A study that came out in April has added to the long list of health dangers that have been attributed to the long-term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). A Swedish study published in Cancer Epidemiology found a strong association between PPI use and an elevated risk of esophageal cancer – which ironically, is a disease these medications were intended to prevent.
Proton Pump Inhibitors – Causing the Same Problem They Were Designed to Prevent (and More)