{"id":778,"date":"2016-05-12T00:28:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T05:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=778"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:49:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:49:05","slug":"nexium-prilosec-prevacid-ppis-linked-kidney-disease-heart-attacks-early-onset-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/nexium-prilosec-prevacid-ppis-linked-kidney-disease-heart-attacks-early-onset-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid and Other PPIs Linked to Kidney Disease, Heart Attacks and Early Onset Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medications have enabled many of us who suffer from illnesses and chronic conditions to feel better and go about our daily lives. In most instances, these medications have\u00a0little to no side effects. In other cases, however, the side effects\u00a0turn out to be incredibly dangerous and even fatal. Recently, a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/news\/fullstory_158313.html\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> have indicated that Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid and other drugs of the same class, may pose serious risks of injury to patients who take them. These medications are classified as Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) and are frequently used to treat chronic heartburn, acid reflux disorders, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Roughly 20 percent of Americans reportedly suffer from GERD.<\/p>\n<p>A number of lawsuits have been filed against AstraZeneca, the manufacturer of these medications. Patients who took the drugs for a minimum period of time have experienced a number of painful and debilitating conditions like renal failure, interstitial nephritis, kidney failure, dementia, heart attacks and more. In many cases, these conditions caused permanent injuries that forever altered their quality of life.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/nexium-prilosec-prevacid-ppis-linked-kidney-disease-heart-attacks-early-onset-dementia\/#more-778\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medications have enabled many of us who suffer from illnesses and chronic conditions to feel better and go about our daily lives. In most instances, these medications have\u00a0little to no side effects. In other cases, however, the side effects\u00a0turn out to be incredibly dangerous and even fatal. Recently, a number of reports have indicated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pharmaceuticals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid and Other PPIs Linked to Kidney Disease, Heart Attacks and Early Onset Dementia &#8212; Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog &#8212; May 12, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Medications have enabled many of us who suffer from illnesses and chronic conditions to feel better and go about our daily lives. 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