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Prilosec/PPIs and Magnesium Deficiencies?

rjmudlax13
rjmudlax13 Posts: 900 Member
edited February 4 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone heard of this? I am concerned because I've been on some sort of protein pump inhibitor (i.e. Nexium, Prilosec) to treat GERD for several years. All the doctors I've had said that PPIs have very few side effects and are very safe. Low magnesium is no joke!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23325090 (seems only harmful when taken with diuretics per this study)

http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/ucm245011.htm
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