Office Uno column: Yoshiharu Uno, Ph.D.

When began to be used PPI in Japan, the period of use was limited to 2 weeks.

However, recently, limit of the administration period is no longer.

They are mainly formulated for abdominal pain and heartburn continually.

In practice,
however,
it might be a symptoms (abdominal pain and heartburn) of the administered drug.

 


Reference: Iatrogenic Hypochlorhydria: case series: （６th)