Clinical Conversations

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April 11th, 2009

Podcast 38: A conversation about using PPIs in poorly controlled asthma — rather, not using them — with Robert A. Wise of Johns Hopkins.

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There are lots of people with poorly controlled asthma who are on PPIs, but don’t need to be. That’s the clear implication of research just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. We’ll talk with a member of the writing committee, Dr. Robert A. Wise.

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Categories: asthma, Audio, proton pump inhibitors
Tags: asthma, brown fat, colorectal cancer, Elderly, esomeprazole, gastroesophageal reflux, Heart failure, Nexium, proton pump inhibitors, pulmonary hypertension, Robert A. Wise

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