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Taking Antacids During Pregnancy May Cause Baby To Develop Asthma

By Wayne Parsons

pChildren whose mothers took antacid drugs during pregnancy were 1.5 times more likely to develop asthma than children whose mothers did not take the drugs, researchers from a href="http://www.childrenshospital.org"Children's Hospital Boston /areport./p pAntacid drugs, including such a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/proton-pump_inhibitors/article.htm"proton pump inhibitors /aas Prilosec or Nexium and such a href="http://www.drugs.com/cons/histamine-h-2-receptor-antagonists.html"histamine 2 receptor antagonists /aas Pepcid or Zantac, have been implicated before in adults who became allergic. Experiments in mice have also shown a tie between antacids and allergies./p pUsing large databases of births, medications and reason fore hoispital stays in Sweden, the researchers looked for a connection to asthma. A report on this study in a href="http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2008/12/22/antacids_linked_to_asthma_in_offspring/"Boston.com /astates:/p blockquote pAfter following children from 1995 through 2004, they found a significant increase in the odds of developing childhood allergies and asthma when mothers took antacids. This held true even when the researchers considered what kind of drug the women were taking, when they took it, and whether the women themselves had allergies. br / /p /blockquote p /p pstrongBOTTOM LINE: /strongWomen who took antacids during pregnancy were more likely to have children who developed asthma. br / strongCAUTIONS: /strongThe study did not take into account other factors, such as living conditions after the babies were born. br / strongWHAT'S NEXT: /strongFurther studies in other groups of people are needed to confirm these results. br / strongWHERE TO FIND IT: /strongClinical and Experimental Allergy, published online on Jan. 19 and in print in February./pa href="http://honolulu.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/taking-antacids-during-pregnancy-may-cause-baby-to-develop-asthma.aspx?googleid=253862"Originally posted/a at a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"InjuryBoard/a by a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/member-profiles/Wayne-Parsons"Wayne Parsons/a

Full post as published by Honolulu Personal Injury Lawyer on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).