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Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner 

Combining the antacid Prilosec with the popular blood thinner Plavix (clopidogrel) can cut the effectiveness of Plavix by half, putting patients at...

Certain Reflux Drugs Tied to Higher Post-Angioplasty Death Rate 

People taking the acid reflux drugs Prilosec or Protonix in combination with blood thinners such as Plavix have a higher risk for death after...

John Madden to Honor the NFL's Best Offensive Linemen with Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award Presented by Prilosec OTC® 

The Official Heartburn Remedy Sponsor of the NFL Celebrates League's Most Valuable Protectors with First Annual Award CINCINNATI, Nov. 12...

How Safe Are Popular Reflux Drugs? 

Millions of Americans take drugs like Nexium, Prevacid and Prilosec to ease the erosive effects of acid reflux, but do these medicines put patients...

Unbeaten Rodriguez keeps rising in ring 

Byline: Bud Barth

WORCESTER - He has helped knock out stomach distress on those Prilosec TV commercials, and he has been anointed one...

Cameras catch the action for Rodriguez, Rivera 

Byline: Bud Barth

COLUMN: BOXING

So they're not in the same league as Brad Pitt and Billy Mays, but two of Worcester's most...

Tricky Question of the Week ... 

... DEMEROL, Vistaril, Dilaudid, Xanax, Zoloft, Ritalin, Prozac, Prilosec.

Are these: a) Names of children of famous rock stars?...

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd 

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (Hyderabad, India) received approval to sell its Omeprazole Mg drug used for the treatment of heartburn. Dr Reddy's...

Slippery elm bark can be miraculous 

Dear Dr. Gott: About two years ago, you published a letter from a woman who said she had a problem for six years that was eventually helped by...

Powerful Antacids Raise Chances of Fracture 

Powerful and widely used antacids called proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists relieve stomach acid, but also appear to...