Largo PPI Use and Hip Fracture Risk
GERD and hip fracture. We often write how everything in the body is linked. Here is another example. The discomfort for patients with reflux (aka GERD) drives them to seek help. Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) come to the rescue for many Largo reflux sufferers. Sadly, these PPIs may cause pain elsewhere, especially the hip for which the risk of fracture is increased, despite the fact that they help with GERD. Your Largo chiropractor watches closely our patients who develop hip pain, particularly if they are using PPIs, as often chiropractic treatment helps alleviate hip pain.
PPIs, GERD, and HIP FRACTURE RISK
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are commonly prescribed and used for GERD and peptic ulcer management. The risk of hip fracture is higher in PPI users. Whether users take a low or medium dose, the risk of hip fracture is greater while those taking a high dose were at even higher risk for hip fracture. Researchers caution that doctors and patients must realize this in order to be cautious in prescribing PPI use long term and be cautious in understanding what the proper use of PPIs is so that they do not take it without a clear indication for such use. (1) Researchers in the latest study of the effect of proton pump inhibitor use on hip fracture risk minced no words: PPI use is associated with hip fracture development. They open their study by acknowledging that the effect of PPI use on the risk of hip fracture is controversial which inspired them to study if this were true. They recruited participants who were over age 40 and had been prescribed PPIs for a minimum of 90 days. They then cross referenced any hospitalizations in these patients for hip fracture. They found that fractures developed oftentimes in PPI users than in non-users and that fracture risk associated with PPI use increased with duration of use. (2) Avoiding hip pain is certainly preferable, and chiropractic treatment may be gentle and relieving for many.
CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT OF HIP PAIN
Largo hip pain sufferers find relief with chiropractic care. As Dr. Robert Hayden described in a new Prevention magazine article, chiropractic patients who sought care for spine, hip or shoulder pain said they had less pain after 4 months than those who saw a medical doctor…and their costs were less! (3,4) Hip pain is a usual complaint heard in the chiropractic practice, specifically in patients who are more than 60 years of age. Manual therapy treatments, spinal manipulation (especially gentle Cox® Technic), exercise, electrotherapy and such are common approaches to treating and relieving hip pain. Hollstrom & Associates Inc will design the right approach to care for your Largo hip pain!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the gentleness of the Cox® Technic System for back pain and spine-related issues.
Schedule your Largo appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc. Hip pain is a treatable condition for your chiropractor who will also monitor your hip pain for any signs of hip fracture due to proton pump inhibitor use for GERD and reflux issues.
