Friday, July 22, 2011

Dr KK Answers: Can anti acid drugs cause hypomagnesemia?


Hypomagnesemia, usually with hypocalcemia, has been described with the chronic use of omeprazole (usually for more than one year) and other proton pump inhibitors. The US FDA issued a safety warning on this.
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm245275.htm

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