However, patients who require these medications on a long-term basis can reduce their risk of ulcers by taking drugs in the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) group, such as omeprazole (Prilosec), or in the histamine receptor-2 blocker group, such as famotidine (Pepcid)
Talk about keeping it in the family
In countries of Africa where smoking is not prevalent they see the potential of increasing smoking rate and in case of countries like China where smoking remains prevalent they would like to maintain the smoking rate, Frieden said
The result regarding second hand smoke involvement may have been a false negative, since other similar studies have generated positive results
Cardiovascular benefits A study recently published in Circulation , the flagship journal of the American Heart Association, is a good illustration of the positive impact of this harm reduction approach