Houston PPI Lawyer
Proton Pump Inhibitors: What You Need to Know
The primary function of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is to reduce the production of gastric acid. As the most potent versions of acid secretion inhibition known today, PPIs affect pronounced results that are meant to be long lasting. Individuals suffering from conditions such as Barrett's esophagus, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease (PUD), Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, dyspepsia, and gastrinomas have been treated with proton pump inhibitors. PPIs have also been used to prevent the stress of gastritis for patients who suffer from this type of uncomfortable inflammation of the stomach. However, within the medical field it is a widely accepted fact that the use of proton pump inhibitors may not be effective in every case and cannot produce reliable results every time. Additionally, the FDA soundly warns against using the devices more than three times a year, with a 14-day course treatment at each period.
A big draw to the use of PPIs is the fact that very few short-term effects have been recorded in incidence reports among users. However, in the long run, use of PPI drugs could be more detrimental than beneficial to some of the patients to whom the drug has been prescribed. Although the side effects of PPIs may be rare, they are serious in nature and when they occur they are often cause for alarm. Among the most severe of the potential risk hazards of proton pump inhibitors is the exacerbated effects they have on those who suffer from bone fractures and breaks. PPIs have also been reported as the cause for increased risks of GI bacterial infections. Other studies have found that daily use of a proton pump inhibitor drugs could result in diarrheal disease. The readiness with which many doctors approach usage of PPIs, particularly in cases of heartburn and dyspepsia greatly increases the potential for adverse side effects such as those described above.
Houston Attorney for PPI Cases
Drug side effects can be substantially life altering for some, especially when the potential for risk outweighs the relief that certain prescription medications promise to the patients who use them. This is particularly true when the medications are overprescribed or wrongly prescribed to a patient who should not be taking them in the first place. At this point, the matter is no longer one of prescription medication use, but rather one of dangerous drug use. As such, it is an issue that deserves to be addressed by a legal professional such as a Houston pharmaceutical litigation attorney.
The professional team at Arnold & Itkin, LLP has taken great strides to ensure that the victims of pharmaceutical errors and prescription accidents do not go unrepresented after their drug-related injury or illness. We firmly believe that the responsibility to produce and manufacture safe drugs free from life threatening side effects lies with the manufacturers and marketers of the product. Therefore, when individuals who have been wrongfully harmed through the use of their prescription medication seek our services, we are often eager to help. We can go to work on behalf of drug injury cases to see to it that patients are rightfully compensated for the wrongdoings they have suffered at the hands of their doctors and/ or prescription manufacturers. We have done just that for many of our personal injury clients, obtaining verdicts and settlements worth hundreds of millions of dollars and we are ready to do the same for you.
Contact a Houston PPI lawyer from our firm today to schedule a free and confidential consultation with an attorney from our offices.