BEIJING: A joint study by Chinese, American and Hong Kong experts has found that people who use common medications called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for heartburn are more likely to use them than non-users. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes is 24% higher.
This conclusion has been drawn after knowing the medical history of more than 200,000 American citizens.
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Explain that due to the increase in acidity in the stomach, sometimes some part of the food is turned over and enters the esophagus connected to the mouth of the stomach. As a result, a severe wave of pain is felt in the lower part of the chest, also called “heartburn” or “heartburn”.
This is a common condition that experts say that if you feel chest irritation two or more times a week, you should consult a doctor as it can be the result of an illness.
“PPIs” are available under the name “Acefax”, “Nexium”, “Prylosec”, “Provisad” and “Protonics” which can be easily bought without a prescription. It is also one of the 10 most used medicines in the world.
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The study, published in a recent issue of the online research journal Gut, was led by Dr. Jinkui Yuan, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong Province, China.
Previous research into PPIs has shown that long-term use of these drugs can lead to bone loss, kidney disease, digestive tract infections, and gastric cancer. ۔
In the same vein, there was a possibility that drugs from this tribe might cause diabetes, but there was no conclusive research in this regard.
The researchers used two long-term medical studies in the United States that began in the 1970s and 1980s, respectively. And under which the study participants have to fill a questionnaire every two years about their health, diseases and drug use.
Questions on the use of PPIs have also been included in this questionnaire since 2000; Participants were asked if they used the drug two or more times a week.
A total of 205,000 participants in the two studies were reviewed, including 176,000 women and 29,000 men.
Experts clearly found that people who used PPIs at least twice a week for two years had a 5% higher rate of type 2 diabetes than those who did not. But those who used PPIs for more than two years (twice a week) had a 26% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
People who took PPIs with heartburn had an average 24% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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It was also found that when patients stopped using PPIs, their risk of diabetes soon subsided. But the longer PPIs were used, the higher the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Thus, this study not only clearly demonstrates that overuse of PPIs to relieve heartburn can be painful on a long-term basis, but also that these experts have suggested that PPIs Blood sugar in normal-use patients should also be monitored so that immediate precautions can be taken when symptoms of diabetes appear.