🧵 1. AstraZeneca settles lawsuits over heartburn drugs, paying $425M for 11,000 claims of kidney disease caused by Nexium and Prilosec. (202 chars) #business
🧵 1. AstraZeneca settles lawsuits over heartburn drugs, paying $425M for 11,000 claims of kidney disease caused by Nexium and Prilosec. (202 chars) #business
🧵 2. Study indicates long-term use of heartburn meds like Nexium and Prilosec may increase risk of dementia, heart attack, and kidney disease. (227 chars)
🧵 4. Another pharmaceutical company, GSK, settles Zantac cancer lawsuit, as the drug was found to contain a probable carcinogen called NDMA. (229 chars)
🧵 5. Recalled heartburn medications include Zantac, nizatidine, and ranitidine. Ongoing lawsuits raise concerns about the safety of these drugs. (206 chars)
🧵 3. Proton pump inhibitors, including Nexium and Prilosec, linked to 17% higher death risk and greater risk of infections, deficiencies, fractures. (227 chars)
🧵 Read more at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/10/03/astrazeneca-settles-lawsuits-alleging-heartburn-drugs-caused-kidney-disease-for-425-million/