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Speciality Spotlight
Antacids
Acute Pancreatitis
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I.A.Eland, C Huerta Alvarez, B.H.CH Stricker,& L.A. Garcia Rodriguez, (Pharmaco-epidemiology Unit, Dept of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Spanish Centre for Pharmacoepidemiologic Research, Madrid, Spain and Drug Safety Unit).
The risk of acute pancreatitis associated with acid-suppressing drugs.
Br.J Clin Pharmacol, 49, 473-478.
It has been observed that there is an increased risk of acute pancreatitis with the use of acid-suppressing drugs. A review of patients using Ranitidine, Cimetidine and Omeprazole did not reveal any such association. The results of the study do not support any association between acid-suppressing drugs and an increase in the use of the antacids.
