withdrawn from the market ...

Drugs like Nexium, Prevacid, and Prilosec are called proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, and they've been linked to a bigger risk for dementia. PPIs reduce the amount of acid that your stomach makes.

AstraZeneca confirmed this morning it has agreed to pay $425 million to settle lawsuits brought in the US that claim its heartburn therapies Nexium and Prilosec caused kidney damage and other ...