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Pantoprazole, sold under the brand name Protonix, among others, is a medication used for the treatment of stomach ulcers, short-term treatment of erosive esophagitis due to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), maintenance of healing of erosive esophagitis, and pathological hypersecretory conditions including Zollinger–Ellison syndrome.
Decreasing the acid in the stomach can aid the healing of duodenal ulcers and reduce the pain from indigestion and heartburn. However, stomach acids are needed to digest proteins, vitamin B 12, calcium, and other nutrients, and too little stomach acid causes the condition hypochlorhydria. [citation needed]
Acid secretion by the human stomach results in a median diurnal pH of 1.4. This very large (>10 6 -fold) H + gradient is generated by the gastric H + /K + ATPase which is an ATP-driven proton pump. Hydrolysis of one ATP molecule is used to catalyse the electroneutral exchange of two luminal potassium ions for two cytoplasmic protons through the ...
In 2016, Michael Daniels and Martin A. Makary published a piece in the British Medical Journal that claimed medical errors is the third leading cause of death in America at almost half a million deaths per year. Since this article's publication, several experts have criticized the methodology of their estimate, claiming the claim is the result ...
When asked, he said he was not aware of its success in lowering overdose death rates. “Show me some research that has Suboxone results,” he said. Executives at Transitions Inc., the company that runs Grateful Life, one of the facilities in the Recovery Kentucky network, said they wanted to take a more science-based approach.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successfully underwent surgery to have his prostate removed, hospital officials said Sunday.. The 75-year-old leader, who has had a series of health ...
Joel told Fox News Digital that at the time, Presley was yearning to be taken seriously as a Hollywood actor. He looked to "Rebel Without a Cause" star James Dean as an inspiration. However ...
The "mother of all bubbles" is due to pop soon as U.S. outperformance has been inflated by massive amounts of debt, warned Ruchir Sharma, chair of Rockefeller International. The U.S. has become ...