Treatments
Maybe Advanced Scans Can Help To Improved Relief In Acid Reflux Patients
At the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s annual meeting, a study was shown that the use of imaging technology may have found the cause of acid reflux disease. Acid reflux is a condition in which some of the esophageal muscles don’t work properly, which allows stomach acids to rise up in the esophagus. Individuals with the [...]
News: FDA Approves Generic GERD Drug Called Pepcid Made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals
This week, the FDA has approved a generic form gastroesophageal reflux disease drug called Pepcid made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals. Pepcid is a H2 blocker. H2 blockers, also called H2-receptor antagonists, are medicines that reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking one important producer of acid: histamine2. Pepcid has been used to treat [...]
