Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Cardiac Risks associated with Omeprazole

FDA informed healthcare professionals of the issuance of the Agency's follow-up communication regarding its review of safety data for the drugs omeprazole and esomeprazole that raised concerns about a potential increased risk of heart problems for patients treated with these drugs. The Agency conducted a comprehensive review of the data from two studies that were submitted to FDA. FDA continues to believe that long-term use of omeprazole or esomeprazole is not likely to be associated with an increased risk of heart problems and recommends that healthcare providers continue to prescribe and patients continue to use these products in the manner described in the labeling for the two products.

Source: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/early_comm/omeprazole_esomepazole_update.htm

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