by Dr. Jeffery Dash
'A July 2009 study of Acid Blocker Drugs shocked the medical community, reporting the drugs actually caused the symptoms they are supposed to treat. The study recruited asymptomatic healthy volunteers who took Acid Blocker drugs for a few weeks, and then stopped. Upon stopping the Acid Blocker drug, more than 40% of the volunteers reported heartburn and acid regurgitation, symptoms they never had until after they stopped the Acid Blocker drug.
(These drugs are Prolisec, Nexium Aciphex, Protonix, and are also called PPI's for Proton Pump Inhibitors).
Dr Christine Reimer the author, said her study revealed "unrecognized aspects of Acid Blocker -PPI drug withdrawal with acid rebound".'
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