Friday Jan 27, 2012
Podcast 143: PPIs and asthma control — it doesn’t work in kids, either
Listen on:
Controlling asthma by the use of proton pump inhibitors apparently doesn’t work any better in children than it does in adults. Yet the practice is widely used.
A study in JAMA and an accompanying fiery editorial seem to put the notion to rest. Listen in.
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Links:
- JAMA study coverage in Physician’s First Watch (free)
- Earlier (2009) Clinical Conversations podcast #38 with Dr. Robert Wise on the effect of PPIs in adult asthma (free)