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Reflux Drugs Tied to Bone Fractures in Children

Infants are sometimes treated for gastroesophageal reflux with acid-suppressing medicines, but a new study suggests that they may increase the risk for bone fracture later in childhood. Researchers studied records of more than 850,000 children up to 14 years old. About 97,000 had received acid suppression medicines in their first year of life — 8,000… Read More: Reflux Drugs Tied to Bone Fractures in Children »

Doubt cast on link between tenofovir disoproxil and bone fractures

Treatment with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) does not increase the risk of fractures, according to French research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Findings of the case-controlled study showed there was no association between tenofovir disoproxil and fractures in any of the statistical models designed by the authors.… Read More: Doubt cast on link between tenofovir disoproxil and bone fractures »